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Who is Position Integrity?
  • Emphasizing 10 years expertise in the aviation industry
  • An aviation technology company
    • Transportation safety technology to save lives
    • Software applications to maintain situational awareness
    • Data processing and provisioning services
  • A heritage of defense contracting
    • Technology from $5M of government funding
    • Current Sponsor is U.S. Military and avionics industry
    • Applying government research achievements to industry and commerce
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Proven Technology
Winner of Microsoft Windows World Open
  • Laptop used by co-pilot in Navy E-2C Hawkeye
  • Multi-window application included terminal procedures, airport diagrams, enroute charts, DAFIF, CADRG, DTED, CIB, LANDSAT,and JTIDS traffic/intel.
  • Flight tested at Fallon NAS, NV and then deployed globally.
  • Endorsed and funded by Admiral Archie Clemins, CINCPACFLT
  • Award presented to Navy sponsor by Bill Gates
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US SOCOM uses PI software for its wearable computer display
  • We demonstrated System with aircraft at Hurlburt AFB, Florida.
  • System used digital data messaging without the errors common in voice communication.
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PI Services to Industry
  • ARINC-424 Aeronautical Data
  • Flight Management System format utilities
  • Graphic Rendering Engines
  • End User Applications
  • Data Warehousing
  • Web Distribution
  • Commercial Customers include Honeywell, BAE, Litton and NASA.
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PACMAN Initiative
  • 18-month development under Air Expeditionary Force and Air Mobility Command Battlelabs.
  • The Battlelab is a unique organization focused on rapidly introducing high payoff initiatives that:
    • Reduce mobility response time.
    • Reduce deployment support structure.
    • Increase deployed combat capability and effectiveness.

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Seymour Johnson F-15E Deployment Mar 02
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Ongoing PACMAN Flight Tests Scheduled
  • KC-135
  • C-130
  • B-2
  • A-10
  • Ground Users
  • Others


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PACMAN Display Device is a modified Pen Computer
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The Complete Hardware Suite
  • PACMAN Pen Computer
  • GPS Receiver (or interface to A/C nav)
  • Multiple 2 ½-hour Batteries (or A/C power)
  • Custom kneeboard case
  • Data Modem
  • Cabling to A/C Radio
  • Custom cable bundles
  • Map Server for Squadron
  • Firewall/Router/Network Switch



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Overview of PACMAN’s
 3 Initial Software Functions
  • 1. GPS-Moving Map
  • 2. Interactive aircraft checklists
  • 3. Airport Terminal Procedures
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GPS-Based Moving Map enhances safety
  • NIMA Raster Charts for background
  • DAFIF vector overlays (airports, SUAS, etc.)
  • Own position updated in real time
  • North up or track up
  • Find Nearest Airport Function based on Aircraft’s runway length requirement
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PACMAN Data Loads
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Large Area Mosaic of Middle East from Position Integrity and JPL for PACMAN
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PACMAN relies  on GeoTIFF standards to promote interoperability
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Big Buttons for Entering Locations
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Functional Separation Between Technical Manual Format and Content
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Three-Dimensional Terminal Guidance
  • We currently process 11,000 terminal charts per  update in raster for General Aviation.
  • Provide HTML hypertext linking of airports to procedures.
  • PACMAN needs to  accommodate new multicolor format.
  • Must include NOTAM distribution mid-cycle.
  • Vector Procedures planned by FLIP DWG for DAFIF Ed 8
    (Summer 04) is not soon enough.
  • Conducted TEM #1 with NIMA to accelerate.


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Advantages of Vector FLIP over scanned Raster charts
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New Aeronautical Information Architecture
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PACMAN Device is supported by web-centric architecture
  • PACMAN device is designed to operate autonomously in aircraft.
  • Irvine- and Pentagon-based Central servers provide replenishment of current databases.
  • Remote servers overcome bandwidth limitations at decentralized sites.
  • PACMAN team installing the first prototype server.
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The next PACMAN Phases
  • Squadron-level Map Server
  • New 3D
  • Weather
  • Messaging Network
  • Traffic
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Squadron-level Geospatial Product Library (GPL) Server
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LandForm C3 scenes on PACMAN enhance 3D Perspective
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Pre-flight and Real-Time Weather Integration
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PACMAN Message Network allows Email messages with attachments
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PACMAN  Network Utilities
  • 1: Email with Attachments
  • 2: Own Position Reports
  • 3: “John Madden” graphics
  • 4: Update of real-time GeoTIFFs
  • 5: Weather updates



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Remote Messaging for “John Madden” Overlay graphics
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PACMAN Communications and Messaging Module
  • Transparent to user
  • Asynchronous
  • Bandwidth independent
  • Point-to-Point or Multi-cast
  • SATCOMs supported.
  • Extensive list of radios and protocols.
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Traffic Management from central feeds helps to manage busy skies
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The richness & complexity of the PACMAN Stakeholders
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PACMAN Demonstration
  • Thank you!
  • Robert A. Severino
    Position Integrity, LLC
    5 Los Gatos
    Irvine, CA 92612-2982
    949-854-2643
    fax 949-854-7608
  • bob@positionintegrity.com
  • www.pacman-dod.org