CIMACT

CIMACT is a European Civil- Military Air Traffic Management Co-ordination Tool

Definition

CIMACT is a EUROCONTROL software product, that combines and merges several civilian surveillance- and military sensor data sources with Flight plan data sources. After data correlation it provides a Recognised Air Picture (RAP). CIMACT might be operated and displayed on COTS hardware or special IT. The CIMACT system’s and data classification is for “official use releasable to the CIMACT users”.

History

CIMACT was developed on the basis of ADMAR 2000, ADMAR, ADKAR and GAME initially on the basis of the special Agreement of MOD Germany (BMVg – A/13/D/HG/82, April 18, 1983) in cooperation with EUROCONTROL. It has been operational since 1983 and was used by the German Air Force exclusively. Since 2003 it became of interest for other European countries, NATO and security related authorities and organisations as well.

Functionality

CIMACT is developed as a common co-ordination system to exchange information between civil and military users where the appropriate national system does not support close cooperation and exchange of security / safety of life related information. To day, CIMACT integrates this information to provide the user with a comprehensive overview of the air situation. It is capable of processing in real-time a variety of inputs such as radar data, track data, positional data, flight plan data etc. It also contains basic Air Traffic Control (ATC) functionalities and flight plan data information. Last but not least, CIMACT offers an automated interface with the EUROCONTROL Local And sub-Regional Air space management support system (LARA).