Jakarta (ANTARA) – State-owned air navigation service provider AirNav Indonesia and Telkom University strengthened collaboration in research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity technology to support operational efficiency and flight navigation safety.
“In aviation, safety is the top priority. Over time, safety must also go hand in hand with efficiency and sustainability,” AirNav Indonesia Technical Director Zainal Arifin Harahap said in a written statement here on Friday.
He explained that AI can be used as a supporting tool to simplify work processes, but decisions concerning flight safety remain in human hands.
According to him, the cooperation between AirNav Indonesia and Telkom University is a follow-up to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the development, management, and improvement of information technology signed in 2024.
The scope of cooperation includes laboratory optimization, joint research and development, application of research results, and the exchange of knowledge, expertise, and information according to both parties’ needs.
One result of the collaboration is the development of a prototype of the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) AI Generator, initiated in 2024 and given an initial launch in 2025.
With AI’s help, a NOTAM can be created in about one minute before the results are checked and verified by a validator.
In addition, AirNav Indonesia and Telkom University are developing a digital technology-based automatic scheduling system to arrange work schedules for Air Traffic Control (ATC) personnel.
He noted that ATC personnel are not allowed to work nonstop for two hours and the break between shifts for one person may not be less than 15 hours.
With the large number of personnel to be scheduled, AI technology is expected to help make the arrangement process more efficient than doing it manually.
Meanwhile, Director General of Research and Development at the Higher Education, Science, and Technology Ministry Fauzan Adziman praised AirNav Indonesia’s collaboration with universities to produce solutions to real problems faced by industry.
“The key is, if we do not know what will be solved, do not do research. At first, AirNav dared to take a risk because it involved a campus, but the benefit afterward is very high,” he said.
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Translator: Hana, Kenzu
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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