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𝗔𝗿𝗶 𝗚𝘂ð𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗻𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 We are pleased to announce that Ari Guðfinnsson has been hired as the Director of Technology and Infrastructure. This is a new position within the organisation which is intended to sharpen the technology strategy, increase efficiency in software development, and to maximise the quality and reliability of the systems that Tern Systems delivers to its customers who operate in a strictly regulated environment. "𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘛𝘔 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴," says Ari. Ari has worked at Tern Systems for over 13 years and has held various technical positions related to the development of solutions for air traffic control, making him more familiar with the company's operations than most. Ari studied computer science and cognitive science at the University of Skövde and began his career in software development, where he worked on the development of radar and flight data processing systems. In recent years, Ari has worked as a technical product lead, and in that role, he has overseen product architecture and technical strategy within Tern Systems. “𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘪'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴. 𝘈𝘳𝘪’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺,” says Magnus Mar Thordarson, CEO of Tern Systems. Tern Systems designs and builds Air Traffic Management (ATM) software solutions, with nearly three decades of deliveries to customers across Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. Tern Systems is an established provider of Air Traffic Control solutions with headquarters in Iceland and offices in Hungary and Poland. 

“We don’t have an innovation problem, we have an innovation adoption problem.”  "To succeed, we need a cultural shift towards an adopters' mindset — one that prioritizes action and results over comfort and control." Thank you, Federal CIO, Suzette Kent and and Navy CTO, Justin Fanelli! Would be hard to think of a bigger ops problem for which scalable solutions exist: Outcome-driven metrics, Investment Horizons Roadmapping, Top-level Reqs, (additive) manufacturing enablers and MOSA.

Our CEO, Martin Penney, dives deep into how data is shaping the future of maritime operations in this insightful blog post. He discusses how leveraging innovative technology and comprehensive data sets can enhance decision-making, drive efficiency, and promote safety at sea. Learn how LR OneOcean is leading the way in creating smarter, data-driven maritime solutions to support safer and compliant voyages. Read the full interview and explore the impact of data in our industry: https://loom.ly/QKNX8Lw #MaritimeInnovation

A new #AIRC report explores #megaprojects in the #DoD, with insights from Tom McDermott, Zhongyuan Yu, Amro M. Farid, Dennis Folds, Nicole Hutchison, Molly C. Nadolski, Gordon Kranz and Megan Clifford. "The United States Department of Defense has long been a sponsor of megaprojects and continues to transition from more standalone platform-centric systems to mega-systems. Megaproject failures and successes from commercial programs offer lessons learned for improving the performance of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs), which are often megaprojects and also may be useful for smaller, less complex acquisitions." Read the full report, plus recommendations and a megaproject management playbook at https://lnkd.in/g_wZ37b3 Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Discover how your digital transformation journey compares to industry peers with our new A&D Digital Transformation Report: Where are you on your digital transformation journey? Want to see how you stack up against your peers? Then you need to read our new report on digital transformation in aerospace and defense. In partnership with Aviation Week, we surveyed A&D OEMs and suppliers about how their transformation journey is going. We also asked about how topics in the industry, like AI and cloud-hosted applications. Download the report now for all the insights. https://sie.ag/49Bg4R

Great article from my colleague Scott Humr, Ph.D. noting the democratization of the solution set at the tactical level and the need to avoid information overload on operators. 👏 https://lnkd.in/eqKuvnrc

2025...what do you have in store for us? 🤔 Although the year just started (I know, hard to believe), we're already seeing some major trends emerge. To name a few: 1. A brighter future ahead for engineering talent: The promise of cloud native technology, better development environments, and more mature tooling is motivating technology investments (talent!) among enterprises. 2: The shift-left approach: We're seeing the shift-left trend in security and other areas of IT, and now we think it's finally time for #observability to catch up. 3. Technology will cement its status as a value creator: The evolution from technology as a cost center to a value creator is here. Read the full blog, and catch top 5 security areas to focus on: https://lnkd.in/gmy5jdu6

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Evolving End to End Traceability - all discussion on this topic is good. But, there is still a little too much focus on selling individual solutions and less discussion on the very high value of improvements to the aircraft parts supply chain that can be attained by focusing on this. Part histories will support part authentication, document validation, and the issues around reliability, warranty, and part quarantine. I've read the attached article. So, while I like the continued discussion on RFID, it does not have exclusive domain to the solution set. The article says that data sharing about parts is efficient today - it's not. I have 40+ years in the industry and have seen the lack of data sharing, the poor quality of the data shared, the lack of data validation and authentication and the inefficiency in sharing the data. And we don't protect the permissioning process on the data shared. I have specific examples we can through in a 1:1 discussions that are more than anecdotes, but symptoms of broader issues that we are actively solving for. SkyThread is building the permissioned data sharing environment that accepts all data, including data accumulated by other tagging solutions, other data collection repositories and other blockchains. We call this our Chain of Chains. This is informed by the fact that we do not have an industry wide solutions that solves for the business problem I defined and presented on way back in 2005 called "Data for the Life of the Aircraft". We are working on combining our ideas on this with other startups also tacking aspects of this problem with their solutions. This includes our friends at Alitheon, ProvenAir Technologies, LLC, at SmartCert®, at KeepFlying®, at Block Aero Technologies, at Aerotrax and others. We're working with the legacy data sharing protocols to better engage our new data sharing requirements with how they collect and validate aircraft part data today. SkyThread is also engaged in the EASA study referenced in the article, along with our friends at International Air Transport Association (IATA) at FPT Software and PwC France. We also know that Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition was formed in late February to study this issue and write a white paper. We're ready for the outcomes of that paper. //

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