Air safety information space - genesis and present day

Abstract

AbstractIn the article, the author presents the genesis and development of the air safety information space from the moment when it was needed to create the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense System. It synthetically presents important facts contributing to its development, describes the methods of obtaining, collecting and analyzing, and above all, the use of infor-mation on airborne objects from the beginning of World War I to the present day, also empha-sizing its practical dimension in the non-military sphere. The author identifies the air safety information space as a virtual and physical space in which information about the situation in the air and space is received, processed and transmitted. Consisting of active participants, ne-tworks, data, information and information systems, creating a specific "information environ-ment" composed of the following systems: radar reconnaissance, radio-electronic reconnais-sance, aviation management, airspace management, air defense, telecommunications, remote sensing and many others. The author sees the primary source of information as the radar re-connaissance system that provides information about the air situation and the tools for mana-ging this information. Radiolocation information managed by personnel using automated harvesting systems and its development allows for the recognition, identification and tracking of airborne apparatuses moving in the airspace. The technical and human potential of radiolo-cation reconnaissance possessed and used on a daily basis allows for a thesis that it is the basis of airspace reconnaissance and constitutes a very solid foundation in building situational awa-reness in this space. An area where assessments are made and task decisions of key importance to air safety are made.Keywords: information space, air safety, information environment, air defense, information, air object.