About

Built inside an Ops Room, not a boardroom

MEIDS exists because a working unit had problems that no off-the-shelf product was solving. Every module in it answers something that actually went wrong on a real watch.

The story

From internal audit to full compliance in 11 modules

In 2017 an internal review at an operational ATC unit flagged the same problems most units live with: too much paper at the position, temporary instructions that weren’t reaching controllers, information nobody could find quickly, and no guarantee that what was being read was the current edition.

The radar operations room was already using a handful of HTML pages on a touchscreen, but it was awkward to operate and limited in what it could do. At the same time the room was being redesigned, and some of the older equipment simply wouldn’t fit the new desks. Replicating that equipment in software became the keystone of the project — and an opportunity to solve the review findings at the same time.

Almost as soon as MEIDS was born, people started asking whether it could solve other long-standing problems too. Building occupancy. Self-briefing. NOTAM and weather retrieval. ICAO 8585 tables. Competency and currency monitoring. It kept growing.

The most recent addition is Electronic Position Monitoring, allowing controllers to tap in to and out of a position and producing accurate, auditable currency and training-time data. Giving ATCOs visibility of their own currency data allowed them to take ownership of their competency and ensure greater compliance.

A briefing area fitted with MEIDS self-briefing terminals and a wall-mounted briefing board
A briefing area built around MEIDS rather than around folders — visualisation.
How we work

Operational experience, not a sales pitch

Built by Air Traffic Controllers and Industry Experts

Over three decades of both ATM and operational ATC experience sits behind MEIDS — across tower, radar and approach, in both civil and military environments.

Operations and management

Years spent in ATC management as well as in the operational role, so the product is shaped by both sides of the compliance conversation.

Training and simulation background

A specialism in ATC training and simulation is why competency, currency and evidence run right through the middle of ATRACS rather than being bolted on.

Still in daily operational use

MEIDS is used every day by the people who asked for it. Nothing ships that doesn’t survive contact with a live watch.

Let’s talk about your unit

No sales team, no scripted pitch — just a conversation about whether our systems fit your unit.

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