Program Description
System Wide Information Management (SWIM)
The digital data-sharing backbone of NextGen with infrastructure that enables Air Traffic Management-related information sharing among diverse qualified systems.

Key Capabilities
- SWIM Terminal Data distribution Systems (STDDS) convert raw surface data at Towers and send it to Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility
- STDDS will provide surface data to the Traffic Flow Management System which controllers use to balance traffic demands with capacity across the NAS
- SWIM Flight Data Publication Service (SFDPS) will improve flight data sharing and ensure consistency of this data cross the NAS

Benefits
- Increases and improves products from SFDPS
- Increases security of NAS data flows with Identify and Access Management
- Adds new data query functionality to the NAS
- Enables efficient transition to global harmonization of information standards