Press Release

JDA and Northwest Data Solutions form SMS Pro™ Strategic Partnership

For Immediate Release
May 11, 2009

Contact - JDA
Mike Rioux - 301-940-1460
mrioux@jdasolutions.aero

Contact - NWDS
Chris Howell - 907.227.1676
chowell@nwds-ak.com

JDA Aviation Technology Solutions (JDA) and Northwest Data Solutions (NWDS) announced today that they have formed a strategic partnership to assist aviation organizations understand, implement, and maintain a quality Safety Management System (SMS) that meets ICAO, FAA, IS-BAO, Transport Canada, and CAP 712 SMS standards.

JDA and NWDS have combined their expertise to develop the most comprehensive SMS program on the market that includes safety culture assessments, gap analyses, planning, training, risk management, safety assurance, and promotion. The cornerstone of the JDA NWDS SMS service is SMS Pro™ an integrated software application that assists the operations of airlines, airports, helicopter operators, towers, and MROs increase the efficiency of business processes through the enhancement of operational and management safety event reporting. SMS Pro™ is a Web-based application, which greatly facilitates safety information sharing across an organization.

Under their partnership JDA will provide SMS Pro™ sales, marketing, planning, training, mentoring, implementation and SMS manual support. NWDS will support SMS Pro™ implementation, customization, technical support, and hosting.

"While the FAA is moving towards rulemaking requiring aviation operators and businesses to implement SMS, the most prudent decision is to implement SMS now so that your organization can identify and take action on latent conditions before they become serious safety concerns or worse, an accident" stated Joe Del Balzo JDA President.

"If eliminating accidents is not enough to motivate an organization to implement an SMS, firms may be motivated by the legal, positive return on safety investment, labor relations, and regulatory benefits that a SMS can provide, and easily tracked and managed, through SMS Pro" said Chris Howell, Managing Partner, NWDS.

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About JDA - For more than 15 years, JDA Aviation Technology Solutions has been a leading aviation industry consultant, delivering innovative solutions for aviation client challenges in safety, compliance, real estate development, technology infusion, litigation and organization/management.

JDA offers a wide range of certification and operations-related services and products including technology transfer, new carrier certification, obstruction evaluation, safety-based manual systems, ATOS Conformance Audits, Virtual Safety Offices, Crisis Management, Security Plans, and Safety Management Systems.

The company's client base includes many of the leading aviation and aerospace companies and airports in the country, including, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Republic Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, Sentient Flight Group, Frontier/Lynx Airlines, CJ Systems Aviation, Charles E. Smith Inc., Nevada Development Corporation, and ITT. JDA also represents ESCO, which manufactures and installs the Engineered Material Arrestor System (EMAS), the FAA certified breakaway-concrete surface installed at the end of runways to provide overrun protection. For additional information on JDA Aviation Technology Solutions and CertAssure™ visit JDA's website at www.jdasolutions.aero or call 301-941-1460 to arrange for a private briefing.

About NWDS - founded in 2003 by six software engineers, NWDS provides custom computer programming and systems design services. NWDS creates many types of software, including e-commerce, financial, defense, engineering, logistics, aviation and more. In 2007-2008 NWDS developed SMS Pro™ a web based SMS application that supports an organization's overall SMS through safety reporting, safety documentation, safety risk management and safety assurance. SMS Pro™ is currently used by aviation organizations in the U.S. and Canada to help manage their SMS programs. NWDS continues to support SMS Pro™ and add new functionality. NWDS offers custom contract programming services in the U.S. and Canada and is managed by Chris Howell, one of the founders. Their headquarters is in Anchorage, Alaska. For additional information on NWD visit their website at www.nwds-ak.com and www.aviation-sms.com to learn more about SMS Pro™.

Contact JDA

JDA Aviation Technology Solutions
4720 Montgomery Lane
Suite 950
Bethesda, MD 20814

Toll Free: 1-877-JDA-AERO (877-532-2376)
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Email: info@jdasolutions.aero