Shadik International delivers secure, high-durability flight data archiving and data management solutions designed specifically for civil aviation authorities, commercial airlines, and business jet operators.

Civil aviation authorities worldwide require operators to retain FDR flight records, annual readout certifications, and exceedance data for extended regulatory periods. Our centralized archiving architecture guarantees tamper-proof preservation, rapid indexing, and secure access across multi-year operational timelines.

Key Capabilities & Features

• Multi-Tiered Storage: Automated tiering between high-availability operational hot storage and immutable cold archive repositories.
• Metadata Indexing: Comprehensive indexing by Aircraft Tail Number, Flight Number, Date, Origin/Destination, and Recorder Serial.
• Regulatory Retention Schedules: Automatic policy enforcement adhering to DGCA, ICAO Annex 6, and FAA Part 121 mandates.
• Disaster Recovery & Multi-Site Redundancy: Distributed geographically redundant backups with guaranteed 99.9999% data durability.
• Instant Regulatory Audit Export: Generate certified airworthiness audit bundles for DGCA, FAA, or EASA inspectors with one click.

Regulatory Retention Guidelines

Record Type	Mandated Retention Period	Authority Reference
Annual FDR Readout & Cal Certs	Minimum 3 to 5 Years / Life of Aircraft	DGCA CAR Sec 5, ICAO Annex 6
FOQA / FDM Exceedance Data	Minimum 2 to 3 Years	ICAO Doc 9859 Safety Mgmt Manual
Mandatory Incident Flight Recordings	Indefinite retention until investigation concludes	ICAO Annex 13 Accident Investigation