AICC

AICC (Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee) is one of the earliest technical standards for packaging e-learning content so it can communicate with a learning management system. Although the committee itself dissolved in 2014, the standard remains in use across older corporate and aviation training libraries. AICC defines how a course reports data such as completion status, score, and time spent back to the LMS. Unlike SCORM, which uses a JavaScript API within the same browser window, AICC uses HTTP-based messages (the HACP protocol), which historically allowed content to be hosted on a different server or domain from the LMS — useful before cross-domain web standards matured. Most modern platforms now favour SCORM, xAPI, or cmi5, but AICC support is still important when migrating legacy content. An LMS that can import AICC packages protects an organisation's existing investment in older courseware. Business impact: Supporting AICC lets organisations migrate decades-old training catalogues into a modern LMS without rebuilding every course from scratch, preserving compliance records and reducing re-authoring costs.