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Programme Category
EU Competitive Programmes
Programme Name
SESAR Joint Undertaking
Programme Description
The SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking is an institutionalised European partnership between private and public sector partners set up to accelerate through research and innovation the delivery of the Digital European Sky.
Identifier Code
HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01-WA1-1
Call
Fundamental Science and Outreach for Connected and Automated ATM
Summary
The SESAR 3 JU has identified the following innovative research elements that could be used to achieve the expected outcomes. proposals for work on areas other than those listed below are welcome, provided they include adequate background and justification to ensure clear traceability with the R&I needs set out in the SRIA for the connected and automated ATM flagship.
Detailed Call Description
- Applications of innovative technologies from outside ATM. The scope is to investigate the potential usage, integration and interoperability of innovative technologies operating outside the spectrum currently used in aviation that can maintain, as overarching principles, the high level of integrity and safety required in ATM while reducing costs and optimising spectrum usage (R&I need: enabling the deployment of a performance-based CNS service offer).
- Combined and integrated KPIs and performance structure for technological solutions / cost–benefit analyses (CBAs). This element covers the creation of performance frameworks (e.g. KPAs, KPIs) to support the performance assessment of technological solutions and facilitate the development of CBAs that can help in justifying the deployment of future technologies (R&I need: enabling the deployment of a performance-based CNS service offer).
- Moving from magnetic to geographical bearings. In order to enable a performance-based CNS service offer, research on moving from magnetic to geographical bearings is required. The objective is to study what would be needed from a CNS and avionics perspective (including, for example, flight management system (FMS), surveillance) and also to investigate the operational aspects (e.g. pilots, ATCOs, procedure design) that would need to be addressed.
- Land behind without runway vacated. The scope is to investigate the European “land behind without runway vacated” concept, similar to the FAA “land behind” clearance. Today, in the case of long runways, landing aircraft may be allowed to use the runway simultaneously under certain circumstances, or clearance to land may be given before the previous aircraft has crossed the threshold (R&I need: runway use optimisation through integrated use of arrival and departure time-based separation (TBS) tools).
- Use of slant visual range beyond runway visual range. This research is about the technical and operational use of slant visual range beyond runway visual range. In fact, runway visual range, although it has been used for decades, does not take into consideration important variables (e.g. reduced visibility caused by factors such as rain on the windshield of the aircraft) (R&I need: runway use optimisation through integrated use of arrival and departure TBS tools).
- Auto-steer aircraft taxi operations at airport. The scope is to investigate the integration of automotive into aviation technology for taxiways (‘green taxiing’), to move towards a fully automated system for all surface operations. The investigation should cover both the technology and the operational challenges (R&I need: airport automation including runway and surface movement assistance for more predictable ground operations).
- Automated ATC in medium-/high-density en-route airspace (including the evolution of the role of the human in an environment with higher levels of automation): this research into automated ATC in medium-/high-density en-route airspace investigates the move of the role of the human from executive to supervisory control, addressing the related challenges to ensure that the proposed solution is fully consistent with human capabilities. It involves developing operational concepts for higher levels of automation in ATM (e.g. delegation of control to the automated system) both at aircraft level and at ground level and addressing the specific challenges that hinder the application of ML and AI methods to the further automation of ATM (e.g. transparency, generalisation).
- Autonomous runway inspections and surveys. This element aims to research technical and operational aspects related to autonomous runway inspections and surveys (e.g. laser scans, cameras, drones) (R&I need: runway use optimisation through integrated use of arrival and departure TBS tools).
- AI-based separation management coherent with safety nets. The separation management function overlaps/interacts with other ATM functions (mainly trajectory management and collision avoidance). This may result in conflicting strategies and solutions from the different ATM layers, to be avoided in order to ensure smooth and safe operations.
Call Total Budget
€10,000,000
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Call Opening Date
07/04/2022
Call Closing Date
13/10/2022