ATM application-oriented Research for Air-Ground Integration and Autonomy

The SESAR 3 JU has identified the following innovative research elements that could be used to achieve the expected outcomes. The list is not intended to be prescriptive; 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 air–ground integration and autonomy flagship.

• Frequency management. This research will investigate, from a gate-to-gate perspective, the automation of air–ground coordination to ensure the use of automatic link and frequency selection for communications by the pilot and ATC. This is expected also to support single-pilot and cross-border operations (R&I need: enabling greater ground and airborne integration and wider performance).
• Seamless connectivity between ground and aircraft via high-capacity networks. This element covers seamless connectivity betwe