Project description
Improving trajectory management for European air transport
Air traffic management (ATM) is a vital part of air transport and aviation. However, ATM is fragmented in Europe. A promising way to improve air traffic operations is through the use of 4D trajectory management (TM). The EU-funded PJ18-W2 4D Skyways project aims to continue research conducted to date on TM in order to enable the deployment of trajectory-based operations under a single European sky. With this goal in mind, it intends to deliver mature TM operational improvements and work on establishing a consolidated TM solution that will address Europe's ATM fragmentation. The project's achievements will lead to better ATM that will benefit airlines flying in Europe.
Objective
The PJ18-W2 4D Skyway project aims to continue the research on Trajectory Management (TM) to enable the deployment of the SESAR Trajectory Based Operations (TBO).
PJ18-W2 will deliver mature TM operational improvements to accelerate their deployment and to get the associated benefits and will also work on a longer term on the definition of the consolidated TM solution to drive the coherence and efficiency of the research on TM and on architecture alternatives to address the European ATM fragmentation.
In details, PJ18-W2 will:
• Prepare the deployment of improvements to the ground trajectory prediction and separation management/ monitoring tools by using aircraft trajectory data, more precise meteo data, improved algorithms and machine learning techniques. This will decrease trajectory uncertainty and thus will reduce ATCO workload and increase airspace capacity.
• Prepare the deployment of complex CPDLC clearances sent in advance of the horizontal, vertical and longitudinal trajectory change to enhance the synchronisation of the airborne trajectory with the ground trajectory. Automation will keep the flight crew and the ATCO workload to a low level. It will decrease trajectory uncertainty and increase airspace capacity.
• Define the Ground-Ground and Air-Ground TM exchanges between the European ATM actors by consolidating the different initiatives and bridging the gaps. This will drive the current and the future TM research and the ICAO FF-ICE discussions. Also, explore new automation for Trajectory exchanges (big data, machine learning, voice recognition…).
• Define a trajectory common service as an alternative architecture for Trajectory exchanges between ground ATM actors compared to the current European ATM fragmented approach to improve its cost effectiveness.
PJ18-W2 will work on the definition and validation of operational TM solutions using prototypes and the expertise of European ANSPs, Ground and airborne industries, Research centres and EUROCONTROL.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig data
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- social sciencessocial geographytransporttransport planningair traffic management
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
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1130 Bruxelles / Brussel
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31700 Blagnac
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31060 Toulouse
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31402 Toulouse Cedex
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51147 Koln
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1059 CM Amsterdam
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252 61 Jenec
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2950 Vedbaek
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02 147 Warszawa
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1030 Wien
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10410 Velika Gorica
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D02 T449 Dublin
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602 27 Norrkoping
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2770 Kastrup
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63225 Langen
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75720 Paris
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91120 Palaiseau
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28022 Madrid
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28022 Madrid
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00138 Roma
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00156 Roma
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00185 Roma
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1540 Sofia
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31300 Toulouse
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148 00 Praha
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28108 Alcobendas Madrid
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00195 Roma
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A96D6R0 Dun Loaghaire Dublin
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PO15 7FL Fareham
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1215 Geneva
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1215 Geneve
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78990 Elancourt
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2127 Sydney
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33700 Merignac
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823 07 Bratislava
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LT-02184 Vilnius
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581 88 LINKOPING
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7034 Trondheim
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