Advanced Cockpit for Reduction Of StreSs and workload

Objective

Outstanding safety level of air transport is partly due to the two pilots standard. However situations where difficult flight conditions, system failures or cockpit crew incapacitation lead to peak workload conditions.The amount of information and actions to process may then exceed the crew capacity. Systems alleviating crew workload would improve safety.

ACROSS Advanced Cockpit for Reduction of StreSs and workload - will develop new applications and HMI in a cockpit concept for all crew duties from gate to gate. Human factors, safety and certification will drive this approach. The new system will balance the crew capacity and the demand on crew resource.

ACROSS workload gains will be assessed by pilots and experts. A Crew Monitoring environment will monitor physiological and behavioural parameters to assess workload and stress levels of pilots. A new indicator will consolidate flight situation and aircraft status into an indicator of the need for crew resource. If this need becomes higher than available crew resource, cockpit applications and systems will adapt to the new situation :
a) Decision support: cockpit interfaces will adapt to focus crew on needed actions,
b) Prioritisation: non-critical applications/information will be muted in favor of critical elements,
c) Progressive automation: crew actions not directly relevant with the situation will be automated,
d) Decision sharing: in case of persistent crisis situation, an automatic information link with the ground will be established to further assist the crew.

In extreme situation where both pilots are incapacitated, further steps will be:
a) Full automation: measures to maintain the aircraft on a safe trajectory, then reroute to nearest airport and autoland.
b) Decision handling: mechanisms allowing ground crew to remotely fly the aircraft.

ACROSS groups a large team of key European stakeholders. They are committed to deliver innovation in the field of air transport safety.

Fields of science

• social sciences › social geography › transport
• social sciences › sociology › industrial relations › automation
• social sciences › psychology › ergonomics
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft

Programme(s)

• FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics)

Topic(s)

• AAT.2012.3.5-2. - Integrated approach and demonstration of safe operations under crew peak workload / reduced crew configuration

Call for proposal

FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

THALES AVS FRANCE SAS

Address

75-77 Avenue Marcel Dassault
33700 Merignac
France

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

EU contribution

€ 2 889 953,75

Administrative Contact

Sonia Wassilieff (Mrs.)

Participants (35)

SELEX GALILEO SPA

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Italy

Address

Via Albert Einstein 35
50013 Campi Bisenzio

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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Fabrizio Gurrieri (Mr.)

AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS

France

EU contribution

€ 1 347 631

Address

Route De Bayonne 316
31060 Toulouse

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Sylvie Vergnes (Ms.)

DASSAULT AVIATION

France

EU contribution

€ 493 150

Address

9 Rond Point Champs-elysees-marcel Dassault
75008 Paris

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Patrice Bonnet (Mr.)

BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 674 870

Address

Warwick House Farnborough Aerospace Centre
GU14 6YU Farnborough

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Helen Eldridge (Mrs.)

STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS LUCHT - EN RUIMTEVAARTCENTRUM

Netherlands

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€ 2 389 913

Address

Anthony Fokkerweg 2
1059 CM Amsterdam

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Research Organisations

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Tanja Van Ommeren (Ms.)

DEEP BLUE SRL

Italy

EU contribution

€ 1 545 500

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Via Ennio Quirino Visconti 8
00193 Roma

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Valentino Meduri (Mr.)

JEPPESEN GMBH

Germany

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€ 121 000

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Frankfurter Strasse 233
63263 Neu Isenburg

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Jens Schiefele (Dr.)

CERTIFLYER BV

Netherlands

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€ 109 620

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Herenweg 100
2465 AH Rijnsaterwoude

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Gerard Temme (Mr.)

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS

France

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€ 493 397,50

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Avenue Paul Ourliac 1
31036 Toulouse

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Louis Claude Vrignaud (Mr.)

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV

Germany

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Linder Hohe
51147 Koln

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Thomas Richter

AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH

Germany

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€ 696 942

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Willy-messerschmitt-strasse 1
82024 Taufkirchen

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Peter Lilischkis (Mr.)

AIRBUS

France

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€ 52 368,50

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2 Rond Point Emile Dewoitine
31700 Blagnac

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Sylvie Vergnes (Mrs.)

GMVIS SKYSOFT SA

Portugal

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Alameda Dos Oceanos 115
1990 392 Lisboa

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Jose Neves (Mr.)

ELLINIKI AEROPORIKI VIOMICHANIA ANONYMI ETAIREIA

Greece

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€ 240 250

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Mesogeion 2-4
11527 Athina

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INGENIERIA DE SISTEMAS PARA LA DEFENSA DE ESPANA SA-SME MP

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Calle Beatriz De Bobadilla 3
28040 Madrid

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Daniel Mosquera Benitez (Mr.)

STIRLING DYNAMICS LTD

United Kingdom

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Regent Street 26 Clifton
BS8 4HG Bristol

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Stuart Reid (Mr.)

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€ 192 500

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06980 Ankara

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SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE COCKPIT SOLUTIONS

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93100 Montreuil

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DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH

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GTD SISTEMAS DE INFORMACION SA

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Airbus Group SAS

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AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED

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€ 64 478

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