automation & innovation in sesar by peter hotham

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Key challenges faced by Airspace Users

Long-term ATM challenges and solutions brought by SESAR

Transparent, efficient, and coordinated network of operations

Congested network, higher complexity, unpredictable delay, lower productivity

Higher operational complexity and risks

Improve automation, reduce safety risks & improve predictability

Severe congestions at key airports (hubs)

Enable sustained growth by relieving capacity bottlenecks

Increasing delay and cancellation rates

Reduce delays and cancellations from improved information management

Rising fuel costs due to higher route extensions

Allow use of optimised fuel efficient flight profiles

High European ANS charges Enable the reduction of ANS charges per flight

WHAT DO WE CHANGE?

Communication

SeparationManagement

Navigation

Collision avoidance

Routing

Sequencing and merging

Surveillance

Information ManagementGuidance

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - AIRBORNETRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - AIRBORNE

•3-4 Pilots & Navigation crew•Paper charts and books etc•Analogue electro-mechanical displays•Mechanical aircraft steering•VHF/HF Radio•Autopilot

•3-4 Pilots & Navigation crew•Paper charts and books etc•Analogue electro-mechanical displays•Mechanical aircraft steering•VHF/HF Radio•Autopilot

•2 Pilot crew•Electronic Flight Bag•Digital & Head-Up Displays •Fly by Wire & Single Cockpit Approach•Satellite communication and data link•Collision detection and avoidance•Flight Management System

•2 Pilot crew•Electronic Flight Bag•Digital & Head-Up Displays •Fly by Wire & Single Cockpit Approach•Satellite communication and data link•Collision detection and avoidance•Flight Management System

Cockpit 70s (B747)Cockpit 70s (B747) Cockpit Today (A380)Cockpit Today (A380)

•Dark environment•2-3 Air Traffic Controllers•Analogue displays•Paper strips•Phone coordination•VHF Radio Clearance•Local radar feed•National Flow Management

•Dark environment•2-3 Air Traffic Controllers•Analogue displays•Paper strips•Phone coordination•VHF Radio Clearance•Local radar feed•National Flow Management

•Light environment•2 Air Traffic Controllers•Digital displays•Paper and/or electronic strips•Electronic & phone coordination•VHF Radio Clearance•National radar feed•European Flow Management

•Light environment•2 Air Traffic Controllers•Digital displays•Paper and/or electronic strips•Electronic & phone coordination•VHF Radio Clearance•National radar feed•European Flow Management

ATC Position 70sATC Position 70s

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - GROUNDTRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - GROUND

ATC Position TodayATC Position Today

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS:•Still many 1970s Technologies•High Fragmentation, poor interoperability•Procedure based tactical control•Rather low level of automation

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS:•Still many 1970s Technologies•High Fragmentation, poor interoperability•Procedure based tactical control•Rather low level of automation

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TODAYTRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TODAY

SESAR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES

INTEGRATION OF AIRPORTS

INTEGRATION OF AIRPORTS

Integrating airports - time synchronised operations of

surface trajectories and

flight turn-around

THE 4D TRAJECTORY

PRINCIPLE

THE 4D TRAJECTORY

PRINCIPLE

Integrating airspace users

flight systems to build predictable

time synchronised

flight precision

Integrating airspace users

flight systems to build predictable

time synchronised

flight precision

AUTOMATIONAUTOMATION

Human operators concentrate on

high value-added tasks

THE SYSTEM WIDE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT


The Intranet for Air Traffic Management

COLLABORATIVE NETWORK PLANNING

Integrated with airport operations planning and airspace user flight planning

Building Precision in the sky

THE 4D TRAJECTORY PRINCIPLE

Moving from surveillance supported Procedural Control to Trajectory Management

From an ATC system constraining the trajectory…

To

..an ATC system supporting the trajectory

The Intranet for Air Traffic Management


INNOVATION: upgrading ATM Information Technology systems and infrastructure

Information Technology has:Changed radically our way of working, our

way of thinking, our way of doing business, Improved decision making,Reduced drastically the time to market, Supported cost reduction in all industries, on

all markets.

Why would ATM be different?

European ATM needs its Intranet, its System Wide Information Management system to:

Exchange information, like 4D trajectory,Support decision making and automationReduce communication infrastructure costs

and inefficiencies

AUTOMATION

Human operators concentrate on high value-added tasks

ICAS 2010, Future ATM – Safe & Efficient

ENHANCED AUTOMATION SUPPORTSESAR currently maintains the human as central in the system, taking decisions and managing the operations

•To meet the challenges ahead the human needs even greater levels of automation support

•Advanced computer tools provide key decision-making support

•Fundamental dependence on information relevance and timeliness

•Human Factors aspects significant

•Failure modes and recovery consequences for safety and business continuity must be clearly understood

•Security considerations will become increasingly significant as systems use more commercial and open protocols and as interoperability improves

INNOVATIVE RESEARCH

THE RIGHT TO DREAM

THE RIGHT TO DREAM

Challenges for the world this century ...• Population (Demographics etc)

• Resources (Material, financial etc)

• Energy (Power, heat, fuel etc)

• Climate Change

SESAR 2025, what is the vision beyond?• Ambitious

• Challenging

• Engaging

• Relevant

• Different

Human Centric• Operators

• Developers

• Customers

Research in SESAR (SJU)

Principles of the ‘Innovation Cycle’

Continuum of change oriented to meet market and societal needs

SJU co-chairs the ACARE SRIA Working Group

INNOVATION is, ‘What’ ......

What is desirable to

Users?

What is viable in the

Marketplace?

What is possible with Technology?

Innovation

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION IN SESAR

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Pieces of SESAR WP-E Research

Research Themes:

What’s in WP-E today?

3 - Research Networks Launched Centres of Excellence for ATM in Complex Systems,

Automation and Legal. Outreach beyond ATM

20 - Post-Graduate studies active 7 PhD’s in ComplexWorld Network 13 PhD’s in Automation Network

18 - Research Projects launched 9 Projects on ‘Automation’ topic 8 projects on ‘Complexity’ topic 1 project ‘Legal Aspects’ topic

HALA! SESAR Research Network

Towards Higher Levels of Automation in ATM

www.hala-sesar.net

Objectives of HALA!

The meaning of HALA! in Spanish is "Go on! Get moving".

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Role of the network in SESAR

90+ Organisations

350+ researchers




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DevelopmentSESAR Work Programme

DevelopmentSESAR Work Programme

3. Transfer knowledge from SESAR to HALA!

Participants researching in automation in ATM

4. Identify in which areas SESAR requires more

research in automation (Gap Analysis)

2. HALA! has to encourage the development of radically innovative

projects

Higher Levels of

Automation in ATM




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POSITION PAPER POSITION PAPER - State of the Art and Research Agenda- State of the Art and Research Agenda




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“In the ATM Target Concept it is recognised that humans will constitute the core of the future European ATM Systems operations..” D3. – ATM Target Concept. SESAR.

“In the ATM Target Concept it is recognised that humans will constitute the core of the future European ATM Systems operations..” D3. – ATM Target Concept. SESAR.

HERITAGE IN ATM AND AUTOMATION




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NEW PARADIGM SHIFT IN ATM AUTOMATION




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New role assignment based on :

NEW PARADIGM SHIFT IN ATM AUTOMATION




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Our role is to FIND the right questions……

“BEST TIME”

“DECISION PLACE”

“BEST PLAYER”




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HALA! Main Research Areas




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Exploiting Innovative Sensor Data Fusion Strategies for Sense and Avoid Units to be Installed onboard Unmanned Aerial Systems. University of Naples “Federico II”

A framework to assess the ability of automation to deliver capacity targets in European airspace. Imperial College London

Application of the Theory of Formal Languages to the Modeling of Trajectory Uncertainty and the Analysis of its Impact in Future Trajectory-Based Operations. Boeing R&TE and Glasgow University

Effective Automation in ATM: a new perspective on management and control of automated systems. IRIT, Toulouse and DEEP BLUE

Aircraft Turnaround management in a highly automated 4 D flight operations environment using Closed loop stochastic dynamic process optimization under input and state constraints. Technische Universitaet Dresden

Uncertainty reduction by an ATS inherent aircraft state vector modeling and estimation. Technische Universitaet Braunschweig

Context Aware Adaptive Automation for Air ‐Traffic Control. Delft University of TechnologyInformation Automation on the Flight

Deck in the Context of Trajectory based Operations. Technische Universität Darmstadt

AUTOFLY Aid : Flight Deck Automation Support ‐with Dynamic 4D Trajectory Management for Responsive and Adaptive Airborne Collision Avoidance Adaptive Airborne Collision Avoidance. Istanbul Technical University (ITU)

Making decisions on human automation allocations resilient by using a virtual safety advisor for ATM. University Kassel.

Robust data fusion for 4D conflict-free optimal trajectories in a highly automated ATM system. Technical University of Catalonia.

Development of an autonomous knowledge-based system state evaluation for an enhanced decision making process, Technische Universität Braunschweig.

Managing information needs in the design of highly automated systems and human computer ‐interfaces. University of Roma 3.


Results from WP-E

Implementing a healthy body of research:

A recognised repository of knowledge providing material for extending SESAR development beyond current timescales

and scope.

Communicating achievements in Research: SESAR JU Website presence and Research Network WebsitesComplexity and Automation events and summer schoolsSESAR Innovation Days Awareness in SESAR Forum at ATC Global 2012

RecognitionYoung Scientists AwardScience and Innovation award in WP-E.

EXPLORATORY RESEARCHIDEAS

APPLIED RESEARCHUNDERSTANDING

DEVELOPMENTVIABILITY

Mess!!!!

Current SESARWork Programme

SESAR WP E

DEPLOYMENTRESULTS

SESAR Demos

Joining Everything TogetherAchieving Innovation

Next steps Maintain the dynamic created with an additional call

for projects in 2012

Extend the existing co-ordination across more of the R&D community Utilise further the Research Network communities Emphasise links to Universities

Bridge SESAR innovation and Long Term R&D to European initiatives like Horizon 2020 Re-align the SESAR Innovation and R&D

scope to face the new European Challenges

Build further links to R&D outside of ATM Exchange knowledge Exploit other domains

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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