GRICASGalileo Search and Rescue Return Link Improvement for a better

Civil Aviation Safety

European Space Solution Workshop on Galileo Search & Rescue

Presented by Philippe LARHANTEC/Thales Alenia Space

GRICAS Objectives

• Funded under H2020 Call Galileo-2015-1• Duration: 21 months (Jan. 2016 – Oct. 2017)

• Objective: To improve safety and security of air navigation

• Thanks to new ICAO requirements : “CRITERIA TO DETECT IN-FLIGHT AIRCRAFT DISTRESS EVENTS TO TRIGGER TRANSMISSION OF FLIGHT INFORMATION “ (WG 98/MASPS ED-237)• To be implemented by 2021

Compliance to MASPS is a minimumGoing beyond is our target !

GRICAS Autonomous Distress Tracking

-A distress signal-Auto triggered by specific internal or external event -Possible manually activation

ADFR Automatic Deployable Recorder

GRICAS Aircraft Tracking Abnormal Operation

-Triggered by abnormal events-Provide flight location data at least once per minute

Aircraft Tracking Normal Operation

GRICAS Application Domain

To propose and demonstrate innovative and global solution Abnormal operations (in some specific cases) Autonomous Distress Tracking (ADT)

NOT a solution for Tracking in Normal Operations !

GRICAS Concept

Usage of MEOSAR Service of COSPAS/SARSAT Second Generation Beacon (SGB-ELT) On-Board of aircraft

Usage of Galileo Return Link made whenever its pertinent

Activation/De-activation• Manually• Internal events (shock,…)• External events• Remotely from Ground

Aircraft lost scenario (MH370)

MEOLUT Next MCC/RCC GALILEO RLSP/GMS

Galileo Constellation 0 ATC Lost Aircraft Position

1 ATC asks Aviation Authority to authorise beacon activation

2 Aviation Authority asks MCC to activate the beacon

3 MCC asks RLSP to activate beacon

4 RLSP builds RLM Message, GMS uplinks it.

5 Galileo Sat. dowlinks RLM

6 Beacons receives RLM then activate emission distress Signal

7 Galileo Sat relays Distress Signal to ground

8 MEOLUT computes Beacon location and forwards it to MCC/RCC

9 RCC informs ATC of Aircraft positionATC

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Demonstration platform

1. Triggerring event coming from Aircraft

sensors

2. Triggerring event coming from Ground

via RLM

3. Triggerring event

coming from Beacon

ELT SGB

406MHz

GALILEO RLSP/GMS

GRICAS Demonstration Platform GRICAS Demonstration Platform

E1 RLM

ELT signal location

MEOLUT Next

MCC

RLM

4. Triggerred manually by the

Crew

Demonstration logic

Step by step approach to ensure success of demonstrations

GRICAS Partners

Participants CountryThales Alenia Space France France

ELTA France

Pildo Consulting S.L. Spain

ST Micro Italy

CNES France

ASECNA Senegal

AeroClub Barcelona Spain

GRICAS Supporters

Supporters Country

BEA France

DGAC/DSNA France

Royal Air Maroc Maroc

AIRBUS France

WIZZAIR Hungaria

Carmen AGUILERA-RIOS Carmen.AGUILERA@gsa.europa.eu

GRICAS Points of Contact

Philippe LARHANTEC philippe.larhantec@thalesaleniaspace.com

More information on :www.gricas-gsa-project.eu (available soon)