NORACON Press release 2/12 - Finavia

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CC SESAR IS HERE TO STAY!
Dear NORACON
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First of all I must give the team a big hand for continuing
the strong input to SESAR, it is a challenge to keep the
momentum and energy in various projects and tasks over
such a long time. That might be the major challenge
ahead, i.e. to ensure a sustainable programme and deliverable
from NORACON. When need to make sure that
real achievements being i4D flight, conceptual documents
or information models are recognized and appreciated .
Having said that it is clear that SESAR is here to stay! The
continuation of SESAR, beyond 2016 seems politically well
accepted and part of the plan for ATM in Europe. If NORA-
CON is part of the next step is another issue but the work
performed now lays the foundation for what is to come!.
The updated European ATM Master plan is the best plan
ever made for Europe and it’s based on SESAR achievements
and a balance between industrial and operational
maturity and the wish to progress towards a more effi-
PMG SUMMARY
cient network in Europe. Even more interesting is the
road towards implementing SESAR ! The SJU Tiger team
defined a set of key areas that will be prioritized and
those areas, e.g. 4D, traffic synchronisation, Network
capacity balancing, airport integration, conflict management
and to a certain extent SWIM will be the core of
SESAR Deployment. This, again means that the link
between SESAR results and EU regulation( in general) is
clear and seems to be even stronger. Having said that
SESAR is here to stay for a foreseeable future so let’s
make it right!
SESAR is important so is the summer! I hope all of you
will have a chance to enjoy a good vacation in order to
be back , packed with energy to deliver more SESAR
results.
Niclas Gustavsson,
NORACON CC Chairman
During March, the new number of planned hours related to external BAFOI / II re allocation has been analysed to map effort /
task in each project, and the result has been submitted to the SJU Project Leader.
NORACON contribution level has been analysed based on the dashboard graphs SJU initiated and ExOpen figures. The
NORACON downward trend is broken, but the relationship between the various members individual contributions varies to a
large extent. NORACON PMG will have focus on how we can reach reasonable proportionate commitment, ratio, from all members,
within the same project.
NORACON Thales IBP (Industrial-Based Platform) has been in focus during Q1/2, and with good support of Thales the IBP has
reached a reasonable level. Validation to come is under control, but still challenging. Cross validation (5.3) needs more attention
from all members involved.
During BAFOI /II reallocation DFS has introduced a “sister” ROT project, under 6.8.4 umbrella. If and how this project will coordinate
with NORACONs 6.9.3 remains to be seen. NORACON has participated in an evaluation session related to the sister project.
A NORACON META/OFA meeting with Thales was held on 22-23 March at ATCC Arlanda, where dependencies, turnaround
times, concept development and functionality were discussed. These meetings will be held on regular basis, at least two times a
year, and will state the operational “wish-list” of functionality required for the next system module to be delivered from Thales.
Based on the agreed functionality to come, NORACON can plan the objectives in the validation exercises for the next period.
OFA-Operational Focus Area - roles have been introduced within SJU. The OFA will - in
the long run - facilitate coordination and requirements- The OFA concept was initiated
by the A6, to have a more operational driven development approach. NORACON has
been active in defining these roles. There are still some discussions regarding responsibilities
and mandates. NORACON will have major responsibilities in the ROT and
i4D OFAs.
Anne-Lovise Linge & Harald Malén , NORACON Programme Management
Release 2
SESAR presented an
overview of Release 2 at the
ATC Global in Amsterdam.
While release 1 mostly
followed a bottom-up
approach, Release 2 will
include a wider scope of
activities from a top-down
approach.Key highlights in
Release 2 comprise
validation exercises for
surface planning and routing
as well as the refinement of
time based separation
minima, improved ATC
trajectory prediction thanks
to AOC data, enriched
ICAO flight plan information
with flight performance data
provided by AOC as well as
further trials in i4D and
controlled time of arrival.
i4D
On Feb 10th an Airbus
A320 faircraft flew fom
Toulouse to Stockholm
using for the first time an
initial four dimensional (i4D)
flight profile. Thanks to the
complementary expertise of
the involved SESAR
members the test aircaraft
taking off from Toulouse to
Copenhagen and Stockholm,
successfully verified the
automated 4D data
exchange between aircraft
Flight Management Systems
(FMS) and ground
automation systems through
data link. It also aimed to
validate how information is
displayed to the controller
and the pilot as well as the
impact on their operations.
Demo day
On the 12th of January
more than 40 people from
different NORACON
partners came to Malmö-
Sturup to hear about and
see the 4 platforms that we
have described in SESAR.
The platforms are the
Thales Eurocat/Simcat,
SAAB ROT, AAVIP
(NARSIM etc) and the Datalink
service testbed. It was a
full day with presentations
during the morning and
demostrations in the
afternoon. There was a lot
of questions to be answered
after the presentations and
interesting discussions
during all day. Thanks to all
presenters that did a great
job. It was a much
appreciated event that may
have a follow up another
time if required or
requested.
Anders Nyberg, LFV

i4D CONTINUES TO ADVANCE
In this image: IBP HMI showing i4D coupled a/c flying towards TMA entry point on an CTA instructed through CPDLC.
i4D continues to advance with the dual integration of FMS data onto the CWP using the Thales IBP and datalink.Major goals have been achieved by
Anders Nyberg of LFV and his team of ATM experts in running the latest real time test simulations on the Thales platform in Malmo Sweden during week 16.
The tests were run in preparation for the upcoming real time simulation to be carried out in May. This simulation will be used for the validation of Exercise 579/204 which
integrates FMS data from the cockpit with the Controller Working Position via datalink and vice versa. The testing this week included the cooperation of several ANSPs and
Airbus. The simulation employed the assistance of the Airbus Flight Simulator located in Toulouse along with the use of pseudo pilots based in Malmo ATCC. The tests
prooved successful with the issuance of CTAs via CPDLC in a timely manner to enable pilots to achieve the optimum profile for their aircraft and also improving the workload
distribution among the various controller working positions.
The testing this week was twofold and incorporated Exercise 366 which is set to validate ”baseline HMI” and i4D HMI with the use of vital data obtained from the team of
experienced controllers, who came together in Malmo from various jurisdictions within NORACON. During the last day of the simulation the efforts were overseen by
Claudio Vaccaro, the project manager for 5.09 who was present at the NORACON facility. The participating ATCOs were asked to fill-in a questionnaire assessing different
aspects of the HMI. This analysis will be an important input to the Operational Workshop on HMI, which will be organized on 26/27 June at Naviair premises in Copenhagen
where the presentation of HMI experiences from all over Europe will be the key issue.
The cooperation and professionalism displayed by all agencies LFV,NAVIAIR,IAA,THALES and AIRBUS was a catalyst in the advancement of this important SESAR work. Once
again, thanks to one and all especially to Anders and his team for their enthusiasm and efforts to prepare the platform and for having the documentation ready on-time.
Derek Coleman, IAA
Effort spent per member
Accumulated Actuals 2012-03-31
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Resource profile in FTE
PM Anne-Lovise Linge: anne-lovise.linge@lfv.se Alt. PM Harald Malén: harald.malen@lfv.se Threads Roman Nossal: roman.nossal@austrocontrol.at
Lars-Göran Stridsman: lars.stridsman@lfv.se Anders Nyberg: anders.nyberg@lfv.se Jens Skinneholm: jcs@naviair.dk Financial Inger Nordin:
inger.nordin@lfv.se Admin Marcus Kullman: marcus.kullman@lfv.se