Aircraft Communications, Tracking and Surveillance The Global Distress and Safety System (GADSS) Need, Overview, Status

Henk J. Hof Chairman ICAO Adhoc Working Group on Aircraft Tracking

6th October 2015

Connected world

enter your presentation title 2 2

The GAP

3

Instant and accurate information Instant cooperation Instant action Global

Maritime example: GMDSS: Global Maritime Distress and Safety System; LRIT: Long Range Identification and Tracking

Different levels of Information sharing

Need for a consistent “overlay”

Alerting and SAR needs

Long Range Identification and Tracking System (LRIT) – Maritime

4

The Need

5

2014 Mar.

2009 June

Know where aircraft fly

Know when aircraft are in distress

Enhance ability to rescue

Enhance ability to recover

MH370 AF447

Timely identification and location of aircraft in distress Availability and sharing of valuable information

Effective and regularly trained procedures

Vulnerability

Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System Overview

6

Aircraft Tracking Abnormal Operations

Autonomous Distress Tracking (ADT)

Flight Data Recovery

SWIM

Operator

ATS/ RCC

Aircraft Tracking Normal Operations

Aircraft Tracking (Normal / Abnormal)

7

“A process, established by the operator that maintains and

updates at standardised intervals a ground based record of the

four dimensional position of individual aircraft in flight”

MTOW > 45.500 kg Shall MTOW > 27.000 kg Should

> 19 seats

Aircraft Tracking with Automated Surveillance

AOC ATSU

RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER

Normal

Abnormal Information Sharing

& Procedures

Repository AO PoC RCC PoC ATSU PoC

Aircraft Tracking without Autom. Surveillance

AOC ATSU

RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER

Normal

Abnormal Information Sharing

& Procedures

Repository AO PoC RCC PoC ATSU PoC

Tracking / 15 min.

Tracking / 1 min. Oceanic Area

4D position

Record

DISTRESS TRACKING

TRIGGER Automatic Manual Ground

RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER

AUTONOMOUS

AOC

GADSS CONCEPT

Trigger Examples: unusual attitudes unusual speed

conditions loss of power on all

engines ground proximity

warnings

6 NM

ADFR ELT

Retrieval of CVR/FDR data

Upcoming Normal Tracking SARPs

11

Performance-based Standards and recommended practices for normal flight tracking

No change to ATC procedures i.e. no change to SAR alerting

Establish operator responsibility to track aircraft

Not technology-specific – using existing technology

State/organisations feedback e.g.: Area of applicability/responsibility

Applicability date

Information sharing/security

Reporting rate

Timelines • January 2015

– Preliminary review by ICAO ANC

• March 2015 – State Letter

• September 2015 – Review of

feedback

– Updated SARPs

• November 2018 – Applicable

12

MTOW > 27.000 kg 19 seats MTOW > 45.500 kg

Operator to track flight from Take-off to landing Exception when fully under ATS surveillance Automatic event detection

Update rate: 15 min < jan. 2021 3 min > jan. 2021 (without automated means for a/c accident localisation)

EU – Regulation (draft)

Upcoming Distress Tracking SARPs

13

Performance-based Standards and recommended practices for distress flight tracking

Not technology-specific Location of an accident site within 6 NM Activated

Automatically based on flight behavior Manually from the air Manually from the ground

Power and position information autonomous from other a/c systems Applies to new aircraft from 2021 Incentive for early adoption as an alternative to second ELT

23 February 2015

Timelines

• January 2015 – Preliminary review

by ICAO ANC

• March 2015 – State Letter

• March 2016 – Adopted

• January 2021 – Applicable

13

Time to act

14

Implement the lessons learned Maintain full GADSS scope

Procedures Information management Human factors Technology

There is a cost

Non-competitive Supports other benefits e.g. operations/logistics

Global harmonisation is a must