SMART TOWERS:

A STEP-CHANGE IN ATM PROVISION?

Mark RobinsonDirector ATM Marketing and Sales – Saab Asia PacificMadrid 11 March 2016

ASSUMPTIONS

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INCREASED DEMAND INCREASED SAFETY AND SECURITY

REDUCED COSTS REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

THE PROVISION OF ATS FROM TOWERS

BEYOND 2026

• Widespread implementation and acceptance of remote/smart/digital technology

• Greater use of advanced decision support

tools in the traditional tower environment

• More mature A-CDM - superior integration of

operational information amongst all stakeholders

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DIGITAL TOWER SERVICES

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• From this…

‒ Angelholm to Malmo 2009

• To this….

‒ Sundsvall October 2014

MUCH HAS BEEN ACHIEVED

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WIDER IMPLEMENTATION - WHY?

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• Cost savings - centralisation of the workforce

• Capital savings - bricks and mortar Tower replacement

Digital Tower Services

Service provision ‘on demand’

Contingency operations

Hidden runways

“As safe or safer than current operations”

ENHANCING REGIONAL SERVICES

• across different time zones

• at locations currently with no service

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• Provide the service ‘on demand’ - when and where it is needed

IMPROVED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS –VISUAL TRACKING AND OVERLAYS

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IMPROVED SITUATIONAL AWARENESSHEAD UP DISPLAY FUNCTIONALITY

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WHERE TO NEXT?

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• Integration platform?

• Standards and regulation

• Multiple Airport Control

• Deployable operations – both civil and military

TRADITIONAL TOWERS - EFS

• Safety alerts

• Record and replay

• SMC/TWR/APR

• Linked to ASMGCS

• Linked to A-CDM

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TRADITIONAL TOWERS - ASMGCS

• Wider regional implementation

• Elsewhere emphasis on Routing and Guidance

• Terminology changes….

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• Surveillance Service

• Airport Safety Nets Service

• Routing Service

• Guidance Service

Level1/2/3/4

TRADITIONAL TOWERS – INTEGRATED AUTOMATION

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TRADITIONAL TOWERS – INTEGRATED AUTOMATION

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- Electronic Flight

Strips

- Voice Switch Control Panel

- Terminal Surveillance Display

- A-SMGCS

Display

- Operational Information

- Airfield Lighting Control

- Airfield Systems Status Monitoring

- Current & Forecasted WX

- D-ATIS Generation / Broadcast

- AIS Access and Display

- CPDLC

TRADITIONAL TOWERS - AR

• Microsoft ‘Hololens’

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FROM “HANDS ON”

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TO “HANDS FREE”?

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AUGMENTED REALITY TOWER

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The availability of data and turning it into

valuable information

1110010…”75% of

baggage loaded”

1010010…

”Fueling finished”

101011010…

”on my way to

DHL0934”

101011010…

”I am at THA0421 for 20

more minutes”

1110010…”34% of

passengers passed

boarding card swipe”

Internet of Things and automation Access – any time, anywhere, any device

INFORMATION SHARING

THANK YOU