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Unmanned Aircraft Systems
EUROCONTROL ATM Integration
Holger Matthiesen
Senior Specialist - Air Traffic Management,EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity
EASA Workshop on UAS February 1, 2008
EUROCONTROL “The European Organisation for the
Safety of Air Navigation”
Mission: To harmonise and integrate Air Navigation Services in Europe, aiming at the creation of a uniform Air Traffic Management System for civil and military users, in order to achieve the safe, orderly, expeditious and economic flow of traffic throughout Europe. (Article 1 of the EUROCONTROL Revised Convention)
ATM Considerations - Integration of UAS
Safety
Security
Environment
Airspace Capacity
Flight Efficiencies
Airspace Access
All airspace users
Ensure ATM meets requirements of all legitimate airspace users
Role of EUROCONTROL
“legitimate”: certification, equipment carriage, + operational approval
“certification”: for UAS, in non-segregated airspace, the missing element
ATM will evolve – UAS as Drivers for Change
Autonomous Flight
Improved Air-Ground Communications Links
Detect, Sense and Avoid
UAS Systems can improve ATM for all airspace users
ICAO ATM Operational Concept (2025) - UAS
EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre – UAS R+D
SESAR - UAS to be fully considered
Future ATM Concepts
Further segregation not an option
UAS ATM Integration
Civil and Military UAS
Optimum use of the airspace
UAS as legitimate airspace users
Published December 2007:
“EUROCONTROL Specifications for the use of Military UAVs as Operational Air Traffic (OAT)”
OAT: “Military ATM Regulatory Framework” – National Authorities – (non-ICAO)
Harmonised OAT Regulatory Framework for UAS – High Level Description
Principle of OAT “ATM transparency”
The pursuit of transparency through certification……
ATM Requirements for UAS as OAT
ANT: EUROCONTROL “Airspace and Navigation Team”
GAT: “General Air Traffic” – Civil Aircraft and [Military] – ICAO
Requirement: UAS as GAT shall perform at least as well as manned aircraft
Principle of GAT “ATM transparency”
The pursuit of ATM transparency through certification……
ATM Requirements for UAS as GAT
“2-Stream” parallel Approach
Civil and Military
Broad Agency Cross-Domain Initiative
Activity Structure
Medium-long term ATM integration
Pragmatic ATM Perspective
“2-Stream” Approach
EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity (1/4)
Short-term UAS Airspace Accessibility
ATM Requirements Driven
Build UAS Certification Specifications
Establish ATM Requirements on UAS Performance
Existing ATM Regulatory Framework
Stream 1 - Strategy
Compile and Assess UAS ATM Shortcomings
UAS ATM Safety Requirements
Stream 1 - Process
EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity (2/4)
ATM Requirements (Airspace, CNS, Sense and Avoid)
No mitigation? – New ATM requirements on certification
Validate mitigation strategies
Develop ATM mitigation to shortcomings
Stream 1 – Process, cont’d
With EASA - UAS (Restricted) Type Certification
UAS ATM Integration CONOPS (Proof of Concept)
Stream 1 - Outcome
Stepped/Phased UAS ATM Integration Approach
With EASA - UAS Permits to Fly
EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity (3/4)
SESAR UAS Integration Baseline from Stream 1
Direct support to SESAR UAS Technology Requirements
Integrate UAS into SESAR Development and Deployment
Stream 2 - SESAR
Foundation for UAS market “level playing field”
SESAR Target ATM Concept - manned and unmanned
Stream 2 - Strategy
UAS technologies facilitating SESAR technologies
Global inter-operability
EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity (4/4)
EUROCONTROL UAS “Next Steps” (1/3)
UAS ATM Integration Activity
Stream 1 and Stream 2 in parallel
Build UAS “Proof of Concept”
EUROCAE WG-73 (UAS)
ICAO UAS Study Group
EUROCONTROL UAS “Next Steps” (2/3)
Promote EUROCONTROL OAT Specs
EUROCONTROL/FAA MoC Action Plan 24
Spectrum, Spectrum, Spectrum…..
SESAR
EUROCONTROL UAS “Next Steps” (3/3)
UAS Required Levels of ATM Safety
Human Factors Studies
ATC UAS Real-Time Simulations
Support to National Civil UAS Applications – “First Steps”
EASA Guidance/Support (1/2)
EASA Alignment with EUROCAE/RTCA
Certification Specifications - < 150 kg.
Support Requirements of ATM UAS Safety Case
1309 – “Tailoring” of safety requirements – relation to ATM
EASA Guidance/Support (2/2)
UAS Command and Control Certification
UAS “Flight Crew” Licensing
Civil – Military Certification – (Convergence)
Support to ICAO UAS Study Group