Air Traffic Management/Safety Services David Coiley VP Aviation Steve Kong Technical Marketing and Business Development Manager
The vision and the action Already: Flight tracking Now: SwiftBroadband - Safety ATM airspace over land
The vision and the action Already: Flight tracking Now: SwiftBroadband - Safety ATM airspace over land
Inmarsat s Vision is to be at the forefront of the innovation, technology and services of the Connected Aircraft We will continue investing our efforts in shaping the next generation Safety services network while anticipating the passenger s demand for communication services
Inmarsat is fully funded and invests I5 (x4) Global Xpress (Ka-Band) System capacity (logarithmic scale) I2 (x4) Classic Aero I3 (x5) Classic Aero Swift64 I4 (x3) Classic Aero SwiftBroadband $1.5B USD Alphasat (x1) Classic Aero SwiftBroadband $350M USD $1.6B USD 1990-92 1996-98 2005-2008 2013 2013-14
Inmarsat in Air Traffic Management The three Air Traffic Management pillars: CNS Communication Voice over satcom to FANS1/A digital data-link: Already over oceans (Classic Aero, soon SB-Safety) Navigation Supporting satellitebased navigation aids FAA WAAS EU EGNOS Surveillance From ground radars over land, HF over oceans to ADS-C* over oceans Coming to continents (CPDLC over IRIS) *: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract
The vision and the action Already: Flight tracking Now: SwiftBroadband - Safety ATM airspace over land
Flight tracking issues Main issue in oceanic airspace, no ground surveillance means Commercial aviation: mostly wide body aircraft Need for an affordable solution: To locate aircraft in a more systematic way, with more accuracy than with existing procedures / systems To increase the reactivity in case of abnormal route deviation or event
Surveillance pillar - FANS / ADS-C ADS-C: an existing, robust service to track aircraft - Concept developed by ICAO Regular position reports at pre-set frequencies (periodic contract) Automatically triggered deviation reports (event) Increased rate of periodic contract in case of event Alert in case of position report being not submitted within time limits Possibility of up to five contracts in parallel Number of FANS capable Wide-Body aircraft flying oceanic routes is already nearing 80% New wide-body aircraft are all FANS And virtually all are Classic Aero
FANS / ADS-C coverage from ATSPs Graphic courtesy of The Boeing Company Mostly all oceanic areas covered Geographical coverage is expanding Possible contract with airline s own ground systems but usage is not systematic except over dense routes
Flight tracking capabilities Inmarsat is directly supporting the ICAO/IATA and ITU initiatives Operational today Future Classic Aero Yes, ADS-Contract Free Basic Tracking service offered Classic Aero SwiftBroadband Safety Burst timing and frequency LogOnVerification Timer Reduced Lat, Long, Hdg, Gnd Speed, Track at 2 min interval, and on all ACARS messages. Timer is configurable from ground Studying addition of positioning capability Free ADS-C Basic Tracking More frequent embedded GPS position data SwiftBroadband (non safety) FDR offload on Priority IP service 2 D position at 2 min intervals Studying addition of Alt, Hdg, Gnd Speed and more frequent
ADS-C: A key element of ATM evolution Available now and cost-effective Free of charge for basic Tracking One free ADS-C Position Reporting every 15 offered by Inmarsat to the 80% of wide-body transoceanic aircraft that are FANS equipped Improved separation for dense oceanic routes: Increased reporting (every 5-10 ) to reduce separation Minimal cost to airline (~$10 per flight), far below potential fuel savings A key element of the evolution of ATM Tested and proven for i4d 4D trajectory in the future Open room for more parameters and more triggering events
and Black Box in the cloud Classic Aero Proprietary solutions available SwiftBroadband Need for Industry to define the requirement Prioritised IP with SB Safety
The vision and the action Already: Flight tracking Now: SwiftBroadband - Safety ATM airspace over land
SwiftBroadband safety features Cockpit communications replicating Classic Aero: 2 x Cockpit Voice 1 x FANS1/A Data New features: Prioritised IP Data pipe Aircraft position reporting and tracking Additional to ADS-C and Way-Point reporting ACARS based messaging In-built aircraft position reporting and flight tracking
SwiftBroadband oceanic safety service SwiftBroadband will be preferred communications path, supported by Classic Aero on I4 and on I3 Introducing redundant routes through the use of SwiftBroadband as a parallel network to Classic Aero, it aims at providing: Four 9 s communications system availability ATS data transaction times meeting RCP240 RCP240 Safety service supporting 30/30 NM separations and more to come SwiftBroadband Service I4 Constellation Classic Aero service I3 Constellation NETWORK 1 SwiftBroadband NETWORK 2 Classic Aero I4 2 Services, 2 Constellations, 3 Networks NETWORK 3 Classic Aero I3
For safety services voice and data SVGM Satellite Voice Guidance Material Yet To Be Approved for Routine Safety 2014-2015: SATVOICE Trials Classic Aero, SBB, Iridium GOLD Global Operational Data Link Document Applies for FANS 1/A ACARS only ADS-C and CPDLC Aircraft Reporting and Controller Clearances Performance Approvals by: PARC CWG (FAA Sponsor - USA) Regional ANSP NAVCanada, UKNATS, AirwaysNZ, CASA, FAA, JCAB
FANS1/A SwiftBroadband SATVoice Trials Classic, SBB, Iridium PTT Voice Partyline GOLD Data Link performance Performance based Aviation Rule Making Committee Communication Working Group
SwiftBroadband Safety evaluations SwiftBroadband ACARS now flying! HAL STC and further airlines planned Target airline STC +6 months ARINC AQP complete flight test remain Boeing AEIT and SITA VAQ in progress or near completion
Available now For retro fit STC s ACARS over IP (SwiftBroadband) Fast performance Included inside SATCOM transceiver Same ACARS CMU Wiring, No changes for FANS1/A Competitive hardware and airtime rates APPROVED ON ACARS NETWORKS* *See ARINC and SITA For Details
SwiftBroadband: VHF-like performance 7 sec @ 50% 15 sec @ 90% VHF and SBB Data Link 15 sec @ 50% 30 sec @ 90% Classic Aero Data Link time (seconds) time (seconds) In areas where VHF Data Link is not available, SBB ACARS is expected to perform comparably to Domestic Airspace data link
FANS1/A over SB-Safety configuration ACARS over SwiftBroadband and IP data for EFB Using existing SATCOM data link connection to CMU for ACARS Inmarsat Antenna FANS1/A and ACARS via existing CMU FMS AMS CMU ARINC429 HLD Electronic Flight Bag Updates while en Route. Weather, Flight Planning etc. during flight AID: ARINC 759 Wired Ethernet AMS Dialer Panel PTA12 SBU Using ethernet for electronic flight bag
Aircraft interfaces Example architecture (multi-channel) SB Safety AES CU #1 Channel Unit 200 khz AC domain VOIP Gateway ACARS Gateway Cockpit Voice ACARS Data Voice MCDU Voice ACP CMU TE #1 TE #2 HPA RF Split/ Combine AC domain Prioritised IP Data Prioritised IP applications TE #3 BGAN ground segment RF Channel CU #2 CU #3 Channel Unit 200 khz CU #4 Channel Unit 200 khz Channel Unit 200 khz PIES/AIS domain AIS domain PIES/AIS domain EFB IP Data EFB applications Airline/Passenger Communications TE #5 TE #4 Airline/Passenger Communications TE #6 Airline/Passenger communications TE #7 USIM #1 USIM #2 USIM #3 USIM #4 Config module
State of data and connectivity today FOQA Flight operations quality assurance MOQA Maintenance operations quality assurance FDR/CVR Flight data recorder/ cockpit voice recorder EHM Engine health monitoring ACARS Aircraft communications addressing and reporting system Via SATCOM, VHF, HF Includes MIAM-ACARS over IP (SBB/Ku/Ka/ATG) Is this the best we can do?
More data: The connected aircraft FOQA/MOQA EHM Real-time 1MB Per Flight Hour 4MB Per Flight 0.5MB Per Flight Hour IP data EFB/FOQA/MOQA etc ACARS ACARS AOC/AAC/APC What does this mean? speed, performance, capacity 4MB Per Month FANS 1/A ATS
By the numbers: 12% ACARS Real-Time Data 0.2% ACARS 15% SATCOM 24% FOQA/MOQA 26% EFB 85% VHF/HF 1.9 GB Total monthly connected data 38% EHM
Match equipment to airline requirements Flight deck + cabin or flight deck only solutions ARINC 781/761 6 or 8 MCU IGA or HGA ARINC 781 2 MCU ELGA, IGA or HGA Avionics Provided by 1 x SwiftBroadband Safety or AOC Channel 2 x Voice, 1 x ACARS, 1 x IP Data Up to 3 x SwiftBroadband channels For AIS or PIES domains Up to 300 or 400 Kbps Depending on antenna type 1 x SwiftBroadband Safety or AOC Channel 2 x Voice, 1 x ACARS, 1 x IP Data Data arbitration For support to AIS Domains Up to 200, 300 or 400 Kbps Depending on antenna type
The vision and the action Already: Flight tracking Now: SwiftBroadband - Safety ATM airspace over land
IRIS precursor Upgrade programme to SwiftBroadband to meet the required performance standards for terrestrial data-link Service to enter pre-operational flight trials in the 2017 timeframe Operational objective to support initial 4D applications both within oceanic domains for e.g. sequenced arrivals and within EU continental domain as a complement to VDL2 Satellite communication solutions have long been recognised as beneficial to ATM over oceans : soon over continents as well!
IRIS precursor Short term Medium term Long term Initial data link en-route Initial 4D Trajectories and airport Full 4D business trajectories VDL M2 / Satcom + Iris Pre-cursor >>>> Evolves >>>> ATN and FANS1/A Datalink Converged Datalink Evolution TBD Link 2000+ CPDLC in Europe En-route FANS1/A CPDLC, ADS-C in Oceanic Global: Initial 4D, extended CPDLC, ADS-C Ground-ground COM/SWIM Global: Full 4D, integrated Technology COM, NAV, SUR, and SWIM
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