RPAS Integration in the Airspace SESAR JU demonstration activities Catherine Ronflé-Nadaud October 2014 UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 1
UAV Program RPAS integration in the Airspace Unmanned Aircraft Systems (http://paparazzi.enac.fr) Civil applications for small UAS UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 2
Outline Introduction RPAS integration in the Civil Airspace SESAR JU Demonstrators ODREA TEMPAERIS Conclusion UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 3
Introduction RPAS categories Categories Range (km) Cruise Altitude (m) Endurance (hours) Weight (kg) Nano <1 100 <1 < 0,025 Micro <10 250 ~ 1 <5 Mini <10 300 <2 <150 (30) UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 4
Introduction RPAS categories Categories Range Cruise Altitude (m) Endurance (hours) Weight (kg) Medium Altitude Long endurance > 500 14 000 24->48 1 500 High Altitude Long Endurance > 2000 20 000 24->48 4 500-> 15 000 UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 5
Introduction RPAS Missions 60 000 ft 45 000 ft Altitude MALE HALE 1000 ft 500 ft 150 kg Mini Micro Endurance 1h 2h 30h UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 6
Introduction Foreseeable future Small and mini RPA flying at Very Low Level (VLL) will experiment a fast development as they could be relatively cheap, provide some valuable services for very local observation and some of them being already available. HALE RPAS will be used for civil applications as they might represent the most reliable UAVs being able to lift the appropriate civil avionics equipment required (though yet not sufficient) for manned traffic integration. Very high altitude RPAS could start some earlier evaluation according to the market demand and the associated RPAS availability. Being expected to fly above common civil traffic, they would hardly interfere with the current manned traffic and allow some high-end operation validation. Civil operations of RPAS at medium altitude outside segregated areas would not start before several years due to the lack of avionics devices adapted to their medium size. Source : ICONUS, SESAR JU Project, 2012 UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 7
RPAS integration ATM System Boundary Strategic Conflict Management ATM model Separation Provision Collision Avoidance Demand - traffic volume / pattern Potential Conflicts Airspace Design Flow & Capacity Management Procedural Deconfliction Conflict Avoidance ATC Tactical De-confliction Separation Infringement ATC Recovery Pilot Recovery Overload Protection Conflict Prevention Conflict Resolution Recovery UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 8
RPAS integration Responsibility for RPAS separation provision Source : ICONUS, SESAR JU Project, 2012 UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 9
RPAS integration C3 Link Source : ICONUS, SESAR JU Project, 2012 UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 10
RPAS Integration Cooperative Detect&Avoid Avoidance maneuver Non cooperative Sensors hybridation, simulations, TCAS compatibility, demonstrators UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 11
SESAR JU demonstrators SESAR JU launched 9 RPAS Demonstrators in October 2013 : Laboratory UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 12
SESAR JU demonstrators ENAC is involved in 2 demonstrators : - ODREA (www.odrea.org ) - TEMPAERIS (www.tempaeris.org ) Objectives : Define CONOPS and operational procedures (normal, abnormal, emergency) Validation with simulations using real traffic (registered) With qualified Air Traffic Controllers Fast simulations Real flights with OPV (Optionaly Piloted Vehicles) non-segregated airspace UAV voice 1 voice 2 mode-s transponder TM, sensors data TC voice 1 voice 2 voice 3 cooperative aircraft mode-s transponder GCS ATC UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 13
ODREA Consortium Aeronautics Industry Coordinator RPAS Manufacturer and Operator Resp. Demonstrations ANSP Resp. Simulations Civil Aviation Univ. Resp. Operational Procedures and Project Communication UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 14 14 / 13
ODREA Objectives 1. Define & validate CONOPS and procedures for RPAS (SID, STAR...) 2. Investigate and Demonstrate (Simulations + Flights): Capability to integrate an RPA into the managed traffic of mid size commercial airport Capability to conduct missions in lower airspace, incl. abnormal situations (C2 link loss, D&A, ) UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 15 15 / 13
ODREA Real flights 1. Muret Lherm (LFBR) GenAv towered aerodrome 2012: 88,000 mvts General aviation aircraft 2. Toulouse Blagnac(LFBO) Int l commercial airport 2013: 95,000 mvts (Rk d 6 th ) B&R to Airbus aircraft 3. Temporary Restricted Area 400 km2 Safety during D&A demo 1 OPV + 1 BE58 UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 16 16 / 13
TEMPAERIS Consortium ANSP Simulations Coordinator of the project Project documentation RPA Systems Manufacturer Real flights CONOPS definition Validation methods UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 17
TEMPAERIS Simulations RPAS insertion on a middle size airport (Bordeaux). The simulations focus on : assessing the impact of slow RPAS (MALE) on traffic safety and regularity at a mid-sized, mid-traffic density airport, assessing the impact on ATC performance of RPAS non nominal modes (communication failure, command and control failure). UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 18
TEMPAERIS Real flights The flights will be done by an OPV in Bordeaux TMA UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 19
Conclusion In 2035, 245 000 RPAS will fly, among them 175 000 for aerial work (John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Study) RPAS Certification Needs for operational procedures (normal, abnormal, emergency) UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 20 20
Questions? UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 21 21
RPAS integration Airspace Classes (ICAO Annexe 2) Class Type of Flight Separation Provided Traffic Information Radio Comms Required Subject to ATC Clearance A IFR IFR/IFR YES YES YES B C IFR IFR/IFR IFR/VFR YES YES YES VFR VFR/IFR VFR/VFR IFR IFR/IFR YES IFR/VFR YES YES VFR VFR/IFR VFR/VFR IFR IFR/IFR IFR/VFR D VFR NIL VFR/IFR VFR/VFR YES YES E IFR IFR/IFR YES YES YES VFR NIL As far as practical NIL F IFR As far as practical Flight YES Information VFR NIL Services NO G IFR NIL Flight YES VFR NIL Information Services NO NO NO NO UAV Program / C.Ronflé-Nadaud 22