S 2 BAS Space Services Benefits in Aviation Systems April 19 th, 2012 Harwell, UK
General Aviation and Business traffic will expand in the near future (4-6% per year. Source: Eurocontrol, 2011) Regional and small airports development is expected to become a priority New National and European transport policies aim at: increasing people's mobility reducing transportation costs reducing transportation time reducing environmental impact by transferring air traffic towards areas/sites served by small airports (Source: Eurocontrol, SESAR) 1
System Engineering System Deployment GNSS Signal Integrity Satellite Communications Concept and Operation System Engineering Concept and Operation Demonstration Project Management System Engineering Demonstration Navigation Communications Earth Observation Legal Aspects Business Aspects 2
External Supporters Project Sponsor 3
The main Users and their Needs have been identified as: Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) Decrease traffic overload on major airports Cost-effective flight assistance and flight information services in small/regional airports Operators (Airport, Aircraft and Aeroclubs) Increase traffic of minor airports (more revenues) Ease access to small/regional airports (e.g. during adverse weather conditions and at night) Pilots Improvement of situational awareness on minor airports and therefore of safety, confidence and efficiency in the flight operations 4
Space Services Benefits in Aviation Systems (S 2 BAS) project aims to: Develop Deploy Demonstrate a pre-operational platform delivering reliable and cost-effective services to small and regional airports The platform is based on the following space assets: GNSS (EGNOS/Galileo) Earth Observation Satellite Communication Safe execution of GNSS assisted flights Airport surrounding topographic / obstacle survey Remote management of unmanned airports / airfields 5
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S 2 BAS Airspace Concept customized Airspace Concept for small airports enabling safe flights reliable and cost-effective operations low procurement and maintenance cost with regards to currently available solutions SCA (Self Contained Area) cylindrical volume surrounding a small airport (or group of small airports) manage aircrafts exit/entry operations and approaches aircrafts within the SCA are provided with real-time information (e.g. flight separation, aerodrome operational status, meteorological conditions) 7
User Requirements Navigation assistance S 2 BAS Services GNSS routes and flight procedures definition (1) GNSS monitoring and post-processing (6) Up-to-date flight information General information services (3) Air traffic information onboard Detection of obstacles in the airport area Airport air traffic services at (unmanned) minor airports Airborne GNSS-based VFR flight assistance (4) Airport obstacle charts (2) Remote airport management (5) 8
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Two key products to be developed: Customers segmentation Private Public On Board Unit (OBU) Airport Management System (AMS) Target markets Small airports, airfields and helisurfaces General/ business aviation Private companies owning or managing small airports, airfields and heli-surfaces Aerotaxi companies/aircraft operators, aeroclubs/flight schools, private aircraft owners Public institutions owning/managing or interested in the development of small airports, airfields and helisurfaces First aid operators, civil protection bodies 10
Air Traffic Management networks Airport Service Request Aircraft VSAT S 2 BAS Aeronautical Data (GNSS Procedure, Obstacle Chart, Notam, METAR,...) S 2 BAS ground station message S 2 BAS aircraft message Meteo Sensor Runway Airport Airfield Ground Lighting (ON) Meteo Sensor data S 2 BAS Airport Management System (AMS) 11
Foreseen S 2 BAS key benefits and impacts: Extend surveillance beyond the current limits (Non Radar Coverage) Can be deployed in emergency scenario Allow small aircrafts to fly in severe weather conditions and during night on small airports Improved on-board navigation aids for civil aviation segment Improvement of small airport capacity (fluency) Increase of the business for the involved stakeholders, thanks to the traffic increase Increase territory value and associated economical consequences (e.g. creation of employment, business) 12
Phase 1 Successfully concluded (April - Dec 2011) Definition of concepts, user needs and requirements and preliminary design Phase 2 Imminent start (May 2012 April 2013) Requirements and Design refinement Development, Integration, Test and Verification Trials and Demonstration (Italian Airspace, Roma Urbe and Capua airports) Impact Assessment and Business Aspects After the project: Industrialisation and Commercialisation - Italy first and then Europe S 2 BAS - An attractive solution for small airports Increase in traffic, improved security levels, better traffic regularity and fluency Increase of revenue, enabling the sustainable development of small airports 13
Thank you for your attention Question time For more information please contact [Techno Sky] - m.giancarli@technosky.it 14