In one of the most innovative industries, commercial and defence avionics is always evolving, looking to stay ahead of the game and meeting new standards. Keeping up with the changes in technologies and future industry strategies is also a challenge. Avionics Europe is the annual event that provides you the opportunity to update your knowledge and skills and understand the evolution in the industry, to be better prepared for the future.

The SESAR JU will support the event by hosting a dedicated SESAR workshop "Avionics developments in SESAR – supporting the future ATM system" on Thursday, 22nd March 2012, 10:30 – 12:30.

SESAR workshop "Avionics developments in SESAR – supporting the future ATM system"

SESAR will substantially change the way, air traffic management in Europe is handled in future. The aim of the SESAR workshop during Avionics Europe is to acquaint Avionics specialists with the state-of-play of some of the cornerstones of the SESAR technical concept and the related airborne system developments in the programme.

SESAR focuses on the aircraft system elements covering the development and validation of the airborne enablers necessary to support the principal evolutions to the aircraft platform.

4D Trajectory management functions will be progressively introduced. Initial steps include the improvement of the Required Time of Arrival (RTA) function. Within aircraft capability level 3 the ability to take into account multiple time constraints and more complete and real time meteo data will be implemented, providing full gate to gate 4D trajectory management. All this implies an evolution of the communications capability on the aircraft and this includes flexible communications avionics as well as new datalink technology development.

Integration of the Aircraft in the SWIM network allowing the sharing of the most accurate information relaying on efficient communication technologies, especially in the airport domain where significant information of ATM and Airline Operation nature will be exchanged.

Approach functionalities are progressively enhanced to provide improved all weather operations, through the addition of new functions and technologies such as GBAS and LPV, Enhanced Visual Systems and wake vortex detection.

Aircraft Separation Assurance develops progressively from the ATSAW functions to improve awareness, through spacing to optimise TMA operations, and finally separation delegated to the cockpit. Surface movement operations are improved through the introduction of functions to provide guidance and alerting during the taxi.