About this exercise:

Two exercises, real-time and fast-time simulations in Brétigny and Langen, will evaluate real-time airspace data exchange between civil and military ATM systems in order to assess the technical feasibility and safety of a CDM process between these systems. 

In the real-time simulation, the CDM will be made possible by connecting three systems, the Network Manager, Langen CWP and Airspace Management tool and the Maastricht Airspace Management tool. The aim is to validate the technical feasibility and safety of automatically updating airspace reservation/restrictions (ARES) on the CWP.

In a fast-time simulation within a free route environment, new procedures will be assessed that deal with planning ARES according to the Variable Profile Area (VPA) principle. The principle seeks to offer a flexible use of portions of airspace to fulfil mainly military needs, restricting airspace use for other airspace users by only a necessary minimum. Ultimately the exercise will evaluate the feasibility of the VPA supported by business-to-business applications.

Expected outcomes:

• Safe and better CDM between civil and military ATM systems as a result of real-time airspace data exchange
• Increased airspace available to airspace users, enabling more optimum trajectories and improved flow management due to better Demand and Capacity Balancing
• Better fuel efficiency due to more optimum trajectories.