As a bridge from research and development to deployment, SESAR is continually looking for ways to share its innovative solutions as widely as possible. This reflects the SJU’s commitment, as a publicly funded programme, to openness and transparency. That it is why SESAR is launching SESAR Solution Packs, an online portal whereby Air Traffic Management (ATM) stakeholders can explore and make use of the concrete solutions that SESAR is delivering. The aim is to also demonstrate to audiences such as policy decision-makers and regulators, at national and European level, the operational, societal, environmental and safety benefits that SESAR’s solutions will bring to the world of ATM.
What are SESAR Solutions?
Solutions are operational and technological improvements developed by SESAR members and partners which aim to contribute to the modernisation of the European and global ATM system. Through the Release process, solutions are systematically validated in real operational environments in order to have conclusive and sufficient proof to support a decision for their industrialisation. Specifically, these solutions must demonstrate clear business benefits for the ATM sector when translated into their effective implementation. Since 2011, SESAR has been performing these validation exercises and has so far (end of 2013) generated 14 solutions. Further solutions will be developed and validated between now and 2016, in alignment with the European ATM Master Plan.
Solutions in three steps
For every validated solution, there is a significant amount of documentation on the deliverables required for their industrialisation. Each solution comes with recommendations on the regulatory and standardisation frameworks needed. Up until now, this information has only been shared with experts within the SESAR programme. With the SESAR Solution Packs, the aim is to provide a public space where audiences, both technical and non-technical, can get the information they need.
The Packs are displayed in three steps:
- At a glance: gives a brief description of the solution and the benefits it will bring to air traffic management-
- In context: provides a summary of the validation process, performance achievements, benefits to ATM operations, and activities to be conducted before or part of deployment-
- Getting technical: provides a pack of documentation, including validation reports, technical and interoperability specifications, and regulatory recommendations. Additional material may include safety and security assessments, and human and environmental performance reports.
Open access
The effectiveness of SESAR’s solutions is extremely dependent on the ability of the aviation industry to move forward in a timely and synchronised way in their implementation. The launch of SESAR Solution Packs will enable the entire ATM community to actively explore how they can best benefit from SESAR’s solutions, according to their own needs, to ensure that these innovative solutions become a reality.
Packed and ready to go!
The Solution Packs portal will be ready by the end of 2013 and will be officially launched during the World ATM Congress in Madrid from the 6th-8th March 2014.