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    INVIRCAT - Investigating IFR RPAS Control in Airports and TMA
    (SESAR Joint Undertaking, 2020) Taurino, D. ; Schwoch, G. ; Geister, R. ; Filippone, E. ; Bellesia, L. ; Duca, G. ; Teutsch, J. ; Gómez Plaza, M. ; Lanzi, P.
    This short paper and the associated poster present the INVIRCAT project. The project, carried out by a consortium composed by DLR, CIRA, EUROCONTROL, DeepBlue, ISDEFE, ISSNOVA and NLR, investigates innovative solutions to integrate RPAS into the TMA and airport environments without imposing a significant impact on current airspace users.
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    METSIS: Hyperlocal Wind Nowcasting for U-space
    (SESAR Joint Undertaking, 2021) Sunil, E. ; Koerse, R. ; Selling, S. ; Doorn, W.B. van ; Brinkman, T. ; Sun, J.
    The METeo Sensors in the Sky (METSIS) project, funded by SESAR’s Engage knowledge transfer network, investigated the use of drones as an aerial wind sensor network for U-space applications. The concept aims to provide accurate, lowcost and hyperlocal wind nowcasts for drones using data collected by drones themselves and the Meteo-Particle Model (MPM) for wind field reconstruction. In this paper, we describe the METSIS concept and a proof-of-concept experiment that was performed using four drones to determine the feasibility and accuracy of the concept at low altitudes. For the experiment, ultrasonic anemometers were mounted to each drone to measure local winds. The calibration of the wind sensors was tested using the NLR Anechoic Wind Tunnel. Subsequently, flight-tests were performed at the NLR Drone Center to evaluate the effect of obstacles, drone motion, measurement density, and measurement errors on concept accuracy. Wind fields estimated during the flight-tests were published to the AirHub Drone Operations Center (DOC) system to demonstrate the communication of this data to U-space end-users in real-time. The results indicated that the METSIS concept is a promising solution for the wind nowcast component of the U-space weather information service. Further research is planned to improve the accuracy and sclability of the METSIS concept.
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    Metropolis II: Benefits of Centralised Separation Management in High-Density Urban Airspace
    (SESAR Joint Undertaking, 2022) Veytia, A.M. ; Badea, C.A. ; Ellerbroek, J. ; Hoekstra, J. ; Patrinopoulou, N. ; Daramouskas, I. ; Lappas, V. ; Kostopoulos, V. ; Vries, V.J.F. de ; Ham, J. van ; Sunil, E. ; Alonso, P.M.P. ; Terrazas, J.R.V. ; Bereziat, D. ; Vidosavljevic, A.
    The Metropolis II project aimed to study the impact of centralised separation management for urban aerial mobility. Three concepts were developed in this study: a fully centralised, strategically separated concept, a hybrid concept featuring centralised strategic separation and distributed tactical separation, and a fully distributed tactical concept. A comparative simulation study was performed, using traffic scenarios based on predicted demand in an urban airspace in the city of Vienna. Simulations were performed with varying traffic densities and situations. Results show that the purely strategic and purely tactical strategies perform comparably in terms of safety, and that further improvements can be achieved with a combination of those strategies.
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    Challenges and new directions for the certification of AI and advanced automation in civil aviation
    (SESAR Joint Undertaking, 2024) Lanzi, P. ; Spiller, E. ; Jameel, M. ; Christoffels, L. ; Gigante, G. ; Esposito, R. ; Contissa, G. ; Sanchi, M. ; Galli, F. ; Everdij, M.H.C. ; Stroeve, S.H.
    This paper examines the certification challenges and opportunities posed by advanced automation and AI-based systems in Air Traffic Management (ATM). The findings presented are the outcome of research carried out in the first part of the SESAR Joint Undertaking's HUCAN project, which aims to develop a holistic, unified certification framework for highly automated systems, addressing both technical reliability and human factors, to ensure their safe and efficient integration into ATM. Based on key issues from ongoing technical and regulatory discussions, the research evaluates current innovative certification approaches and explores how levels of automation can enable a more refined development and certification process. In light of the results obtained, the paper proposes new directions that could advance a holistic approach to certification, considering the guidance provided by EASA.
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    Towards a Digital Control Tower: The Use of Augmented Reality Tools to Innovate Interaction Modes
    (SESAR Joint Undertaking, 2022) Bagassi, S. ; Corsi, M. ; Santarelli, R. ; Teutsch, J. ; Garcia Lasheras, R. ; Amaro Carmona, M.A. ; Groskreutz, A.R.
    This paper describes the EU-funded project “Digital Technologies for Tower” (PJ05-W2 DTT) Solution 97.1 validation exercises by focusing on the simulation platforms and exploited technologies to demonstrate how Virtual/Augmented Reality along with Tracking Labels, Air Gestures and Attention Guidance can allow the air traffic controller to increase head-up time, even in low visibility conditions, to lower the time to react to critical or alerting situations, to reduce the workload, and to improve Situational Awareness and productivity. Important guidelines to further enhance the proposed solutions achieving higher levels of maturity can be drawn starting from the results obtained during the Sol 97.1 validation campaign.