The ATM and ASAS challenges ahead Fred Abbink NLR General Director ASAS-TN2 workshop, 23-25 April 2007, NLR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The ATM and ASAS challenges ahead

Fred AbbinkNLR General Director

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NLR locations

The Netherlands

N L R - A m s t e r d a m N L R - F l e v o l a n d

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NLR’s support of the NL Government

• For the departements:

- Defense: support for acquisition (“smart buyer/specifier”), and for operations, environment and safety

- Transport: Mainport Schiphol (safety, capacity, environment), Air Traffic Management; space

- Economics: civil/military aircraft development (NH90, F-35, GLARE,

support of SMEs)

- Interior, Foreign Affairs: Homeland Security, international support

- Education;knowledge infrastructure, Universities, Technical colleges

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Financial information

Income in 2006 in Euros: 75,5 million

Governmental grant: Contracts:

20,0 million (26%)55,5 million (74%)

Sectors

Civil aviation: Military aviation: Space: Civil and Military aircraft- development:

15,0 million (20%)20,5 million (27%)6,0 million ( 8%)

34,0 million (45%)

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Board of

Directors

Marketing & Strategy

Other Staff &Supporting Services

Personnel & Organisation

Gas Turbines & Structural IntegrityFlight Physics & LoadsHelicopters & AeroacousticsCollaborative Engineering SystemsStructures TechnologyEngineering & Technical ServicesStructures Testing & Evaluation

Avionics Development & QualificationFlight Test Systems & ApplicationsAvionics SystemsMilitary Operations ResearchSpace

Air Transport Safety InstituteAir Traffic Management & AirportsAir Transport Systems TechnologyTraining, Human Factors & Cockpit OpsEnvironment & Policy Support

Aerospace Vehicles

Aerospace Systems& Applications

Air Transport

Workforce and organisational structure Workforce: over 700 employees, 47% university-trained and 23% with a higher professional qualification

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Government + other clients (KLM, LVNL [air traffic control], Schiphol, Ministry of Defence)

Industry, SMEs, Armed Forces

Human factors in

flight simulation

Flight testingAvionics systems

Lifespan monitoring and design

Platform technology and Flight

Physics

Composites and

construction technology

Testing and evaluation of constructions

Operations Research

SpaceEnvironmental

and policy support

Air Traffic Management and

airportsAir traffic safety

Competences and markets

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Research and Test facilities

•Wind tunnels:- high- and low-speed (shared with DNW)- Cryogenic transonic (7% in ETW)

•Research Flight Simulators

•Air traffic control and tower research simulators

•Research aircraft

•Avionics development and test facilities

•Remotes sensing and space technology facilities

•Computer network

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Aerodynamics and Structures Research Facilities

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NLR ground and airborne networked ATM and Flight simulation research facilities

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Air Transport is growing

3 X3 X

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5

1997 2000

2010 2020

DIVISION DED 4 - 4/11/97

7.0 Mio Flights 8.0 Mio Flights

11.9 Mio Flights 15.8 Mio Flights

Flights 150 or more

Flights 100 to 150

Flights 50 to 100

Traffic Growth

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From “single-aircraft ATM” to“Convoy ATM” by introducing ASAS

VHF VoiceRadar (PR & SSR) VHF Voice

ASAS ASAS

Radar (PR & SSR)

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Single European Sky & SESAR Master Plan

2005 2010 2015 2020

2005 2010 2015 2020

Deployment

Foundation

2007

Deployment Applied R&D Industrialisation

SES Deployment

2012

DeploymentInnovative R&D Applied R&D Industrialisation

Collaborative – High Performance

2017

2005 2010 2015 2020

2005 2010 2015 2020

Deployment

Foundation

2007

Applied R&D Industrialisation

2012

Deployment

SES Deployment

2005 2010 2015 2020

2005 2010 2015 2020

Deployment

Foundation

2007

Applied R&D Industrialisation

2012

2017

Deployment

SES Deployment

2005 2010 2015 2020

2005 2010 2015 2020

Deployment

Foundation

2007

Applied R&D Industrialisation

2012

DeploymentInnovative R&D Applied R&D Industrialisation

2017

Deployment

SES Deployment

2005 2010 2015 2020

2005 2010 2015 2020

Deployment

Foundation

2007

Applied R&D Industrialisation

2012

Collaborative – High Performance

DeploymentInnovative R&D Applied R&D Industrialisation

2017

Deployment

SES Deployment

2005 2010 2015 2020

2005 2010 2015 2020

DeploymentIndustrialisation

Foundation

2007

Applied R&D Industrialisation

2012

DeploymentTimeFrame

Research Time Frame

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Many options for future ATM concepts

Drivers ATM research:

Growth

Safety

Environment

New technology

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Many challenging areas for study & development

CapaciteitADS-B, Data Link, ASAS

Security

ATM

Policy support

Ground surveillance

Wake vortices

Safety

Navigation

Environment

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Many EU projects on these areas (showing NLR involvement)

ASSTAR MA-AFAS

AFAS

MFFANASTASIA INTENT 3FMS

C-ATM

EMMA EMMA2 SPADE2

OPTIMAL

SAFEE

FLYSAFE

ISAWARE

ISAWARE2

ASICBA

ATC WAKE

I-WAKE

PATIN

EPISODE 3

G2G

SPADE

CapaciteitADS-B, Data Link, ASAS

Security

ATM

Policy support

Ground surveillance

Wake vortices

Safety

Navi-gation

SOURDINE

SOURDINE II

APPROVE

Environment

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sharing testing facilities: DLR/DNW & ETW

Increasing effectivity and efficiency by international co-operation

institutional co-operation: EREA

sharing research and development: GARTEUR, NATO, NASA, EU

information exchange: RTO, ICAS, AIAA, CEAS, IAF

other co-operative ventures: EASA, EUROCONTROL, ESA, FAA

strategic alliances: DLR/ATM-AT One

EDA,

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Conclusion

• NLR is active and has large experience in many of the challenging ATM areas, especially 4D Planning and ASAS

• NLR owns a large set of ATM research facilities for ground, airborne and air-ground integrated ATM research:

- Full Flight Simulator (GRACE)- ATC Simulator (NARSIM RADAR)- Tower Simulator (NARSIM TOWER)- Research Aircraft- (all networked)

• NLR, your partner in ATM and ASAS research, test & development

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Conclusion

• Enjoy- The Netherlands- Amsterdam- The ASAS-TN2 workshop at NLR

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