Unmanned Aircraft Systems

EUROCONTROL ATM Integration

Holger Matthiesen

Senior Specialist - Air Traffic Management,EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity

EASA Workshop on UAS February 1, 2008

EUROCONTROL “The European Organisation for the

Safety of Air Navigation”

Mission: To harmonise and integrate Air Navigation Services in Europe, aiming at the creation of a uniform Air Traffic Management System for civil and military users, in order to achieve the safe, orderly, expeditious and economic flow of traffic throughout Europe. (Article 1 of the EUROCONTROL Revised Convention)

ATM Considerations - Integration of UAS

Safety

Security

Environment

Airspace Capacity

Flight Efficiencies

Airspace Access

All airspace users

Ensure ATM meets requirements of all legitimate airspace users

Role of EUROCONTROL

“legitimate”: certification, equipment carriage, + operational approval

“certification”: for UAS, in non-segregated airspace, the missing element

ATM will evolve – UAS as Drivers for Change

Autonomous Flight

Improved Air-Ground Communications Links

Detect, Sense and Avoid

UAS Systems can improve ATM for all airspace users

ICAO ATM Operational Concept (2025) - UAS

EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre – UAS R+D

SESAR - UAS to be fully considered

Future ATM Concepts

Further segregation not an option

UAS ATM Integration

Civil and Military UAS

Optimum use of the airspace

UAS as legitimate airspace users

Published December 2007:

“EUROCONTROL Specifications for the use of Military UAVs as Operational Air Traffic (OAT)”

OAT: “Military ATM Regulatory Framework” – National Authorities – (non-ICAO)

Harmonised OAT Regulatory Framework for UAS – High Level Description

Principle of OAT “ATM transparency”

The pursuit of transparency through certification……

ATM Requirements for UAS as OAT

ANT: EUROCONTROL “Airspace and Navigation Team”

GAT: “General Air Traffic” – Civil Aircraft and [Military] – ICAO

Requirement: UAS as GAT shall perform at least as well as manned aircraft

Principle of GAT “ATM transparency”

The pursuit of ATM transparency through certification……

ATM Requirements for UAS as GAT

NATO FINAS

EASA

Addressing UAS Certification

EUROCAE WG 73

ICAO UAS Study Group

“2-Stream” parallel Approach

Civil and Military

Broad Agency Cross-Domain Initiative

Activity Structure

Medium-long term ATM integration

Pragmatic ATM Perspective

“2-Stream” Approach

EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity (1/4)

Short-term UAS Airspace Accessibility

ATM Requirements Driven

Build UAS Certification Specifications

Establish ATM Requirements on UAS Performance

Existing ATM Regulatory Framework

Stream 1 - Strategy

Compile and Assess UAS ATM Shortcomings

UAS ATM Safety Requirements

Stream 1 - Process

EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity (2/4)

ATM Requirements (Airspace, CNS, Sense and Avoid)

No mitigation? – New ATM requirements on certification

Validate mitigation strategies

Develop ATM mitigation to shortcomings

Stream 1 – Process, cont’d

With EASA - UAS (Restricted) Type Certification

UAS ATM Integration CONOPS (Proof of Concept)

Stream 1 - Outcome

Stepped/Phased UAS ATM Integration Approach

With EASA - UAS Permits to Fly

EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity (3/4)

SESAR UAS Integration Baseline from Stream 1

Direct support to SESAR UAS Technology Requirements

Integrate UAS into SESAR Development and Deployment

Stream 2 - SESAR

Foundation for UAS market “level playing field”

SESAR Target ATM Concept - manned and unmanned

Stream 2 - Strategy

UAS technologies facilitating SESAR technologies

Global inter-operability

EUROCONTROL UAS ATM Integration Activity (4/4)

EUROCONTROL UAS “Next Steps” (1/3)

UAS ATM Integration Activity

Stream 1 and Stream 2 in parallel

Build UAS “Proof of Concept”

EUROCAE WG-73 (UAS)

ICAO UAS Study Group

EUROCONTROL UAS “Next Steps” (2/3)

Promote EUROCONTROL OAT Specs

EUROCONTROL/FAA MoC Action Plan 24

Spectrum, Spectrum, Spectrum…..

SESAR

EUROCONTROL UAS “Next Steps” (3/3)

UAS Required Levels of ATM Safety

Human Factors Studies

ATC UAS Real-Time Simulations

Support to National Civil UAS Applications – “First Steps”

EASA Guidance/Support (1/2)

EASA Alignment with EUROCAE/RTCA

Certification Specifications - < 150 kg.

Support Requirements of ATM UAS Safety Case

1309 – “Tailoring” of safety requirements – relation to ATM

EASA Guidance/Support (2/2)

UAS Command and Control Certification

UAS “Flight Crew” Licensing

Civil – Military Certification – (Convergence)

Support to ICAO UAS Study Group

Closing Remarks

Thank-you for your attention