Collins Aerospace will contribute to the efforts to drive the modernization of Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) system with its selection by the EU’s Single European Sky ATM Research (Sesar) public-private partnership to participate in eight projects to accelerate the digital transformation of the continent’s ATM.
As part of the Digital European Sky initiative, Raytheon Technologies' Collins Aerospace unit will work with other stakeholders in the ATM ecosystem including air navigation service providers, airlines, aircraft OEMs, system providers, and academia to foster new technology innovations in connectivity, U-space, trajectory-based operations, airport solutions, autonomy, and data services. Collins will lead the Jarvis (just a rather very intelligent system) project that will leverage artificial intelligence-based technologies to increase automation in the flight deck and control tower operations as a way to reduce pilot and operator workload while enhancing safety and security.
"Collins has decades of experience in avionics and air traffic management that we will bring to bear under the EU's Sesar 3 joint undertaking as we work with our industry partners to chart the future of the European sky," said Mauro Atalla, senior v-p of engineering and technology for Collins. "Together, we will develop new solutions that will form the foundation of a future system that is more efficient, safe, and secure."
The eight projects consist of CNS DSP (demonstration of a CNS data service provision), Echo 2 (European concept for higher altitude operations phase 2), Ensure (ATM-U-space interface and airspace reconfiguration service), Jarvis, FCDI (future connectivity and digital infrastructure), Network TBO (trajectory-based operations), SEC-airspace (cybersecurity risk assessment in virtualized airspace scenarios), and Spatio (U-space separation management).
Separately, Sesar will appear at the airshow's Paris Air Lab where it will showcase projects that support a transition to greener aviation, including greener taxiing, climate-optimized trajectories, and more energy-efficient approaches and landings at airports.