Tag: SESAR

CRDS Rising from the Ashes

Few of our readers will still remember the original goal of EUROCONTROL… It was to have been THE European air traffic control organization. Nice dream it was and we all know what happened. More recently there was CEATS, the Central European Air Traffic Services Program which was a bit like a Phoenix, the original EUROCONTROL… Continue reading CRDS Rising from the Ashes

Surviving SESAR and the economic crisis

BluSky Services (BSS) has been a recognized supplier to EUROCONTROL since the beginning. As one of the so-called Framework companies, we were able to respond to the Requests for Proposals and we were also lucky to win quite a few. We attributed our success to two factors: on the one hand, our professional pedigree was… Continue reading Surviving SESAR and the economic crisis

Do you really understand – Trajectory based operations (TBO)?

There is a misconception in some air traffic management circles that trajectory based operations is simply business as usual except that the current, notoriously imprecise ground generated trajectories are replaced by more accurate, 4 D trajectories and that is all there is to it. Some will add that parts of this 4D trajectory might be… Continue reading Do you really understand – Trajectory based operations (TBO)?

ICNS 2011 – May 10-12, Herndon, VA., USA

Renovating the Global Air Transportation System The 2011 Integrated Communications Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference addresses long term research and development as well as early implementation of integrated CNS technologies needed to enable NextGen and SESAR. The Conference is focused on providing an understanding of CNS programs, longer term plans, standards development, research, and ICNS… Continue reading ICNS 2011 – May 10-12, Herndon, VA., USA

ATC Global – Separating the vision from the reality?

My apologies but I stole that title from the ATC Global 2011 web site. I did this because I wanted to make sure that their slogan for the year is an error and not what the industry will get dished out at the event itself. Separating the vision from the reality is an ominous thing… Continue reading ATC Global – Separating the vision from the reality?

A first SESAR release in 2011 – WHAT?

One of the products in the run-up to the SESAR world was/is the ATM Master Plan, setting out the when and the how of new air traffic management improvements for Europe. Based on this plan, there are several lower level thingies called implementation packages which show in more detail what will be done and when.… Continue reading A first SESAR release in 2011 – WHAT?

Trajectory based operations (TBO) – Still not properly understood in SESAR? Take 2.

You may recall that a while ago I had written an article with the same title, expressing concern that this all important element in the SESAR Concept of Operations was apparently still not properly understood by some of the “experts” working on the subject. Recently another paper dealing with trajectory management crossed my desk and… Continue reading Trajectory based operations (TBO) – Still not properly understood in SESAR? Take 2.

Encouraging news from the SWIM front

System Wide Information Management (SWIM) is one of the mainstays of both SESAR and NextGen. It has been known for some time now that a lot of the shortcomings in air traffic management (ATM) are directly or indirectly related to poor management and limited or non-existent sharing of the sea of information actually available at… Continue reading Encouraging news from the SWIM front