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1. 1 EUROCAE The European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment
Activity report
to
CNS-ATM meeting 40
(Gilbert Amato)
11-12 February 2008
2. 2 WG Activities (1/5) WG-14 Environment
ED-14F Environment Conditions and Test Procedures for ? Expected in MAR. 2008
Airborne Equipment
WG-41 A-SMGCS
ED-87B MASPS for SMGCS ? PUBLISHED in JAN. 2008
The group plans to have a meeting in Summer 2008 to evaluate the ASMGCS standards possible requirements following the completion of SESAR definition phase
WG-44 Terrain Data Bases
Could restart its activities in summer 2008 as there is a need to update ED-99 User Requirement for Aerodrome Mapping Information and ED-119 Interchange Standards for Terrain, Obstacle and Aerodrome Mapping due to new ARINC Specification 816 and regarding AIXM and AMDB requirements.
WG-49 Mode S Enhanced Surveillance
ED-73C MOPS for SSR Mode S Transponders ? Expected Q2 2008
WG-51 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)
ED-156 ADS-B Application Interoperability Requirements for ? PUBLISHED in DEC. 2007
VDL mode 4
ED-129 Technical specification for 1090MHz ADS-B Ground station ? Expected EARLY 2008
WG-53 Air Traffic Services is now disbanded.
ED-110B (DO-280B) Interoperability Requirements for ATN ? PUBLISHED in DEC. 2007
Baseline 1
ED-122 Safety and Performance Standard for the Air Traffic Data Link ? PUBLISHED in DEC. 2007
ED-154 FANS 1/A-ATN Interoperability Standard (under formatting) ? Expected END FEB.2008
3. 3 WG Activities (2/5) WG-59 Flight Data Processing Interoperability
ED-133 Flight Object Interoperability Specification ? Expected at end 2008
WG-60 Modular Avionics
A letter has been sent to Air to provide EUROCAE position. The group is now disbanded.
WG-61 Open Architecture for Air Traffic Management Systems
EUROCAE TC proposed to make the group dormant until a clear ATM Architecture requirement would be defined within SESAR development phase. But the Council is more in favor to ask the Group to propose side or preparatory activity to fill up the gap.
WG-64 Air Traffic Management Risk Assessment
ED-125 Process Specification for Performing risk Assessment and Mitigation in ATM in Compliance with ESSAR4 ? Initially expected in January 2008 but outstanding issues raised by the CAA-UK is delaying the expected publication.
ED-153 Guidelines for ATS (or ANS) Software Insurance ? Expected MARCH 2008
WG-69 A-CDM
ED-141 Airport CDM Functional Specification ? Expected MARCH 2008
ED-145 Airport CDM Interface Requirements ? Expected EARLY Q2 2008
ED-146 Test and validation procedures ? Expected EARLY Q2 2008
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5. 5 WG Activities (4/5) Expected New WGs:
WG-78 Data Communication Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) & SES ATM Research Initiative
An official letter has been sent to express the European position regarding proposed TORs. Discussion will take place during SC-214/ROSA meeting held in Arizona on 11th & 12th February.
EUROCAE WG-78 will be officially Kicked Off at next meeting in Europe (in spring 2008).
Issues:
Current TORs for WG76 / SC206 and WG78 / SC214 includes an effective overlap
? WG 76 scope addresses AIS & MET data-link services with an orientation on the contents (whatever the application ATC or non-ATC) with already validated OSED
? WG 78 scope addresses all data-link services intended for ATC application with an orientation on the operational usage with already on-going activities.
This situation is driving issues
Same services with different implementation standard (safety, performances) without justification
Duplication of tasks (e.g. NOTAM services addressed in both groups)
Difficulties for future implementation
6. 6 WG Activities (5/5) WG-79 on Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) , Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS) and their combination (ESVS) (Existing RTCA activity through SC-213)
? Kick Off on 20th March 2008 to be confirmed
WG-81 on Interoperability of ATM Simulator Platforms
? Under EUROCAE Council approval process
WG-80 on Fuel Cells (Joint activity with SAE)
An audio conference was organised on 4th February 2008 to evaluate the interest drawn on such activity.
A 3 step approach is proposed as follows:
Short Term:
Development of safety guidelines related to the issues around installation of fuel cells on board aircraft.
Consolidation of existing power system requirements and review of fuel cell performance against baseline requirement.
Medium Term:
Review of Fuel Cell technology maturity relate to aviation requirements.
Definition of future on board electrical applications which could be supported by fuel cells.
Longer Term:
Development of detailed specifications for safety assessment and certification of fuel cells on board aircraft.
Subsequent to this the first real meeting could be envisaged in the summer depending on the EUROCAE and SAE approval of the activity.
It was decided to arrange a second Audio conference around the time of the planned SAE AE7 meeting on 22nd April to further progress the discussions.
7. 7 EXISTING EUROCAE WGs(as of February 2008) WG Subject
14 Environmental Tests
28 Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) ? EC MANDATE 408
31 Lightning
41 Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (SMGCS) ) ? EC MANDATE 390
44 Terrain and Airport Data Bases
49 Mode S
51 Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B)
58 Passenger Electronic Devices
59 Flight Data Processing) ? EC MANDATE 390
61 Open Architecture for Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems
62 Galileo
63 Complex Aircraft Systems
64 ATM Risk Assessment and SWAL ? EC MANDATE 390
67 Voice on IP (VoIP) technology for ATM
68 Altimetry
69 Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) ) ? EC MANDATE 390
70 Wide Area Multilateration Systems
71 Airborne Software Guidance Documents
72 Security for Aeronautical Systems
73 Unmanned Air Vehicles
74 Emergency Locator Transmitter
75 TCAS
76 AIS and Meteo Data Link Services
77 General Aviation flight data recorders
78 Data Communication Services for SESAR & NextGen
79 EVS and SVS
80 Fuel Cells (to be confirmed)
81 Interoperability of ATM Simulator Platforms
8. 8 EUROCAE WGs relations with US Standardisation bodies RTCA SAE ARINC
14 Environmental Tests SC-135 (J)
28 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and SC-159 (C)
Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS)
31 Lightning AE-2 (C)
44 Aeronautical Terrain Data Bases SC-193 (J)
? Dormant
49 Mode S SC-209 (C)
51 Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) SC-186 (J)
58 Passenger Electronic Devices SC-202 (C)
62 Galileo SC-159 (C)
63 Complex Aircraft Systems S-18 (C)
68 Altimetry participation
? RTCA PMC decided to wait for WG-68 results
71 Airborne Software Guidance Documents SC-205 (J)
72 Aeronautical Systems Security SC-216 (C tbd) (C)
73 Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) SC-203 (C) participation
74 Emergency Locator Transmitters SC-204 (J)
75 Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) SC-147 (J)
76 AIS/MET Data Link Applications SC-206 (J)
77 General Aviation flight data recorders (tbd)
78 Data Communication Services for SESAR & NextGen SC-214 (J)
79 EVS / SVS (title tbc) SC-210 (tbc)
80 Fuel Cells S-AE7 (J)
9. 9 RELATIONSHIP LATEST NEWS ICAO: The Air Navigation bureau expressed is will to closely collaborate with EUROCAE and RTCA
? Official letter received from the ICAO Secretary General
? First meeting beginning of March
EUROCONTROL DCMAC (Directorate Civil-Military ATM Coordination): First meeting in January 2008 to evaluate the possible ways to collaborate
10. 10 EUROCAE Reportto CNS-ATM meeting 40
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