SESAR or
Single European SkyThe Single European Sky is a European Commission initiative by which the design, management and regulation of airspace will be harmonised throughout the European Union . This is expected to benefit all airspace users by ensuring the safe and efficient utilisation of airspace and the air traffic...
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is the name given to the project which is set to completely overhaul the European airspace.
The SESAR project is composed of three phases:
- a Definition phase (2004-2008) will deliver an ATM master plan defining the content, the development and deployment plans of the next generation of ATM systems. This definition phase is led by Eurocontrol, and co-funded by the European Commission
The European Commission acts as an executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.The Commission operates in the method of cabinet government, with 27...
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programme and executed by a large consortium of all air transport stakeholders.
- a Development phase (2008-2013) will produce the required new generation of technological systems and components as defined in the definition phase
- a Deployment phase (2014-2020) will be a large scale production and implementation of the new air traffic management infrastructure, composed of fully harmonised and interoperable components which guarantee high performance air transport activities in Europe.
SESAR’s target concept relies on a number of new key features:
- the network operation plan, a dynamic rolling plan for continuous operations that ensures a common view of the network situation;
- full integration of airport operations as part of ATM and the planning process;
- trajectory management, reducing the constraints of airspace organisation to a minimum;
- new aircraft separation modes, allowing increased safety, capacity and effi ciency;
- system-wide information management, securely connecting all the ATM stakeholders which will share the same data;
- humans as the central decision-makers: controllers and pilots will be assisted by new automated functions to ease their workload and handle complex decision-making processes.
The SESAR project has a parallel in the NextGen project in USA.
Contrary to the United States, Europe does not have a single sky, one in which air navigation is managed at the European level.
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SESAR or
Single European SkyThe Single European Sky is a European Commission initiative by which the design, management and regulation of airspace will be harmonised throughout the European Union . This is expected to benefit all airspace users by ensuring the safe and efficient utilisation of airspace and the air traffic...
ATM ResearchResearch can be defined to be search for knowledge or any systematic investigation to establish facts. The primary purpose for applied research is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of...
is the name given to the project which is set to completely overhaul the European airspace.
The SESAR project is composed of three phases:
- a Definition phase (2004-2008) will deliver an ATM master plan defining the content, the development and deployment plans of the next generation of ATM systems. This definition phase is led by Eurocontrol, and co-funded by the European Commission
The European Commission acts as an executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.The Commission operates in the method of cabinet government, with 27...
under the Trans-European Transport NetworksThe Trans-European Transport Networks are a planned set road, rail, air and water transport networks designed to serve the entire continent of Europe. The TEN-T networks are part of a wider system of Trans-European Networks , including a telecommunications network and a proposed energy network...
programme and executed by a large consortium of all air transport stakeholders.
- a Development phase (2008-2013) will produce the required new generation of technological systems and components as defined in the definition phase
- a Deployment phase (2014-2020) will be a large scale production and implementation of the new air traffic management infrastructure, composed of fully harmonised and interoperable components which guarantee high performance air transport activities in Europe.
SESAR’s target concept relies on a number of new key features:
- the network operation plan, a dynamic rolling plan for continuous operations that ensures a common view of the network situation;
- full integration of airport operations as part of ATM and the planning process;
- trajectory management, reducing the constraints of airspace organisation to a minimum;
- new aircraft separation modes, allowing increased safety, capacity and effi ciency;
- system-wide information management, securely connecting all the ATM stakeholders which will share the same data;
- humans as the central decision-makers: controllers and pilots will be assisted by new automated functions to ease their workload and handle complex decision-making processes.
The SESAR project has a parallel in the NextGen project in USA.
History
Contrary to the United States, Europe does not have a single sky, one in which air navigation is managed at the European level. Furthermore, European airspace is among the busiest in the world with over 33,000 flights on busy days and airport density in Europe is very high. This makes air traffic control even more complex.
The EU Single European Sky initiative attempts to overcome this fragmentation and capacity crunch by structuring airspace and air navigation services at a pan-European level.
To prepare for future capacity, etc. the SESAR programme was initiated in 2004 (as a continuation of the Eurocontrol project SESAME).
On the 21st of April, 2009, ESA announced that the tender for a Phase B satellite was drawing to an end, with final bids being submitted by May 4th, 2009. The satellite, part of ESA's Iris project of ATM by satellite. Completion is expected by 2020, when the system is expected to become operational. It's parameters are that the 'ATM must be 50% less expensive than current services, it must be able to handle a threefold increase in communication capacity, help improve safety by a factor of 10 and reduce the environmental cost by at least 10%. "When coupled with navigation systems like [the European Union's] Galileo, satellite communication can even contribute to optimising aircraft trajectories," says ESA'. As reported by FlightGlobal. The intention is to have this satellite in orbit by 2014, in order to meet the 2020 deployment deadline. This is also discussion of cooperation with Canada and Russia, principally to ensure coverage over extreme northern regions of Europe. Discussion remains as to whether it will be a private or public initiative.
Dates
- Nov 2000 - establishment of the SES regulation.
- June 2008 - SES-II regulation adopted.
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