ALIAS Conference

1-2 October 2014 – Luc Lallouette

Project Claire

Project CLAIRE

Integrated RPAS Demonstration Activities Demonstrate how to integrate RPAS into non-segregated airspace in a

multi-aircraft and manned flight environment

Focus on filling the operational and technical gaps identified

Provide synergies, risks and opportunities with the overall SESAR programme

Project CLAIRE Up to a 24-month programme aimed at demonstrating current RPAS

capabilities

Key aim is to operate RPAS within a non-segregated mixed traffic environment & demonstrate ATM procedures that need to be applied within different classes of airspace

Experiments, real-time demonstrations and potential real-world flight trials

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Teaming Agreement(Co-ordinator)

Key Objectives Establish the regulatory, operational and technical

infrastructure which enables UAS flight testing in a mixed air traffic environment

Demonstrate airport surface operations capability including interaction with other traffic on the surface as well as ground obstacles

Demonstrate take-off and landing without impacting airport throughput

Quantify minimum performance requirements for integration such as speed, climb/descent and turn performance

Incremental Approach to airspace access 4 scenarios – increasing complexity

Watchkeeper● Seven year programme● First UAS Certified Airworthiness Platform

• CS23, STANAG 4671 – High level of Safety airworthiness● Number of flying hours: >1000

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Exercises 1a & 2 complete – Results consistent Normal RPAS Operation:

Unmanned Aircraft made little or no difference to ATM operations

Control Station handovers● Seamless, but RPAS pilots should ensure that handovers do not

coincide with sector handovers● Should be as transparent as possible to the ATCO

Speed differentials for some of modelled RPAS compared to commercial aviation posed more of a challenge but well within ability of ATCOs

Long endurance RPAS could be held until a gap appeared in arriving traffic

R-T for normal operation was the same as manned aviation

For lower performance RPAS, runway occupancy times were regarded as too long

Operational transponder essential

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For Abnormal Events and Situations: Airport emergency procedures may need to be modified

Increase in ATCO workload (consistent with manned aviation)

Slow speed of RPAS was considered positive and negative● Negative: Not consistent with the speeds of most manned aircraft● Positive: Nothing happened quickly – time to react

Flight of RPAS was considered more predictable than manned aviation

Backup communication between ATSU and RPAS Pilot worked well● In manned aircraft, flight crew can be distracted and less predictable

Handovers between sectors worked well

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Contingency Planning and Management: Five types of information identified

● Lost Link routes● Transition Points for Lost Link Routes● Diversionary Sites● Transition Points for Diversionary sites● Significant Times associated with Lost Link Route

How much information is shared with ATC● In Advance● During Flight● Following an Unusual Event

Need to agree phraseology

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Project CLAIRE output will support the better understanding of the European regulatory framework to assist in the integration of RPAS into non-segregated airspace through

The capture of safety related elements, in order to support to the development of safety objectives for airworthiness (i.e. to mitigate the risk to persons on the ground)

Feedback from flight demonstrations in non-segregated controlled airspace (classes A, B and C) to RPAS flying under General Air Traffic (GAT)

Understanding of Detect and Avoid conflict detection, resolution and monitoring functions to cope with co-operative intruders (i.e. equipped with an ATC transponder)

Preliminary exploitation of System Wide Information Management (SWIM) by RPAS, in particular enabling controller-pilot data link communications via ground network

Provision of data to support the EASA development of a dedicated certification specification (CS-UAS) for RPAS

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