Conceptual Design of A Pilot’s Decision-Making Support System for Tactical Separation of Small Air Transport Vehicles in Future Sesar ATM Environment

Vito, Vittorio Di; Torrano, Giulia; Cerasuolo, Giovanni; Ferrucci, Michele

doi:10.1109/icns52807.2021.9441609

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“…Ownship: EVEKTOR EV-55 – It hosted the TSS software running in the CCP and the TSS HMI on a PED in the cockpit. The aircraft was equipped with ADS-B IN device and was not cooperating with intruder in terms of manoeuvres execution, because the TSS, as clear from the previous section and emphasized in (Di Vito et al , 2017b, 2021d), does not require coordination of the manoeuvre with the conflicting vehicle.…”

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“…More details about TSS requirements and concept of operations are reported in the reference papers (Di Vito et al , 2017b, 2021d), where descriptions of each functionality indicated in Figure 1 and of the HMI have been reported.…”

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“…For the specific TSS flight tests execution, two real vehicles have been involved: Ownship: EVEKTOR EV-55 – It hosted the TSS software running in the CCP and the TSS HMI on a PED in the cockpit. The aircraft was equipped with ADS-B IN device and was not cooperating with intruder in terms of manoeuvres execution, because the TSS, as clear from the previous section and emphasized in (Di Vito et al , 2017b, 2021d), does not require coordination of the manoeuvre with the conflicting vehicle. Intruder : EVEKTOR VUT100 Cobra – It was equipped with ADS-B OUT device and was not cooperating with ownship in terms of manoeuvres execution, as just emphasized. …”

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“…The TSS benefits from the presence on-board of ADS-B IN receiver, able to collect the broadcasted information provided by surrounding traffic through corresponding ADS-B OUT devices. Based on the traffic info, the TSS performs its computations in real-time during the flight (at 1 Hz update frequency), in order to provide the pilot not only with consolidated traffic picture extending pilot’s situational awareness but also, and more important, with automatic support to pilot’s decision making, thanks to the TSS performed automatic elaboration of suitable conflict resolution manoeuvre, if and when possible loss of separation is detected by the TSS over a tactical time horizon (Di Vito et al , 2017b, 2021d).…”

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Enabling SAT single pilot operations: tactical separation system design advancements in the COAST project

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Purpose This paper aims to describe the advancements of the activities that have been carried out, in the Cost-Optimized Avionics SysTem (COAST) project, to complete the design and in-flight demonstration of the Tactical Separation System (TSS), which is an automatic support system to the pilot’s decision-making, onboard on small air transport (SAT) vehicles under single pilot operations, in the separation management. Design/methodology/approach In the framework of the Clean Sky 2 funded project COAST, some enabling technologies for single pilot operations in the EASA CS-23 category vehicles are designed and demonstrated in flight. Among the relevant flight management technologies addressed in the project, the specific one devoted to the real-time support to pilot’s decision-making in maintaining the vehicle self-separation is the TSS, designed by the Italian Aerospace Research Centre. Findings The TSS design started in the year 2016 and has been completed in the year 2021 after successful in-flight demonstration in the dedicated flight test campaign. The system has been validated by means of several simulation campaigns and finally demonstrated its effectiveness in providing its intended functionalities (situational awareness, conflict detection, conflict resolution) to the pilot in real flight trials, involving the presence of real conflicting aircraft. Originality/value The TSS contributes enabling the implementation of single pilot operations in CS-23 category vehicles, thanks to the possibility to support the pilot with provision of consolidated traffic picture, detection of conflicting surrounding traffic and suggestion of suitable conflict resolution manoeuvre real-time during the flight, through dedicated human–machine interface designed on purpose. The TSS supports the new separation modes that are envisaged in the future SESAR ATM target concept, with particular reference to the possible delegation of the separation responsibility to the pilot.

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