GRADE - GNSS Solutions for Increased GA and Rotorcraft Airport Accessibility Demonstration
Obiettivo
Within the SESAR1 program, innovative procedures for the approach and landing phases, based on the use of GNSS technology (enhanced by the EGNOS service or by GBAS stations), have been defined and validated by using Commercial Aviation aircraft. The GRADE project aims at demonstrating the applicability of the aforementioned procedures (called SESAR solutions) to General Aviation aircraft and rotorcraft, in order to:
- improve (with affordable cost) the safety and accessibility at airports for such aircraft;
- facilitate the integration of these aircraft in airspace and airports where SESAR concepts and technologies are implemented.
Specifically, the project aims to demonstrate the following SESAR solutions:
- Solution #51 – "Enhanced terminal operations with RNP transition to LPV",
- Solution #55 – "Precision approaches using GBAS CAT II/III",
- Solution #103 – "Approach Procedure with vertical guidance",
- Solution #113 – "Optimised Low Level Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) routes for rotorcraft".
Regarding the technological aspects needed for the execution of the above solutions, the project will focus on:
- the use of GNSS EGNOS and GBAS navigation algorithms able to guarantee the required navigation precision;
- Portable not certified PFDs to support pilot decisions.
GRADE's goal will be achieved by performing in-flight trials and real-time hardware and pilot in the loop simulations. The flight trials will be conducted at two different sites:
- in the Italian airspace at Capua airport, using CIRA's experimental FLARE flight platform;
- in the German airspace at the Braunschweig airport, using a Cessna 172N supplied by the University of Braunschweig and the experimental ACT / FHS helicopter provided by the DLR.
Test results will be analyzed using the performance indicators defined in the SESAR program and will be used to support regulatory, standardization and certification activities.
From a programmatic point of view, the GRADE project's schedule includes two activity loops, focused respectively on real-time simulation demo and in-flight trials. Each loop consists of the following phases:
- Demonstration preparation
- Demonstration execution
- Demonstration analysis
Currently, the demonstration preparation phase for the real time simulation demo is almost completed.
Attività nel progetto CIRA
In the framework of this project, CIRA is responsible for the following activities:
- Project management and coordination
- Demonstration scenario definition
- Customization of the navigation algorithms based on the GNSS technology and needed for the demonstration of the SESAR solutions applicable to fixed wing aircraft
- Preparation and execution of the fixed wing aircraft real time simulations
- Preparation and execution of the flight trials at Capua airport
- Analysis of demonstration results.
Programma
This project has received funding from the SESAR Joint Undertaking under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 783170.
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data inizio:
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
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durata:
24.00
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
GRADE
On Board Systems and ATM, Safety and Security, Aeronautics - Technology Integration and Flight Demostrators, Environmental Impact of Air Transport
The project aims to demonstrate, through in-flight trials, the ability of General Aviation aircraft and rotorcraft to take advantage of the concepts developed in the SESAR1 program, in order to facilitate the integration of these aircraft into airspace and airports where the SESAR concepts are implemented.
Aircraft Avionics, Systems ＆ Equipment, Human Factors, Air Traffic Management, Navigation Systems, Overall ATM, Cockpit Systems, Visualisation ＆ Display Systems, Navigation/Flight Management/Autoland
Guidance Navigation and Control Lab
