03 Data Distribution in Next Gereration Air Traffic

Angelo Corsaro, Ph.D.Software Technologies ScientistStrategic and Technological Planning DirectorateSELEX-SI[[email protected]]

Coflight eFDP

© 2006, SELEX-SI – All Rights Reserved

Agenda

� Group Overview

� Coflight Programme

� DDS and Coflight

� Concluding Remarks


Group Overview


ANSALDO SIGNAL

AERMACCHI

ALENIA AERONAUTICAOFFICINE AERONAVALI

AGUSTAWESTLAND

ALCATEL ALENIA SPACE *

TELESPAZIO *

OTO MELARA

MBDAWASS

ANSALDO STS

ANSALDO BREDA ANSALDO ENERGIA

ATR

18% 1,709 € M 15% 1,428 € M 8% 782 € M 21% 2,056 € M

12% 1,148 € M 4% 391 € M 14% 1,375 € M 8% 729 € MDEFENCE SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORTATION ENERGY

Data from Annual Report as of December, 31 th. 2004 :

Revenues 9,158 Euro mln(+8,6% vs 2003)

Employees: 51,026

AERONAUTICS HELICOPTERS SPACE DEFENCE ELECTRONICS

SELEX Communications

SELEX Sistemi Integrati

Elettronica

GALILEO AVIONICA

SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems

SELEX SAS Ltd

Orizzonte

*JV since 1st of July 2005

Datamat since 27 July 2005

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The Group


HOMELAND SECURITY GUARDING THE EEZ

Leveraging the technological and industrial base of its companies,

FINMECCANICA offers capabilities and solutions that meet the strategic

goal of global security:

- to prevent terrorists attacks

- to reduce the vulnerability to terrorism of both population and key assets- to minimise damage and recovery time after an attack

Using a variety of airborne, maritime, satellite and land assets, FINMECCANICA solutions detect, identify and track targets in a EEZ

scenario.

This allows operation control centres and remote assets to view and assess

targets, manage their resources, communicate with each other and, when

necessary, to intervene, to make swift and secure decisions.

The Mission


DELIVERING INTEGRATED DEFENCE

FINMECCANICA offers its innovative integrated defence systems as the

solution to traditional and new defence missions that call for rapid armed

forces deployment and mobility in a joint and combined environment.

Command and Control capabilities are integrated with a wide range of air, land, naval and space platforms, platform systems and weapon systems

within a global network-centric infrastructure.

The Mission



SELEX-SI Business

SystemsSystems

C4ISystems

NavalNavalSystemsSystems

Air TrafficAir TrafficSystemsSystems

Enabling TechnologiesEnabling Technologies

Comm/Services

RadarC2/C3/C4

ProductsProductsComm/

Services

RadarCMS

Comm/Services

RadarCentres


Coflight Program


Coflight Program

� Large program to replace existing FDP systems� 4 Centers in Italy� 5 Centers in France� 2 Centers in Switzerland

� Initial Operational Capabilities by 2009

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The Coflight partners

� Thales and Selex are co-contractors (60% - 40%)� Thales and Selex are

“solidaire”� Coflight components

allocated (60/40)

� One contract with DSNA :� DSNA ensure co-ordination with ENAV and

Skyguide


Rationale

Système trop complexe

Outdated System Architecture, difficult to maintaindifficult to integrate new services

New ATC Conceptsrequire significant

FDPS upgrades

New Generationof FDPsneeded


Coflight Mission

� Training mission� support the training of Coflight users in civil and military

missions� Test mission

� test new software version, new environment data set, new IOP version (network of Coflight in test mission)

� Civil Air Traffic Control mission� provide services for En-route

ATC, Approach ATC, and to Aerodrome Control Functions (VFR and IFR flights)

� Military Air Traffic Control mission� provide services to military Air

Traffic Controllers for the control of military flights


Coflight Operational Objectives

Support operational improvement

� Improve Interoperability (Air-Ground, ATM integration)

� Increase global control capacity of the system: Planning, Sequencing tools, Balancing control capacity/traffic load, Flexible Use of Airspace, Free Routing

� Increase controller unit capacity by reducing routine tasks: e.g. Alleviation of coordination procedures


Coflight Technical Objectives

� Improve maintainability (reduce life-cycle cost)

� Improve Performance and Dependability

� Simplify System operation : customisation, data preparation, testing


New System architectureNew System architecture

Functional enhancementsFunctional enhancements

The Coflight enhancements

New methodologiesNew methodologies

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Coflight Functional Enhancements

� 4D Trajectory Prediction: Total Energy Model� Interoperability intra-, inter-centres� Interface with Arrival Manager (AMAN), Departure

Manager (DMAN) and Air-Ground Data Link � Use of Trajectory uncertainty for Medium Term Conflict

Detection� Implementation of What-If function (Inter & Intra centres)� Flexible use of Airspace, full civil/military coordination


COTS HardwareCOTS HardwareLINUX Operating SystemsLINUX Operating SystemsCardamom MiddlewareCardamom Middleware

Pluggable Pluggable ATM ApplicationsATM Applications

New system architecture

� Evolution from centralised architecture towards a fully distributed and open architecture based on modular components (consistent with AHLM model)

� Coflight make use of a new CORBA middleware developed by anindustrial consortium grouping THALES and SELEX:

CARDAMOM


CARDAMOM—Principles

� A framework to configure, deploy and execute near r eal-time, fault-tolerant distributed applications

DefenseDefense� Core Principles

� Multi-Domain� Tailorable Services— Choose

between COTS integration or specific value-added implementations that fit industrial needs

� Support for Component Oriented Software Development

� Active participation to standardization of middleware services for C4I

� Support for Model Driven Architecture through the use of a UML toolchain

CivilCivil

� Common Development Organization� A next generation middleware developed

by and Industrial Organization


CARDAMOM

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Data Distribution in ATC


Data Distribution in ATC

� Air Traffic Control Systems have very stringent requirements in terms of data distribution

� Flight Data Plan have to be distributed efficiently , timely , and reliably to several nodes

� Historically ATC Systems have relied on proprietary middleware which where designed ad hoc to address these requirements

� Often these systems did not provide means for configuring QoS, as it was built inside the system


Data Distribution in Coflight

� The OMG DDS satisfies most of the key requirements of ATC Systems

� Relevant features include persistency, reliability, high availability, …

� Due to this natural match between DDS and most of ATC key requirements, Coflight relies on the OMG DDS for the distribution of Flight Data Plans


One Stop Shop…

� The DDS key features make it a potential one stop shop solution for the data distribution need of ATC Systems

� As of today it is easily applicable to:� Radar Track Distribution� Flight Data Plan Distribution� Operational Interoperability� etc.

� However, some extension will be needed in order to fully support all ATC needs… But the OMG seems on the right track toward supporting these needs


Concluding Remarks

� Coflight is a challenging ATC program which will provide several improvement in the state of the art of Air Traffic Control

� The OMG Data Distribution Service, has been adopted by Coflight as a standard for data dissemination

� As DDS nicely address many ATC requirements, we are eager to see it evolve toward a one-stop-shop solution

Angelo Corsaro, Ph.D.Software Technologies ScientistStrategic and Technological Planning DirectorateSELEX-SI[[email protected]]

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Angelo Corsaro, Ph.D.Software Technologies ScientistStrategic and Technological Planning DirectorateSELEX-SIVia Tiburtina Km 12.400 Tel. +39 06.41.50.329900131 Rome, Italy Fax. +39 06.41.50.2144

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