Dynamic Configuration Adjustment in the TMA

Project Information

DYNCAT

Grant agreement ID: 893568

DOI 10.3030/893568

Project closed

EC signature date 25 May 2020

Start date 1 July 2020

End date 31 December 2022

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost € 989 298,50

EU contribution € 989 298,50

Coordinated by

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV
Germany

Deliverables

Documents, reports (13)

Environmental Benefits Report

quantifies the environmental benefits obtainable with the DYNCAT solution regarding fuel consumption and CO2 emission reduction and demonstrates the potential for noise exposure levels at the ground

Prototype Validation Report

assesses the new operational concept from pilots perspective regarding operational feasibility and acceptability and quantifies the improvements concerning flight predictability

Project Summary Report

describes the activities and technical achievements of the project includes a selfmaturity assessment of the DYNCAT concept using the common SESAR maturity frameworkserves as input for the Review of the technical scientific activities of the projectcontains a publishable summary

Critical Analysis of Current Operations

highlights the potential for improvement in current operations by demonstrating the variety of procedure executions under comparable circumstances and the impact of ATC instructions on otherwise comparable flights

Initial Operational Concept Document

describes how the DYNCAT pilot support function will be used in real operations, its information sources and the expected benefits

Preliminary System High-Level Specification

details the functionality to be provided by the DYNCAT system, the prerequisites and the implementation constraints

Advanced Continuous Descent Operations - Recommendations and Roadmap

reports on the evaluation of external and consortium internal experts including airline pilots and air traffic controllers on the viability and maturity of the DYNCAT solution Also assesses the solution from the air traffic controllers point of view wrt feasibility and impact on capacity Recommends the necessary steps for further maturation of the concept and identifies the required technical or regulatory enablers

DYNCAT Function Experimental Implementation Report

contains the FMS implementation architecture principles of the DYNCAT functionality on THALES AVSs industrial test bench

Final Operational Concept Document

updates the operational concept in view of the results of the realtime simulation in WP4 and its evaluation by operational experts

Description of acoustical and weather data measurements

details the measurements performed and describes the data sets acquired

Implementation Validation Plan

describes the measures to be employed to ensure that the effected implementation of the DYNCAT functionality fulfils the highlevel system specification

Description of combined data sets

describes the structures of the flight operational data and ATC instructions sets. Explains the process of data matching and defines the combined, anonymised data sets.

Final System High-Level Specification

updates the system specification in view of the results of the realtime simulation in WP4 and its evaluation by operational experts including guidance on the transfer of DYNCATs functionality to different aircraft types

Publications

Conference proceedings (7)

Impact of ATC Speed Instructions on Fuel Consumption and Noise Exposure: An Assessment of Real Operations in Zurich

Author(s): Roeser, M. S.; Kühne, C. G.; Abdelmoula, F.; Gerber, M.; Wunderli, J.-M.
Published in: DLRK 2021, 2021
Publisher: DLRK

Improving energy state awareness during approach

Author(s): Pauly P.; Gerber M.; Boyer, J.; Wunderli, J. M.; Abdelmoula, F.; Bauer, T.
Published in: DLRK 2022, 2022
Publisher: DLRK

Dynamic Aircraft Energy and Configuration Management with DYNCAT

Author(s): Bauer, Tobias Abdelmoula, Fethi
Published in: 12th SESAR Innovation Days, 2022
Publisher: SESAR Digital Academy

Improved energy management during arrival for lower noise emissions

Author(s): Pauly P.; Meister, J.; Wunderli, J. M.; Gerber, M.; Boyer, J.; Abdelmoula, F.; Bauer, T.
Published in: Towards Sustainable Aviation Summit (TSAS), 2022
Publisher: TSAS

Improved Configuration Management for Greener Approaches – Evaluation of a Novel Pilot Support Concept

Author(s): Bauer, T.; Abdelmoula, F.; Boyer, J.; Gerber, M.; Meister, J., Wunderli, J. M.
Published in: ICAS 2022, 2022
Publisher: ICAS

nergy-optimized approaches: A challenge from the perspectives of pilots and air traffic controllers

Author(s): Gerber, M.; Schreiber Y.; Abdelmoula F.; Kühne C. G.; Jäger D.; Wunderli, J. M.
Published in: DLRK 2021, 2021
Publisher: DLRK

Enabling Environmentally Friendly Approach Profiles - DYNCAT

Author(s): Fethi Abdelmoula, Tobias Bauer
Published in: SESAR Digital Academy webinar on Greener ATM - Green Arrivals and Departures, Issue 4th December, 2020, 2020
Publisher: SESAR Digital Academy

Peer reviewed articles (2)

Impact of ATC speed instructions on fuel consumption and noise exposure: an assessment of real operations in Zurich

Author(s): Fethi Abdelmoula, Mathias S. Roeser, Christoph G. Kühne, Martin Gerber, Jean‑Marc Wunderli
Published in: CEAS Aeronautical Journal, Issue 18695590, 2022, ISSN 1869-5590
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s13272-022-00609-y

Energy‑optimized approaches: a challenge from the perspectives of pilots and air traffic controllers

Author(s): Martin Gerber, York Schreiber, Fethi Abdelmoula, Christoph G. Kühne, D. Jäger, J. M. Wunderli
Published in: CEAS Aeronautical Journal, Issue 18695590, 2022, ISSN 1869-5590
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s13272-022-00607-0