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SPECIAL WORLD ATM CONGRESS 2017
Enav will participate at the World ATM Congress from 7 to 9 March 2017, held at the Institución Ferial de Madrid (IFEMA). The event, now in its fifth year, annually hosts the leading Air Traffic Management providers as well as the main industries of the air navigation world. With more than 190 exhibiting companies, visitors from over 120 countries and almost 7,000 participants, WATM is the most important event in the ATC sector. The World ATM Congress will represent a new opportunity to presenting Enav Group’s main international activities and its extensive products and consultancy services business offer, while actively participating in international workshops and seminars scheduled during the event. Italy’s Enav, the only air navigation service provider to be quoted on a stock exchange, in its fifth participation, will be introducing an innovated, customized and elegant 108 sqm. exhibiting space, characterized by extensive relational areas as well as a Demo area, equipped with the latest technologies, at Hall 9 - Stand # 927. International Activities
 Enav plays a leading role in the main multilateral international programs, projects and activities such as SESAR, BLUE MED, 4-Flight/Coflight, Deployment Manager and within companies such as Aireon and ESSP-EGNOS. The Company is also involved in the working activities of Organizations and Institutions such as ICAO, the European Commission and CANSO. A latest generation Demo area within the exhibition space will be introducing the Co-flight and RACOON projects, aiming at demonstrating the potential and capabilities of the new air traffic control systems. Such systems are part of the development program of the European SESAR project (Single European Sky ATM Research). An initiative launched by the European Commission for the creation of a new European air traffic management system.

 

 

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Enav has the international dimension at the heart of its daily work. It is one of the major European Air Navigation Service Providers, in terms of volume of controlled Airspace and movements as well as investments in technology innovation and R&D. Enav has an outstanding expertise in Air Traffic Management (ATM) operations and services, in the development and validation of new concepts and procedures and in working with the supply industry to design and engineer new systems to safely support the Air Traffic Controllers in their highly demanding tasks. In line with its mission, Enav has a leading role in the European and Mediterranean area while also working with the neighbouring regions by promoting synergies with other Service Providers and supporting the implementation of the Single European Sky. Enav strategy and cooperation activities aim at developing synergies with the major ATM stakeholders to continuously improve the safety and quality of services provided, for the benefit of all customers and finally the wider aviation community. To this regard, Enav plays an important role in the development and setup of international partnerships and alliances, such as the A6, the strategic alliance amongst some of the key Air Navigation Service Providers in Europe. Since December 2014, Enav, jointly with other industry partners, has established the SESAR Deployment Alliance, the consortium selected by the European Commission as the “SESAR Deployment Manager” responsible for the coordination and supervision of the upgrading of Europe’s Air Traffic Management infrastructure. Enav, through acknowledged experts, actively contributes to the work of international institutions and organizations such as ICAO, EASA, Eurocontrol, EUROCAE as well as its trade association CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organization). The international domain represents one of the key pillars for the future and Enav is fully committed to provide its contribution.

SESAR 2020

  • SESAR 2020
    ﷯Strongly convinced of the pivotal role of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) in the Single European Sky framework to conduct a delivery-oriented and performance-driven Research & Innovation (R&I) Programme, Enav has supported the initiative to extend the SJU mandate beyond 2016 in partnership with other key Stakeholders. Enav renewed its full participation in the SJU and its active support to SESAR 2020 Programme until its completion in 2024, carrying on the work conducted in the Development Phase of SESAR 1. The SESAR 2020 R&I Programme will generate an innovation pipeline towards deployment, by demonstrating the viability of technological and operational solutions already developed in SESAR 1 (2008-2016) in larger and more operationally-integrated environments. SESAR 2020 will ensure a continuous flow of research results moving towards innovation and deployment. The Programme currently consists of 25 projects – Industrial Research & Validation and Very Large Scale Demonstrations - launched through two Calls for expression of interest: Wave 1 for the years 2017-2019 and Wave 2 for the remaining years up to 2021. Specific long term research activities (the so called Exploratory Research) are also addressed by the Programme through ad-hoc Calls. More specifically, Wave 1 sees Enav committed to the study of several operational concepts and technologies built upon the work already achieved with SESAR 1. 17 projects – of which 2 with leading role – are carried out by Enav in a number of domains such as airports, en-route and terminal area along with planning, information management and IOP. Enav got the leadership of the “Validation and Demonstration Engineering” (PJ22 – SEabird) to support effective collaborative requirements management and collection of all engineering data in the Programme, expected to strengthen the work done in the previous Validation Infrastructure Adaptation and Integration (SESAR1 WP3); in addition, Enav coordinates the research stream on “Integrated Surface Management” (PJ03a – SUMO), continuing the work performed under SESAR 1, focused on the definition and validation of operational concept related to the Guidance function of the Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) to support controllers and flight crews in ground operations. Enav contribution in SESAR 2020 is integrated and complemented by a number of national and international partners, named Linked Third Parties (LTP): BULATSA, CIRA, Deep Blue, IBM, IDS, MATS, NAIS, Nav Canada and SICTA (Enav affiliate). Those Companies are linked to Enav through the sharing of a strategic plan for cooperation in several ATM related domains. Enav in SESAR 2020 Wave 1 (2016-2019) at a Glance Contribution of 1,100 man-months Participation in 17 Projects (out of 25), 2 of which with “Coordinator” role Coordinator of PJ22-SEabird “Validation and Demonstration Engineering” Coordinator of PJ03a-SUMO “Integrated Surface Management” For further information, please contact: Daniele Teotino Partnering for Excellence in Global Aviation
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  • Enav VALIDATION FACILITIES
    Since the beginning of SESAR Development phase, Enav led the Work Package 3 “Validation Infrastructure Adaptation and Integration”, designed to develop the European Verification and Validation Infrastructure on which the SESAR concept was validated. Engineering activities have encompassed the design, development and integration of the V&VI with the System Under Test, in order to deploy verified and accepted V&V Platforms in line with Operational and System Projects’ needs in terms of preparation tools, Air Traffic Generators (Ground and Airborne), Data collection and Analysis tools and Interoperability solutions. Enav is equipped with two full-scale ATC simulation rooms, two main Pilot rooms, a Cockpit Simulator, a Tower Simulator and other facilities all interconnected to provide full scale Real Time simulations, shadow-mode and live trials. In SESAR 2020, Enav will set up and implement a System Engineering Data Management Framework (SE-DMF) to support effective collaborative requirements management and collection of all engineering data in the programme. ﷯ Enav Validation and Simulation Centre – now the National Test Centre - located in Rome ACC comprises: • SESAR IBP ATC platforms, SESAR Airborne segment composed Advanced Cockpit Simulator “ACS” and a set of virtualized cockpit simulators called iA/C, to manage high density realistic traffic environments for real time simulations and shadow mode exercises • Fully fledged 270° Tower Simulator that will be used to test Remote Tower environments and gate-to-gate demonstrations • Link to the data-link and network infrastructures to support real scale Live trials. The Centre will also incorporate a new RPAS Simulation facility and the AIREON test bed in the course of 2017. For further information, please contact: Luigi Mazzucchelli luigi.mazzucchelli@enav.it

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﷯Remote tower services (RTS) are one of the many technological and operational solutions delivered for deployment by SESAR; they can offer new business opportunities for airports in Europe, where it is too expensive to maintain conventional tower facilities and services, or where such services are currently unavailable. RTS technology can help these airports to achieve better cost efficiency and potentially allow them to operate more competitively, making them more attractive for commercial aviation. Additionally, thanks to the use of advanced visual systems, such as infrared sensors, remote towers are expected to enhance safety and operational efficiency, especially under low-visibility operations. Remotely-operated towers could also serve as a contingency solution for even the busiest of airports, or as a remote facility - relying only on sensors - to provide operational contingency in the event the visual control tower becoming unserviceable. The use of RTS is also significantly less expensive than the provision of an additional stand-alone contingency tower. ﷯ The SESAR Large Scale Demonstration Project “RACOON” - the very first experience in Italy on Remote Tower services - demonstrated in a live environment the practicability of single remote tower operations with low traffic volumes and, under given operational conditions and technological assumptions, how the solution can be extended to multiple airports, by mixing local and remote capabilities. Additionally, the Project addressed RNP-APCH procedures and GNSS real time monitoring solution through the development of an ad-hoc tool named GNOME (GNSS Operative Monitoring Equipment). The Remote Tower Centre (RTC) was set up at Milano Malpensa airport, providing remote airport services to Milano Linate and Malpensa as well as a third virtual airport - referred to as LIXX. RACOON – a two-year project cofunded by the SESAR Joint Undertaking - was coordinated by Enav jointly with its affiliates SICTA and Techno Sky, and the participation of keynote stakeholders such as Air France, Deep Blue, IDS, Nav Canada, SEA and Searidge Technologies, plus the contribution of Alitalia and SITTI as supporting partners. The project, building on the SESAR experience from the recently available solution package on Remote Tower for Single Airport, deployed the required technologies and procedures to control the traffic by a remote location, with no degradation in the current levels of service and safety. The remote tower working position was equipped with conventional ATS systems complemented by a reproduction of the “out-the-window” view based on high definition camera sensors systems as well as electronic flight strip-based environment. Remote Tower Centre had also advanced video functionalities such as zooming, tracking, infrared sensors and augmented reality through overlay information (e.g. radar labeling, gate numbering, contours) plus five specific hot-spot cameras located at key points on the Linate airfield. The demo roadmap envisaged real-time simulations and shadow mode sessions as preparatory steps to live trials campaign. More than 100 commercial flights were managed remotely by the RACOON Remote Tower Centre over the scenarios of Linate (82 flights) and Malpensa/LIXX (36 flights), while live trials on GNSS procedures in Linate with local control involved around 70 scheduled flights. RACOON experience has paved the way to additional developments on Remote Tower Service applicability and deployment in Italy and the demonstration performed in such complex airports like Linate and Malpensa contributes to mature the solution towards medium/high traffic density aerodromes. Enav research on Remote TWR services will also continue in SESAR 2020 Programme.
﷯FREE Solutions (Free Route Environmental & Efficient Solutions) is one of the large-scale demonstration projects, cofunded by the SESAR Joint Undertaking, with the aim to bridge SESAR development activities with the deployment and to prove the benefits of SESAR solutions in real-life environment. Against this background, in 2014 a large group of airlines and air navigation service providers led by Enav decided to work together to demonstrate the SESAR Free Route concept and several focused operational solutions. In line with the SESAR Research and Innovations (R&I) delivery approach “Seeing is believing”, FREE Solutions conducted several sessions of integrated flight trials involving a wide range of stakeholders, such as airspace users, service providers, national authorities, manufacturing industries, staff associations, military authorities and other ATM stakeholders. Between 2014 and 2016, the project managed more than 1,000 flights: live trials demonstrated that direct routes and initial free routing (in low and medium density) operations are possible in Europe and can help reducing flight times, congestion and the impact on the environment. In particular, live trials assessed the operational impact of City Pairs, Direct Routing and initial Free Routing (for low to medium traffic density airspace). FREE Solutions demonstration activities allowed the Consortium to engage with the broader ATM stakeholder community to show how solutions actually work. In doing so, these activities are expected to de-risk the industrialisation and subsequent deployment of SESAR Solutions. A number of free routing solutions have been already implemented by Enav while some others are in the pipeline for delivery and are due for implementation across Europe’s upper airspace in accordance with SESAR Pilot Common Project. Free Solutions Partners are: Enav (Project Coordinator), Air France, Alitalia, DFS, DSNA, EUROCONTROL/Network Manager, Lufthansa, MATS, Ryanair, skyguide and Swiss. HOP! and KLM participated in the project as third parties of Air France and SICTA as Enav affiliates. For further information, please contact: Giancarlo Ferrara giancarlo.ferrara@enav.it

SESAR DEPLOYMENT MANAGER

LONG TERM RESEARCH

The role of ATM shall be designed to enable new concepts of air operations in a future environment, notably it shall be capable to handle and integrate safely air vehicles of the future (e.g. not excluding VTOL, RPAS, hypersonic, etc.) in the development of any new systems and technologies.﷯ The Long Term Research topics proposed in SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research stream are steered by the needs identified from the European ATM Master Plan, by the results from the current SESAR Programme, by WP-E research networks results and papers, by the relevant FP7 projects as well as the ambition set by documents such as Flight Path 2050 and its ACARE-Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA9). Enav contribution to Long Term Research is intended to stimulate scientific research into ATM through the participation in several research projects and networks. Long Term Research projects have the potential to provide results that can be carried upward through the ATM Industrial Research paving the way to the deployment of successful ATM concepts and technologies as required by the high level EU Vision for Aviation. For further information, please contact: Giancarlo Ferrara
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HORIZON 2020

DATA-LINK IMPLEMENTATION
IN ITALY

The gradual evolution of aeronautical communications from analogic to digital is an actual process. Global and European plans for the modernisation of ATM exist and deal with this topic in depth, trying to manage it in a comprehensive, timely and coordinated way. ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan and European ATM Master Plan identify communication roadmaps, with overall indications both on related infrastructure and timing. Data-Link Communications represent one of the major technical enabler for the SESAR Concept of Operations; in particular, the coordinated and efficient deployment of fundamental ATM Functions such as i4D and SWIM find in Data-Link Communications availability the essential catalyst. Enav is proactively involved in several international initiatives and projects (in some of them with a leading role) on governance models as well as technical and operational aspects of the Data-Link environment: A6 Study on Data-Link Services (2013-2015) SESAR JU Capacity Study (VDL mode 2 Capacity and Performance Analysis) SESAR JU ELSA Study (VDL mode 2 Measurement, Analysis and Simulation campaign) Data-Link Services implementation development activities in BLUEMED FAB Region Implementation Projects in Innovative & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) CALLs 2014 and 2015 Implementation Projects in Innovative & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) CALL 2016: Path I – Implementation of the DLS transitional solution (Multi-Frequency in Blue Med area) Path II – Preparatory activities towards the target solution These activities have increasingly allowed Enav to gain a comprehensive and structured experience in the Data-Link Communication domain that will pave the way to the wider platform of initiatives on which Europe will build its future ATM Data-Link Communication infrastructure.﷯ For further information, please contact: Cristiano Baldoni Gianguido Bragagnini cristiano.baldoni@Enav.it gianguido.bragagnini@Enav.it

A6 ALLIANCE

The A6 is an alliance of some of the main European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). ﷯ Its aim is to help drive modernisation of the European ATM network within SESAR for the benefit of customers. Its role is to create synergies between the ANSP members of the SESAR JU to maximise customer and network benefits and to provide leadership at a European level in critical technical and strategic areas. The A6 members, bound by a Memorandum of Co-operation, are full members of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, making the A6 uniquely placed to represent the interests of the ATM industry in the effective deployment of technologies and concepts developed through SESAR. The Memorandum of Cooperation signed in 2011 by members of the original A6 Alliance (DSNA/France, DFS/Germany, Enav/Italy, ENAIRE/Spain, NATS/UK as well as Noracon Consortium including Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden) was revised to enable even greater cooperation to help deliver SESAR extended to COOPANS Alliance (Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden) and the B4 consortium (Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia). Further, PANSA, Poland’s ANSP, became full member of the A6 Alliance, too. The A6 Alliance is also part of the Supervisory Board of the SESAR Deployment Manager, the governing body of the SESAR Deployment Manager. Enav participates in A6 steering and working group levels contributing to the A6 purposes to proactively support the modernization process of the European ATM infrastructure which is the core objective of the SESAR. Thanks to the solid relationship among partners, open to discussion and willing to reach common solutions for reaching the best benefits for everyone, the A6 managed to strengthen their position and represent an influencing voice for any process potentially affecting the ATM business, while tightening up relationships with major stakeholders and with the European Commission. For further information, please contact: Cristiano Cantoni
cristiano.cantoni@Enav.it

COFLIGHT

The Coflight-eFDP System is a next generation Flight Data Processing System designed to meet the needs of European Air Navigation Service Providers﷯ for the next 20 years, satisfying the need for the harmonisation and interoperability of air traffic management systems in Europe and facilitating the integration of advanced tools in the global ATM system. The system will replace the legacy flight data processing system that currently exists with a very advanced new generation system, with no disruption to service through a staged implementation plan. The system, harmonised and interoperable on a European scale, is able to support air traffic control operations for the next 20 years, for the benefit of all air transport stakeholders. The system contains features that will satisfy the general needs of ATM in Europe and with an open design that will allow its integration in any particular air navigation services provider’s environment. The system supports the following missions: flight data services for civil ATC; flight data services for military ATC; flight data services for both civil and military ATC (the so called co-localised missions). The Civil Air Traffic Control is the main mission that the system shall support. In this mission, the system shall provide services for En-route ACCs, Approach ACCs and to Aerodrome Control Functions. In the Military Air Traffic Control mission, the system shall provide services to military Air Traffic Controllers for the control of military flights, in a manner similar to the civil ATC mission. The system shall manage both IFR and VFR flights, providing specific services to VFR flights. The system also supports different states for the aforementioned missions:  operational state;  training state, for training air traffic controllers and supervisors;  testing state, for testing new software versions, new operational procedures and interoperability capabilities. The system brings the following state-of-the art functional improvements to flight data processing systems:  4D based trajectory predictions, advanced aircraft modelling, considering of aircraft intents, downlink of aircraft parameters, airport and traffic flow constraints and meteorological data improved coordination with the integration of all the letters of agreement among Centres and the application of Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) principles;  integration of data provided by air/ground datalink applications;  highly reactive management of airspace and route structures, dynamic adjustment of sector boundaries to balance ATC capacity and traffic load, and automatic calculation of the consequences on flights. The system includes support for the emerging European interoperability standards including: support for seamless interoperability between ATS providers, IFPS/NMOC, pilots, aircraft operators and airports; integration of en-route and approach with sequencing tools; introduction of multi-sector planning tools; improvement of coordination procedures with conflict detection tools; acceptance of direct routes through multiple Centres. To reduce maintenance costs and to facilitate developments, the system architecture is model driven (MDA) and complies with recognised standards (CORBA, object oriented languages, UML modelling tools). This new highly fault-tolerant architecture complies with the European Safety Regulatory Requirements applicable to CNS/ATM systems. The basic philosophy of the implementation programme is to reduce risks to a minimum by adopting an incremental development strategy. The level of change at each step will be limited, enabling phased integration in the overall National and European ATM systems, rapid corrections in the case of errors and a quick investment returns. The following figure shows the Coflight Product Roadmap:﷯ V1, delivered in 2010, provided a new CORBA based middleware, the architectural infrastructure for the whole ATM system and a basic version of the new FDPS; V2, delivered in May 2013, provided the completion of the functional requirements; V2R1, delivered in July 2014, is including an operational requirements’ update; V3, delivered in 2015, provides the new ED133 compliant interoperability mechanism and integration with aircrafts through Data-Link V3R1, expected for Oct 2017, will be the first version to be used in operational service. For further info, please contact: Claudio Cannavicci claudio.cannavicci@Enav.it

COFLIGHT
CLOUD SERVICE

In March 2014 during the World ATM Congress (WAC), DSNA, Enav, MATS and Skyguide CEOs launched the programme “Coflight Cloud Service” (CCS). The four ANSPs partnered to study the feasibility of providing flight data processing and related services based on Coflight-eFDP product as a first step towards Virtual Centre Concept. A two-year feasibility study was conducted over 2015/2016, during which CCS programme explored: the operational environment driving CCS concept (customers’ needs, provider/customer responsibilities, commercial offers for future customers), and the corresponding technical architecture for software, hardware and network, also ensuring the future SWIM compliance of the solution;
 the legal aspects for this programme on the contract part, but also on safety, security and interoperability aspects according to current regulations; 
 the additional requirements that should be implemented in further steps of the programme to make it fully operational according to partner’s needs;
 the way(s) to have a smooth transition for customers from current ATM systems to target systems including CCS;
 finally, the economic aspects of this program, starting with a market study followed by an evaluation of business models of CCS once in operation for Customers. This two-year feasibility study was concluded by Trials, in order to demonstrate the capability to provide a defined subset of the CCS services to a distant ANSP and to validate the CCS technical aspects defined. The operational environment has defined 5 CCS missions that are the high level business solutions proposed to Customers (operational, validation, training, testing and continuity). Each mission has a specific operational objective which is reached by using a subset of CCS services that are contractually provided by a Provider to a Customer, with dedicated agreed Service Levels. Description of Customers and Providers expectations, requirements, and responsibilities for each CCS services has been commonly elaborated, according to each partner’s needs. ﷯ By using CCS, ANSPs will be able to deliver optimum performance to airspace users. In fact, Coflight Cloud Service will remotely provide: 4D-trajectory prediction, a trajectory always close to the actual behavior of the aircraft Vertical profile management using all the Requested Flight Level (RFL) as filed in the initial flight plan﷯ Modification of routes Monitoring alerts for flight data discrepancies nteroperability functions Datalink capabilities Gate-to-gate eFDP Flexible use of airspace

 

Coflight Cloud Service represents a new business model in ANS provision, offering a remote service delivery instead of deploying a new physical system component, thus enabling ANSPs to share investments and reduce operating costs.

 

ERATO (EN-ROUTE AIR TRAFFIC ORGANIZER)

﷯ ERATO is a set of modern tools for air traffic controllers developed by Enav and DSNA (French Air Navigation Service Provider) which integrate innovative functions providing helpful assistance in conflict resolution in an electronic environment. ERATO is much more than simply a Mid-Term Conflict Detection (MTCD) tool: the system also includes parametre simulation (“What if ” concept) and monitoring alert (MONA) tools. Real time simulations in Italy and live trials in France have demonstrated significant benefits that ERATO can bring in terms of safety and capacity. Enav has planned a progressive implementation of ERATO starting from 2017 in all 4 Italian ACCs. ERATO will be gradually integrated in Enav and DSNA’s new generation ATM system, the 4-Flight programme.
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BLUE MED

 The Single European Sky regulatory framework is now experiencing the full implementation of Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs) by the EU Member States. The BLUE MED FAB project - coordinated by Enav - is the European central/south-eastern FAB initiative. It represents the natural European gate dedicated to air traffic flows coming from Africa and the Middle-East, namely among the regions with the prospective fast growing trend in the next future.﷯ The BLUE MED Partners are the EU Member States of Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta. In 2013, the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BLUE MED FAB for its involvement in the initiative. The BLUE MED is open to the participation of other States which are interested in cooperating in a wide range of activities, allowing them to reap the full benefits of the integration of operational and technical solutions developed in the Mediterranean area. Today – further its Feasibility Study (2007-2008) and Definition Phase (2009-2012) which investigated the Project validity and assessed technical, regulatory, Safety/Security and expected economic results – the BLUE MED FAB is in its Implementation Phase, a coordinated deployment initiative in which operational and technical improvements are being delivered, also through the cooperation with the European SESAR Deployment initiative and the ATM Industry. The Implementation Phase is progressively determining a paramount shift in the organisation of Air Navigation Services over the Mediterranean basin, bringing competition advantages in the area and benefits for the Airspace Users in terms of enhanced efficiency of services, reduced delays and costs, with lower environmental impact, always under the umbrella of improved Safety levels. All these benefits are also being coordinated with other FABs, through an inter-FAB cooperation platform which is trying to highlight best practices raising from FABs. In line with the SES esprit, the coming years will see the fulfillment of FAB benefits for the Mediterranean Area, not only limited to the airspaces of the BLUE MED Member States, but also extended to neighbouring non-EU Countries, willing to share and integrate their experiences and practices in the Air Traffic Management. TESTO DEL BOX INTERNO ALLA PAGINA: A Functional Airspace Block is a portion of airspace where air traffic is managed regardless of existing national boundaries, taking into account operational and technical requirements and considering Airspace Users’ needs at the centre of service provision. Within an established FAB, Air Traffic Management is harmonised among the Partners, limiting costs, improving operational capacity, reducing the environmental impact of operations, while Safety levels are preserved, if not increased. ﷯ For further info, please contact: Claudio Cannavicci claudio.cannavicci@Enav.it

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Enav will participate at the World ATM Congress from 7 to 9 March 2017, held at the Institución Ferial de Madrid (IFEMA). The event, now in its fifth year, annually hosts the leading Air Traffic Management providers as well as the main industries of the air navigation world. With more than 190 exhibiting companies, visitors from over 120 countries and almost 7,000 participants, WATM is the most important event in the ATC sector. The World ATM Congress will represent a new opportunity to presenting Enav Group’s main international activities and its extensive products and consultancy services business offer, while actively participating in international workshops and seminars scheduled during the event. Italy’s Enav, the only air navigation service provider to be quoted on a stock exchange, in its fifth participation, will be introducing an innovated, customized and elegant 108 sqm. exhibiting space, characterized by extensive relational areas as well as a Demo area, equipped with the latest technologies, at Hall 9 - Stand # 927. International Activities
 Enav plays a leading role in the main multilateral international programs, projects and activities such as SESAR, BLUE MED, 4-Flight/Coflight, Deployment Manager and within companies such as Aireon and ESSP-EGNOS. The Company is also involved in the working activities of Organizations and Institutions such as ICAO, the European Commission and CANSO. A latest generation Demo area within the exhibition space will be introducing the Co-flight and RACOON projects, aiming at demonstrating the potential and capabilities of the new air traffic control systems. Such systems are part of the development program of the European SESAR project (Single European Sky ATM Research). An initiative launched by the European Commission for the creation of a new European air traffic management system. Enav. WE LOOK UP.
SPECIAL WORLD ATM CONGRESS 2017
Our aim is to always guarantee safety, efficiency and punctuality in the skies, in Italy and abroad. Over 30 years of experience has made us one of the most reliable providers worldwide. Strong passion, continuous innovation and total commitment ensure our position as a global leader in air navigation services. Today and for years to come. Enav. Leader in providing services and solutions. Our offer. Your strength. That’s why we keep looking up.
Aeronautical Consulting & Design We supply excellence. Our expertise in custom-made solutions, with state of the art technology, are perfect for both a specific airport and the whole Air Traffic Control infrastructure.
FLIGHT INSPECTION We provide safety. With our high quality and innovative Flight Inspection services, we ensure unequalled standards reducing flight times.
TRAINING We cultivate passion. Through our own Academy, we train and develop some of the top international expert air traffic controllers and engineers in the sector.
MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING We deliver efficiency. Enav specializes in enhancing development, integration, installation
MET SERVICES We see the future. Our know-how and expertise in aviation meteorology enable us to deliver services and solutions all along the Meteorological data management value chain.
Enav is the Italian company which offers services for air traffic control and other essential air navigation services in Italian skies and national airports. Airspace is a precious and limited resource that must be managed punctually, safely and in operational continuity and which must be in line with the growth of the aeronautical sector. Enav provides a safe flight environment to thousand of aircrafts in our skies and harmonious traffic conditions on a daily basis.
SESAR Joint 
Undertaking
Services and 
Solutions
AIREON
Enav has the international dimension at the heart of its daily work. It is one of the major European Air Navigation Service Providers, in terms of volume of controlled Airspace and movements as well as investments in technology innovation and R&D. Enav has an outstanding expertise in Air Traffic Management (ATM) operations and services, in the development and validation of new concepts and procedures and in working with the supply industry to design and engineer new systems to safely support the Air Traffic Controllers in their highly demanding tasks. In line with its mission, Enav has a leading role in the European and Mediterranean area while also working with the neighbouring regions by promoting synergies with other Service Providers and supporting the implementation of the Single European Sky. Enav strategy and cooperation activities aim at developing synergies with the major ATM stakeholders to continuously improve the safety and quality of services provided, for the benefit of all customers and finally the wider aviation community. To this regard, Enav plays an important role in the development and setup of international partnerships and alliances, such as the A6, the strategic alliance amongst some of the key Air Navigation Service Providers in Europe. Since December 2014, Enav, jointly with other industry partners, has established the SESAR Deployment Alliance, the consortium selected by the European Commission as the “SESAR Deployment Manager” responsible for the coordination and supervision of the upgrading of Europe’s Air Traffic Management infrastructure. Enav, through acknowledged experts, actively contributes to the work of international institutions and organizations such as ICAO, EASA, Eurocontrol, EUROCAE as well as its trade association CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organization). The international domain represents one of the key pillars for the future and Enav is fully committed to provide its contribution.
  • ﷯Strongly convinced of the pivotal role of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) in the Single European Sky framework to conduct a delivery-oriented and performance-driven Research & Innovation (R&I) Programme, Enav has supported the initiative to extend the SJU mandate beyond 2016 in partnership with other key Stakeholders. Enav renewed its full participation in the SJU and its active support to SESAR 2020 Programme until its completion in 2024, carrying on the work conducted in the Development Phase of SESAR 1. The SESAR 2020 R&I Programme will generate an innovation pipeline towards deployment, by demonstrating the viability of technological and operational solutions already developed in SESAR 1 (2008-2016) in larger and more operationally-integrated environments. SESAR 2020 will ensure a continuous flow of research results moving towards innovation and deployment. The Programme currently consists of 25 projects – Industrial Research & Validation and Very Large Scale Demonstrations - launched through two Calls for expression of interest: Wave 1 for the years 2017-2019 and Wave 2 for the remaining years up to 2021. Specific long term research activities (the so called Exploratory Research) are also addressed by the Programme through ad-hoc Calls. More specifically, Wave 1 sees Enav committed to the study of several operational concepts and technologies built upon the work already achieved with SESAR 1. 17 projects – of which 2 with leading role – are carried out by Enav in a number of domains such as airports, en-route and terminal area along with planning, information management and IOP. Enav got the leadership of the “Validation and Demonstration Engineering” (PJ22 – SEabird) to support effective collaborative requirements management and collection of all engineering data in the Programme, expected to strengthen the work done in the previous Validation Infrastructure Adaptation and Integration (SESAR1 WP3); in addition, Enav coordinates the research stream on “Integrated Surface Management” (PJ03a – SUMO), continuing the work performed under SESAR 1, focused on the definition and validation of operational concept related to the Guidance function of the Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) to support controllers and flight crews in ground operations. Enav contribution in SESAR 2020 is integrated and complemented by a number of national and international partners, named Linked Third Parties (LTP): BULATSA, CIRA, Deep Blue, IBM, IDS, MATS, NAIS, Nav Canada and SICTA (Enav affiliate). Those Companies are linked to Enav through the sharing of a strategic plan for cooperation in several ATM related domains. Enav in SESAR 2020 Wave 1 (2016-2019) at a Glance Contribution of 1,100 man-months Participation in 17 Projects (out of 25), 2 of which with “Coordinator” role Coordinator of PJ22-SEabird “Validation and Demonstration Engineering” Coordinator of PJ03a-SUMO “Integrated Surface Management” For further information, please contact: Daniele Teotino Partnering for Excellence in Global Aviation
    daniele.teotino@enav.it
  • Since the beginning of SESAR Development phase, Enav led the Work Package 3 “Validation Infrastructure Adaptation and Integration”, designed to develop the European Verification and Validation Infrastructure on which the SESAR concept was validated. Engineering activities have encompassed the design, development and integration of the V&VI with the System Under Test, in order to deploy verified and accepted V&V Platforms in line with Operational and System Projects’ needs in terms of preparation tools, Air Traffic Generators (Ground and Airborne), Data collection and Analysis tools and Interoperability solutions. Enav is equipped with two full-scale ATC simulation rooms, two main Pilot rooms, a Cockpit Simulator, a Tower Simulator and other facilities all interconnected to provide full scale Real Time simulations, shadow-mode and live trials. In SESAR 2020, Enav will set up and implement a System Engineering Data Management Framework (SE-DMF) to support effective collaborative requirements management and collection of all engineering data in the programme. ﷯ Enav Validation and Simulation Centre – now the National Test Centre - located in Rome ACC comprises: • SESAR IBP ATC platforms, SESAR Airborne segment composed Advanced Cockpit Simulator “ACS” and a set of virtualized cockpit simulators called iA/C, to manage high density realistic traffic environments for real time simulations and shadow mode exercises • Fully fledged 270° Tower Simulator that will be used to test Remote Tower environments and gate-to-gate demonstrations • Link to the data-link and network infrastructures to support real scale Live trials. The Centre will also incorporate a new RPAS Simulation facility and the AIREON test bed in the course of 2017. For further information, please contact: Luigi Mazzucchelli luigi.mazzucchelli@enav.it
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﷯Remote tower services (RTS) are one of the many technological and operational solutions delivered for deployment by SESAR; they can offer new business opportunities for airports in Europe, where it is too expensive to maintain conventional tower facilities and services, or where such services are currently unavailable. RTS technology can help these airports to achieve better cost efficiency and potentially allow them to operate more competitively, making them more attractive for commercial aviation. Additionally, thanks to the use of advanced visual systems, such as infrared sensors, remote towers are expected to enhance safety and operational efficiency, especially under low-visibility operations. Remotely-operated towers could also serve as a contingency solution for even the busiest of airports, or as a remote facility - relying only on sensors - to provide operational contingency in the event the visual control tower becoming unserviceable. The use of RTS is also significantly less expensive than the provision of an additional stand-alone contingency tower. ﷯ The SESAR Large Scale Demonstration Project “RACOON” - the very first experience in Italy on Remote Tower services - demonstrated in a live environment the practicability of single remote tower operations with low traffic volumes and, under given operational conditions and technological assumptions, how the solution can be extended to multiple airports, by mixing local and remote capabilities. Additionally, the Project addressed RNP-APCH procedures and GNSS real time monitoring solution through the development of an ad-hoc tool named GNOME (GNSS Operative Monitoring Equipment). The Remote Tower Centre (RTC) was set up at Milano Malpensa airport, providing remote airport services to Milano Linate and Malpensa as well as a third virtual airport - referred to as LIXX. RACOON – a two-year project cofunded by the SESAR Joint Undertaking - was coordinated by Enav jointly with its affiliates SICTA and Techno Sky, and the participation of keynote stakeholders such as Air France, Deep Blue, IDS, Nav Canada, SEA and Searidge Technologies, plus the contribution of Alitalia and SITTI as supporting partners. The project, building on the SESAR experience from the recently available solution package on Remote Tower for Single Airport, deployed the required technologies and procedures to control the traffic by a remote location, with no degradation in the current levels of service and safety. The remote tower working position was equipped with conventional ATS systems complemented by a reproduction of the “out-the-window” view based on high definition camera sensors systems as well as electronic flight strip-based environment. Remote Tower Centre had also advanced video functionalities such as zooming, tracking, infrared sensors and augmented reality through overlay information (e.g. radar labeling, gate numbering, contours) plus five specific hot-spot cameras located at key points on the Linate airfield. The demo roadmap envisaged real-time simulations and shadow mode sessions as preparatory steps to live trials campaign. More than 100 commercial flights were managed remotely by the RACOON Remote Tower Centre over the scenarios of Linate (82 flights) and Malpensa/LIXX (36 flights), while live trials on GNSS procedures in Linate with local control involved around 70 scheduled flights. RACOON experience has paved the way to additional developments on Remote Tower Service applicability and deployment in Italy and the demonstration performed in such complex airports like Linate and Malpensa contributes to mature the solution towards medium/high traffic density aerodromes. Enav research on Remote TWR services will also continue in SESAR 2020 Programme.
﷯FREE Solutions (Free Route Environmental & Efficient Solutions) is one of the large-scale demonstration projects, cofunded by the SESAR Joint Undertaking, with the aim to bridge SESAR development activities with the deployment and to prove the benefits of SESAR solutions in real-life environment. Against this background, in 2014 a large group of airlines and air navigation service providers led by Enav decided to work together to demonstrate the SESAR Free Route concept and several focused operational solutions. In line with the SESAR Research and Innovations (R&I) delivery approach “Seeing is believing”, FREE Solutions conducted several sessions of integrated flight trials involving a wide range of stakeholders, such as airspace users, service providers, national authorities, manufacturing industries, staff associations, military authorities and other ATM stakeholders. Between 2014 and 2016, the project managed more than 1,000 flights: live trials demonstrated that direct routes and initial free routing (in low and medium density) operations are possible in Europe and can help reducing flight times, congestion and the impact on the environment. In particular, live trials assessed the operational impact of City Pairs, Direct Routing and initial Free Routing (for low to medium traffic density airspace). FREE Solutions demonstration activities allowed the Consortium to engage with the broader ATM stakeholder community to show how solutions actually work. In doing so, these activities are expected to de-risk the industrialisation and subsequent deployment of SESAR Solutions. A number of free routing solutions have been already implemented by Enav while some others are in the pipeline for delivery and are due for implementation across Europe’s upper airspace in accordance with SESAR Pilot Common Project. Free Solutions Partners are: Enav (Project Coordinator), Air France, Alitalia, DFS, DSNA, EUROCONTROL/Network Manager, Lufthansa, MATS, Ryanair, skyguide and Swiss. HOP! and KLM participated in the project as third parties of Air France and SICTA as Enav affiliates. For further information, please contact: Giancarlo Ferrara giancarlo.ferrara@enav.it
The SESAR Deployment Manager (DM) is the body nominated by the European Commission to coordinate and synchronize the Deployment Programme which aims at implementing SESAR targets.﷯ Since December 2014 DM’s activities have been carried out by the SESAR Deployment Alliance (SDA), a Consortium selected by the European Commission, composed of the main European airlines (Air France-KLM Group, Easyjet, IAG e Lufthansa Group), airports (SDAG - SESAR related Deployment Airport Group), and ANSPs like DFS (Germany), DSNA (France), ENAIRE (Spain), Enav and NATS (UK), in collaboration with PANSA (Poland) and a group of ANSPs members of the COOPANS alliance made of AustroControl (Austria), Croatia Control, IAA (Ireland), LFV (Sweden) and Naviair (Denmark). Enav has been playing a double (major) role in the SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM): as a member of the SDM, Enav is a member of the Consortium thus contributing with its know-how and its experts; as an Implementing Partner, Enav successfully took part to the Call for Proposals 2014, 2015 and applied for the 2016 Call, within the European funding programme - Connecting Europe Facilities (CEF) which led to the granting of funds for projects related to the implementation of the Deployment Programme. For further information, please contact: Cristiano Cantoni ﷯
The role of ATM shall be designed to enable new concepts of air operations in a future environment, notably it shall be capable to handle and integrate safely air vehicles of the future (e.g. not excluding VTOL, RPAS, hypersonic, etc.) in the development of any new systems and technologies.﷯ The Long Term Research topics proposed in SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research stream are steered by the needs identified from the European ATM Master Plan, by the results from the current SESAR Programme, by WP-E research networks results and papers, by the relevant FP7 projects as well as the ambition set by documents such as Flight Path 2050 and its ACARE-Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA9). Enav contribution to Long Term Research is intended to stimulate scientific research into ATM through the participation in several research projects and networks. Long Term Research projects have the potential to provide results that can be carried upward through the ATM Industrial Research paving the way to the deployment of successful ATM concepts and technologies as required by the high level EU Vision for Aviation. For further information, please contact: Giancarlo Ferrara
giancarlo.ferrara@enav.it
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly €85 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) implementing the Exploratory Research in the ATM domain. Horizon 2020 focuses on the third step of the SESAR ATM Master Plan open to innovative solutions – still not included in the said document. This approach makes sure new projects get off the ground quickly and achieve results faster to fulfill Single European Sky implementation by 2020, 2035 up to 2050. Within this EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Enav has increasingly developed leadership, knowledge and expertise through its active participation and coordination of a number of projects in several areas with a different balance of technology and operational scope. Currently, Enav is involved in a number of H2020 funded projects: BEYOND (promotion of EGNSS outside EU - 24 months), BLUEGNSS (targeting approach procedures in selected airports belonging to the BLUE MED FAB – 30 months), eAirport (GPS in Airport domain – 30 months), Future Sky Safety: (Safety area – 48 months), DARWIN (Security area -.36 months), RETINA (Airport Operations – 24 months). For the future, Enav intends to maintain and reinforce its participation in the H2020 programme, consolidating its role to shape the next generation of ATM concept of operations and underpinning technologies. ﷯ For further information, please contact: Francesco Fei francesco.fei@enav.it
The gradual evolution of aeronautical communications from analogic to digital is an actual process. Global and European plans for the modernisation of ATM exist and deal with this topic in depth, trying to manage it in a comprehensive, timely and coordinated way. ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan and European ATM Master Plan identify communication roadmaps, with overall indications both on related infrastructure and timing. Data-Link Communications represent one of the major technical enabler for the SESAR Concept of Operations; in particular, the coordinated and efficient deployment of fundamental ATM Functions such as i4D and SWIM find in Data-Link Communications availability the essential catalyst. Enav is proactively involved in several international initiatives and projects (in some of them with a leading role) on governance models as well as technical and operational aspects of the Data-Link environment: A6 Study on Data-Link Services (2013-2015) SESAR JU Capacity Study (VDL mode 2 Capacity and Performance Analysis) SESAR JU ELSA Study (VDL mode 2 Measurement, Analysis and Simulation campaign) Data-Link Services implementation development activities in BLUEMED FAB Region Implementation Projects in Innovative & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) CALLs 2014 and 2015 Implementation Projects in Innovative & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) CALL 2016: Path I – Implementation of the DLS transitional solution (Multi-Frequency in Blue Med area) Path II – Preparatory activities towards the target solution These activities have increasingly allowed Enav to gain a comprehensive and structured experience in the Data-Link Communication domain that will pave the way to the wider platform of initiatives on which Europe will build its future ATM Data-Link Communication infrastructure.﷯ For further information, please contact: Cristiano Baldoni Gianguido Bragagnini cristiano.baldoni@Enav.it gianguido.bragagnini@Enav.it
The A6 is an alliance of some of the main European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). ﷯ Its aim is to help drive modernisation of the European ATM network within SESAR for the benefit of customers. Its role is to create synergies between the ANSP members of the SESAR JU to maximise customer and network benefits and to provide leadership at a European level in critical technical and strategic areas. The A6 members, bound by a Memorandum of Co-operation, are full members of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, making the A6 uniquely placed to represent the interests of the ATM industry in the effective deployment of technologies and concepts developed through SESAR. The Memorandum of Cooperation signed in 2011 by members of the original A6 Alliance (DSNA/France, DFS/Germany, Enav/Italy, ENAIRE/Spain, NATS/UK as well as Noracon Consortium including Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden) was revised to enable even greater cooperation to help deliver SESAR extended to COOPANS Alliance (Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden) and the B4 consortium (Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia). Further, PANSA, Poland’s ANSP, became full member of the A6 Alliance, too. The A6 Alliance is also part of the Supervisory Board of the SESAR Deployment Manager, the governing body of the SESAR Deployment Manager. Enav participates in A6 steering and working group levels contributing to the A6 purposes to proactively support the modernization process of the European ATM infrastructure which is the core objective of the SESAR. Thanks to the solid relationship among partners, open to discussion and willing to reach common solutions for reaching the best benefits for everyone, the A6 managed to strengthen their position and represent an influencing voice for any process potentially affecting the ATM business, while tightening up relationships with major stakeholders and with the European Commission. For further information, please contact: Cristiano Cantoni
cristiano.cantoni@Enav.it
The Coflight-eFDP System is a next generation Flight Data Processing System designed to meet the needs of European Air Navigation Service Providers﷯ for the next 20 years, satisfying the need for the harmonisation and interoperability of air traffic management systems in Europe and facilitating the integration of advanced tools in the global ATM system. The system will replace the legacy flight data processing system that currently exists with a very advanced new generation system, with no disruption to service through a staged implementation plan. The system, harmonised and interoperable on a European scale, is able to support air traffic control operations for the next 20 years, for the benefit of all air transport stakeholders. The system contains features that will satisfy the general needs of ATM in Europe and with an open design that will allow its integration in any particular air navigation services provider’s environment. The system supports the following missions: flight data services for civil ATC; flight data services for military ATC; flight data services for both civil and military ATC (the so called co-localised missions). The Civil Air Traffic Control is the main mission that the system shall support. In this mission, the system shall provide services for En-route ACCs, Approach ACCs and to Aerodrome Control Functions. In the Military Air Traffic Control mission, the system shall provide services to military Air Traffic Controllers for the control of military flights, in a manner similar to the civil ATC mission. The system shall manage both IFR and VFR flights, providing specific services to VFR flights. The system also supports different states for the aforementioned missions:  operational state;  training state, for training air traffic controllers and supervisors;  testing state, for testing new software versions, new operational procedures and interoperability capabilities. The system brings the following state-of-the art functional improvements to flight data processing systems:  4D based trajectory predictions, advanced aircraft modelling, considering of aircraft intents, downlink of aircraft parameters, airport and traffic flow constraints and meteorological data improved coordination with the integration of all the letters of agreement among Centres and the application of Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) principles;  integration of data provided by air/ground datalink applications;  highly reactive management of airspace and route structures, dynamic adjustment of sector boundaries to balance ATC capacity and traffic load, and automatic calculation of the consequences on flights. The system includes support for the emerging European interoperability standards including: support for seamless interoperability between ATS providers, IFPS/NMOC, pilots, aircraft operators and airports; integration of en-route and approach with sequencing tools; introduction of multi-sector planning tools; improvement of coordination procedures with conflict detection tools; acceptance of direct routes through multiple Centres. To reduce maintenance costs and to facilitate developments, the system architecture is model driven (MDA) and complies with recognised standards (CORBA, object oriented languages, UML modelling tools). This new highly fault-tolerant architecture complies with the European Safety Regulatory Requirements applicable to CNS/ATM systems. The basic philosophy of the implementation programme is to reduce risks to a minimum by adopting an incremental development strategy. The level of change at each step will be limited, enabling phased integration in the overall National and European ATM systems, rapid corrections in the case of errors and a quick investment returns. The following figure shows the Coflight Product Roadmap:﷯ V1, delivered in 2010, provided a new CORBA based middleware, the architectural infrastructure for the whole ATM system and a basic version of the new FDPS; V2, delivered in May 2013, provided the completion of the functional requirements; V2R1, delivered in July 2014, is including an operational requirements’ update; V3, delivered in 2015, provides the new ED133 compliant interoperability mechanism and integration with aircrafts through Data-Link V3R1, expected for Oct 2017, will be the first version to be used in operational service. For further info, please contact: Claudio Cannavicci claudio.cannavicci@Enav.it
In March 2014 during the World ATM Congress (WAC), DSNA, Enav, MATS and Skyguide CEOs launched the programme “Coflight Cloud Service” (CCS). The four ANSPs partnered to study the feasibility of providing flight data processing and related services based on Coflight-eFDP product as a first step towards Virtual Centre Concept. A two-year feasibility study was conducted over 2015/2016, during which CCS programme explored: the operational environment driving CCS concept (customers’ needs, provider/customer responsibilities, commercial offers for future customers), and the corresponding technical architecture for software, hardware and network, also ensuring the future SWIM compliance of the solution;
 the legal aspects for this programme on the contract part, but also on safety, security and interoperability aspects according to current regulations; 
 the additional requirements that should be implemented in further steps of the programme to make it fully operational according to partner’s needs;
 the way(s) to have a smooth transition for customers from current ATM systems to target systems including CCS;
 finally, the economic aspects of this program, starting with a market study followed by an evaluation of business models of CCS once in operation for Customers. This two-year feasibility study was concluded by Trials, in order to demonstrate the capability to provide a defined subset of the CCS services to a distant ANSP and to validate the CCS technical aspects defined. The operational environment has defined 5 CCS missions that are the high level business solutions proposed to Customers (operational, validation, training, testing and continuity). Each mission has a specific operational objective which is reached by using a subset of CCS services that are contractually provided by a Provider to a Customer, with dedicated agreed Service Levels. Description of Customers and Providers expectations, requirements, and responsibilities for each CCS services has been commonly elaborated, according to each partner’s needs. ﷯ By using CCS, ANSPs will be able to deliver optimum performance to airspace users. In fact, Coflight Cloud Service will remotely provide: 4D-trajectory prediction, a trajectory always close to the actual behavior of the aircraft Vertical profile management using all the Requested Flight Level (RFL) as filed in the initial flight plan﷯ Modification of routes Monitoring alerts for flight data discrepancies nteroperability functions Datalink capabilities Gate-to-gate eFDP Flexible use of airspace
﷯ ERATO is a set of modern tools for air traffic controllers developed by Enav and DSNA (French Air Navigation Service Provider) which integrate innovative functions providing helpful assistance in conflict resolution in an electronic environment. ERATO is much more than simply a Mid-Term Conflict Detection (MTCD) tool: the system also includes parametre simulation (“What if ” concept) and monitoring alert (MONA) tools. Real time simulations in Italy and live trials in France have demonstrated significant benefits that ERATO can bring in terms of safety and capacity. Enav has planned a progressive implementation of ERATO starting from 2017 in all 4 Italian ACCs. ERATO will be gradually integrated in Enav and DSNA’s new generation ATM system, the 4-Flight programme.
 “ERATO is designed to support controller decision-making helping them to work in a safer and more efficient way 
” Brindisi ACC Operations Room
 The Single European Sky regulatory framework is now experiencing the full implementation of Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs) by the EU Member States. The BLUE MED FAB project - coordinated by Enav - is the European central/south-eastern FAB initiative. It represents the natural European gate dedicated to air traffic flows coming from Africa and the Middle-East, namely among the regions with the prospective fast growing trend in the next future.﷯ The BLUE MED Partners are the EU Member States of Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta. In 2013, the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BLUE MED FAB for its involvement in the initiative. The BLUE MED is open to the participation of other States which are interested in cooperating in a wide range of activities, allowing them to reap the full benefits of the integration of operational and technical solutions developed in the Mediterranean area. Today – further its Feasibility Study (2007-2008) and Definition Phase (2009-2012) which investigated the Project validity and assessed technical, regulatory, Safety/Security and expected economic results – the BLUE MED FAB is in its Implementation Phase, a coordinated deployment initiative in which operational and technical improvements are being delivered, also through the cooperation with the European SESAR Deployment initiative and the ATM Industry. The Implementation Phase is progressively determining a paramount shift in the organisation of Air Navigation Services over the Mediterranean basin, bringing competition advantages in the area and benefits for the Airspace Users in terms of enhanced efficiency of services, reduced delays and costs, with lower environmental impact, always under the umbrella of improved Safety levels. All these benefits are also being coordinated with other FABs, through an inter-FAB cooperation platform which is trying to highlight best practices raising from FABs. In line with the SES esprit, the coming years will see the fulfillment of FAB benefits for the Mediterranean Area, not only limited to the airspaces of the BLUE MED Member States, but also extended to neighbouring non-EU Countries, willing to share and integrate their experiences and practices in the Air Traffic Management. TESTO DEL BOX INTERNO ALLA PAGINA: A Functional Airspace Block is a portion of airspace where air traffic is managed regardless of existing national boundaries, taking into account operational and technical requirements and considering Airspace Users’ needs at the centre of service provision. Within an established FAB, Air Traffic Management is harmonised among the Partners, limiting costs, improving operational capacity, reducing the environmental impact of operations, while Safety levels are preserved, if not increased. ﷯ For further info, please contact: Claudio Cannavicci claudio.cannavicci@Enav.it
Enav. WE LOOK UP.
SPECIAL WORLD ATM CONGRESS 2017
Enav will participate at the World ATM Congress from 7 to 9 March 2017, held at the Institución Ferial de Madrid (IFEMA). The event, now in its fifth year, annually hosts the leading Air Traffic Management providers as well as the main industries of the air navigation world. With more than 190 exhibiting companies, visitors from over 120 countries and almost 7,000 participants, WATM is the most important event in the ATC sector. The World ATM Congress will represent a new opportunity to presenting Enav Group’s main international activities and its extensive products and consultancy services business offer, while actively participating in international workshops and seminars scheduled during the event. Italy’s Enav, the only air navigation service provider to be quoted on a stock exchange, in its fifth participation, will be introducing an innovated, customized and elegant 108 sqm. exhibiting space, characterized by extensive relational areas as well as a Demo area, equipped with the latest technologies, at Hall 9 - Stand # 927. International Activities
 Enav plays a leading role in the main multilateral international programs, projects and activities such as SESAR, BLUE MED, 4-Flight/Coflight, Deployment Manager and within companies such as Aireon and ESSP-EGNOS. The Company is also involved in the working activities of Organizations and Institutions such as ICAO, the European Commission and CANSO. A latest generation Demo area within the exhibition space will be introducing the Co-flight and RACOON projects, aiming at demonstrating the potential and capabilities of the new air traffic control systems. Such systems are part of the development program of the European SESAR project (Single European Sky ATM Research). An initiative launched by the European Commission for the creation of a new European air traffic management system.
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Enav is the Italian company which offers services for air traffic control and other essential air navigation services in Italian skies and national airports. Airspace is a precious and limited resource that must be managed punctually, safely and in operational continuity and which must be in line with the growth of the aeronautical sector. Enav provides a safe flight environment to thousand of aircrafts in our skies and harmonious traffic conditions on a daily basis.
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Enav has the international dimension at the heart of its daily work. It is one of the major European Air Navigation Service Providers, in terms of volume of controlled Airspace and movements as well as investments in technology innovation and R&D. Enav has an outstanding expertise in Air Traffic Management (ATM) operations and services, in the development and validation of new concepts and procedures and in working with the supply industry to design and engineer new systems to safely support the Air Traffic Controllers in their highly demanding tasks. In line with its mission, Enav has a leading role in the European and Mediterranean area while also working with the neighbouring regions by promoting synergies with other Service Providers and supporting the implementation of the Single European Sky. Enav strategy and cooperation activities aim at developing synergies with the major ATM stakeholders to continuously improve the safety and quality of services provided, for the benefit of all customers and finally the wider aviation community. To this regard, Enav plays an important role in the development and setup of international partnerships and alliances, such as the A6, the strategic alliance amongst some of the key Air Navigation Service Providers in Europe. Since December 2014, Enav, jointly with other industry partners, has established the SESAR Deployment Alliance, the consortium selected by the European Commission as the “SESAR Deployment Manager” responsible for the coordination and supervision of the upgrading of Europe’s Air Traffic Management infrastructure. Enav, through acknowledged experts, actively contributes to the work of international institutions and organizations such as ICAO, EASA, Eurocontrol, EUROCAE as well as its trade association CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organization). The international domain represents one of the key pillars for the future and Enav is fully committed to provide its contribution.
  • ﷯Strongly convinced of the pivotal role of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) in the Single European Sky framework to conduct a delivery-oriented and performance-driven Research & Innovation (R&I) Programme, Enav has supported the initiative to extend the SJU mandate beyond 2016 in partnership with other key Stakeholders. Enav renewed its full participation in the SJU and its active support to SESAR 2020 Programme until its completion in 2024, carrying on the work conducted in the Development Phase of SESAR 1. The SESAR 2020 R&I Programme will generate an innovation pipeline towards deployment, by demonstrating the viability of technological and operational solutions already developed in SESAR 1 (2008-2016) in larger and more operationally-integrated environments. SESAR 2020 will ensure a continuous flow of research results moving towards innovation and deployment. The Programme currently consists of 25 projects – Industrial Research & Validation and Very Large Scale Demonstrations - launched through two Calls for expression of interest: Wave 1 for the years 2017-2019 and Wave 2 for the remaining years up to 2021. Specific long term research activities (the so called Exploratory Research) are also addressed by the Programme through ad-hoc Calls. More specifically, Wave 1 sees Enav committed to the study of several operational concepts and technologies built upon the work already achieved with SESAR 1. 17 projects – of which 2 with leading role – are carried out by Enav in a number of domains such as airports, en-route and terminal area along with planning, information management and IOP. Enav got the leadership of the “Validation and Demonstration Engineering” (PJ22 – SEabird) to support effective collaborative requirements management and collection of all engineering data in the Programme, expected to strengthen the work done in the previous Validation Infrastructure Adaptation and Integration (SESAR1 WP3); in addition, Enav coordinates the research stream on “Integrated Surface Management” (PJ03a – SUMO), continuing the work performed under SESAR 1, focused on the definition and validation of operational concept related to the Guidance function of the Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) to support controllers and flight crews in ground operations. Enav contribution in SESAR 2020 is integrated and complemented by a number of national and international partners, named Linked Third Parties (LTP): BULATSA, CIRA, Deep Blue, IBM, IDS, MATS, NAIS, Nav Canada and SICTA (Enav affiliate). Those Companies are linked to Enav through the sharing of a strategic plan for cooperation in several ATM related domains. Enav in SESAR 2020 Wave 1 (2016-2019) at a Glance Contribution of 1,100 man-months Participation in 17 Projects (out of 25), 2 of which with “Coordinator” role Coordinator of PJ22-SEabird “Validation and Demonstration Engineering” Coordinator of PJ03a-SUMO “Integrated Surface Management” For further information, please contact: Daniele Teotino Partnering for Excellence in Global Aviation
    daniele.teotino@enav.it
  • Since the beginning of SESAR Development phase, Enav led the Work Package 3 “Validation Infrastructure Adaptation and Integration”, designed to develop the European Verification and Validation Infrastructure on which the SESAR concept was validated. Engineering activities have encompassed the design, development and integration of the V&VI with the System Under Test, in order to deploy verified and accepted V&V Platforms in line with Operational and System Projects’ needs in terms of preparation tools, Air Traffic Generators (Ground and Airborne), Data collection and Analysis tools and Interoperability solutions. Enav is equipped with two full-scale ATC simulation rooms, two main Pilot rooms, a Cockpit Simulator, a Tower Simulator and other facilities all interconnected to provide full scale Real Time simulations, shadow-mode and live trials. In SESAR 2020, Enav will set up and implement a System Engineering Data Management Framework (SE-DMF) to support effective collaborative requirements management and collection of all engineering data in the programme. ﷯ Enav Validation and Simulation Centre – now the National Test Centre - located in Rome ACC comprises: • SESAR IBP ATC platforms, SESAR Airborne segment composed Advanced Cockpit Simulator “ACS” and a set of virtualized cockpit simulators called iA/C, to manage high density realistic traffic environments for real time simulations and shadow mode exercises • Fully fledged 270° Tower Simulator that will be used to test Remote Tower environments and gate-to-gate demonstrations • Link to the data-link and network infrastructures to support real scale Live trials. The Centre will also incorporate a new RPAS Simulation facility and the AIREON test bed in the course of 2017. For further information, please contact: Luigi Mazzucchelli luigi.mazzucchelli@enav.it
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﷯Remote tower services (RTS) are one of the many technological and operational solutions delivered for deployment by SESAR; they can offer new business opportunities for airports in Europe, where it is too expensive to maintain conventional tower facilities and services, or where such services are currently unavailable. RTS technology can help these airports to achieve better cost efficiency and potentially allow them to operate more competitively, making them more attractive for commercial aviation. Additionally, thanks to the use of advanced visual systems, such as infrared sensors, remote towers are expected to enhance safety and operational efficiency, especially under low-visibility operations. Remotely-operated towers could also serve as a contingency solution for even the busiest of airports, or as a remote facility - relying only on sensors - to provide operational contingency in the event the visual control tower becoming unserviceable. The use of RTS is also significantly less expensive than the provision of an additional stand-alone contingency tower. ﷯ The SESAR Large Scale Demonstration Project “RACOON” - the very first experience in Italy on Remote Tower services - demonstrated in a live environment the practicability of single remote tower operations with low traffic volumes and, under given operational conditions and technological assumptions, how the solution can be extended to multiple airports, by mixing local and remote capabilities. Additionally, the Project addressed RNP-APCH procedures and GNSS real time monitoring solution through the development of an ad-hoc tool named GNOME (GNSS Operative Monitoring Equipment). The Remote Tower Centre (RTC) was set up at Milano Malpensa airport, providing remote airport services to Milano Linate and Malpensa as well as a third virtual airport - referred to as LIXX. RACOON – a two-year project cofunded by the SESAR Joint Undertaking - was coordinated by Enav jointly with its affiliates SICTA and Techno Sky, and the participation of keynote stakeholders such as Air France, Deep Blue, IDS, Nav Canada, SEA and Searidge Technologies, plus the contribution of Alitalia and SITTI as supporting partners. The project, building on the SESAR experience from the recently available solution package on Remote Tower for Single Airport, deployed the required technologies and procedures to control the traffic by a remote location, with no degradation in the current levels of service and safety. The remote tower working position was equipped with conventional ATS systems complemented by a reproduction of the “out-the-window” view based on high definition camera sensors systems as well as electronic flight strip-based environment. Remote Tower Centre had also advanced video functionalities such as zooming, tracking, infrared sensors and augmented reality through overlay information (e.g. radar labeling, gate numbering, contours) plus five specific hot-spot cameras located at key points on the Linate airfield. The demo roadmap envisaged real-time simulations and shadow mode sessions as preparatory steps to live trials campaign. More than 100 commercial flights were managed remotely by the RACOON Remote Tower Centre over the scenarios of Linate (82 flights) and Malpensa/LIXX (36 flights), while live trials on GNSS procedures in Linate with local control involved around 70 scheduled flights. RACOON experience has paved the way to additional developments on Remote Tower Service applicability and deployment in Italy and the demonstration performed in such complex airports like Linate and Malpensa contributes to mature the solution towards medium/high traffic density aerodromes. Enav research on Remote TWR services will also continue in SESAR 2020 Programme.
﷯FREE Solutions (Free Route Environmental & Efficient Solutions) is one of the large-scale demonstration projects, cofunded by the SESAR Joint Undertaking, with the aim to bridge SESAR development activities with the deployment and to prove the benefits of SESAR solutions in real-life environment. Against this background, in 2014 a large group of airlines and air navigation service providers led by Enav decided to work together to demonstrate the SESAR Free Route concept and several focused operational solutions. In line with the SESAR Research and Innovations (R&I) delivery approach “Seeing is believing”, FREE Solutions conducted several sessions of integrated flight trials involving a wide range of stakeholders, such as airspace users, service providers, national authorities, manufacturing industries, staff associations, military authorities and other ATM stakeholders. Between 2014 and 2016, the project managed more than 1,000 flights: live trials demonstrated that direct routes and initial free routing (in low and medium density) operations are possible in Europe and can help reducing flight times, congestion and the impact on the environment. In particular, live trials assessed the operational impact of City Pairs, Direct Routing and initial Free Routing (for low to medium traffic density airspace). FREE Solutions demonstration activities allowed the Consortium to engage with the broader ATM stakeholder community to show how solutions actually work. In doing so, these activities are expected to de-risk the industrialisation and subsequent deployment of SESAR Solutions. A number of free routing solutions have been already implemented by Enav while some others are in the pipeline for delivery and are due for implementation across Europe’s upper airspace in accordance with SESAR Pilot Common Project. Free Solutions Partners are: Enav (Project Coordinator), Air France, Alitalia, DFS, DSNA, EUROCONTROL/Network Manager, Lufthansa, MATS, Ryanair, skyguide and Swiss. HOP! and KLM participated in the project as third parties of Air France and SICTA as Enav affiliates. For further information, please contact: Giancarlo Ferrara giancarlo.ferrara@enav.it
The SESAR Deployment Manager (DM) is the body nominated by the European Commission to coordinate and synchronize the Deployment Programme which aims at implementing SESAR targets.﷯ Since December 2014 DM’s activities have been carried out by the SESAR Deployment Alliance (SDA), a Consortium selected by the European Commission, composed of the main European airlines (Air France-KLM Group, Easyjet, IAG e Lufthansa Group), airports (SDAG - SESAR related Deployment Airport Group), and ANSPs like DFS (Germany), DSNA (France), ENAIRE (Spain), Enav and NATS (UK), in collaboration with PANSA (Poland) and a group of ANSPs members of the COOPANS alliance made of AustroControl (Austria), Croatia Control, IAA (Ireland), LFV (Sweden) and Naviair (Denmark). Enav has been playing a double (major) role in the SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM): as a member of the SDM, Enav is a member of the Consortium thus contributing with its know-how and its experts; as an Implementing Partner, Enav successfully took part to the Call for Proposals 2014, 2015 and applied for the 2016 Call, within the European funding programme - Connecting Europe Facilities (CEF) which led to the granting of funds for projects related to the implementation of the Deployment Programme. For further information, please contact: Cristiano Cantoni ﷯
The role of ATM shall be designed to enable new concepts of air operations in a future environment, notably it shall be capable to handle and integrate safely air vehicles of the future (e.g. not excluding VTOL, RPAS, hypersonic, etc.) in the development of any new systems and technologies.﷯ The Long Term Research topics proposed in SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research stream are steered by the needs identified from the European ATM Master Plan, by the results from the current SESAR Programme, by WP-E research networks results and papers, by the relevant FP7 projects as well as the ambition set by documents such as Flight Path 2050 and its ACARE-Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA9). Enav contribution to Long Term Research is intended to stimulate scientific research into ATM through the participation in several research projects and networks. Long Term Research projects have the potential to provide results that can be carried upward through the ATM Industrial Research paving the way to the deployment of successful ATM concepts and technologies as required by the high level EU Vision for Aviation. For further information, please contact: Giancarlo Ferrara
giancarlo.ferrara@enav.it
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly €85 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) implementing the Exploratory Research in the ATM domain. Horizon 2020 focuses on the third step of the SESAR ATM Master Plan open to innovative solutions – still not included in the said document. This approach makes sure new projects get off the ground quickly and achieve results faster to fulfill Single European Sky implementation by 2020, 2035 up to 2050. Within this EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Enav has increasingly developed leadership, knowledge and expertise through its active participation and coordination of a number of projects in several areas with a different balance of technology and operational scope. Currently, Enav is involved in a number of H2020 funded projects: BEYOND (promotion of EGNSS outside EU - 24 months), BLUEGNSS (targeting approach procedures in selected airports belonging to the BLUE MED FAB – 30 months), eAirport (GPS in Airport domain – 30 months), Future Sky Safety: (Safety area – 48 months), DARWIN (Security area -.36 months), RETINA (Airport Operations – 24 months). For the future, Enav intends to maintain and reinforce its participation in the H2020 programme, consolidating its role to shape the next generation of ATM concept of operations and underpinning technologies. ﷯ For further information, please contact: Francesco Fei francesco.fei@enav.it
The gradual evolution of aeronautical communications from analogic to digital is an actual process. Global and European plans for the modernisation of ATM exist and deal with this topic in depth, trying to manage it in a comprehensive, timely and coordinated way. ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan and European ATM Master Plan identify communication roadmaps, with overall indications both on related infrastructure and timing. Data-Link Communications represent one of the major technical enabler for the SESAR Concept of Operations; in particular, the coordinated and efficient deployment of fundamental ATM Functions such as i4D and SWIM find in Data-Link Communications availability the essential catalyst. Enav is proactively involved in several international initiatives and projects (in some of them with a leading role) on governance models as well as technical and operational aspects of the Data-Link environment: A6 Study on Data-Link Services (2013-2015) SESAR JU Capacity Study (VDL mode 2 Capacity and Performance Analysis) SESAR JU ELSA Study (VDL mode 2 Measurement, Analysis and Simulation campaign) Data-Link Services implementation development activities in BLUEMED FAB Region Implementation Projects in Innovative & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) CALLs 2014 and 2015 Implementation Projects in Innovative & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) CALL 2016: Path I – Implementation of the DLS transitional solution (Multi-Frequency in Blue Med area) Path II – Preparatory activities towards the target solution These activities have increasingly allowed Enav to gain a comprehensive and structured experience in the Data-Link Communication domain that will pave the way to the wider platform of initiatives on which Europe will build its future ATM Data-Link Communication infrastructure.﷯ For further information, please contact: Cristiano Baldoni Gianguido Bragagnini cristiano.baldoni@Enav.it gianguido.bragagnini@Enav.it
The A6 is an alliance of some of the main European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). ﷯ Its aim is to help drive modernisation of the European ATM network within SESAR for the benefit of customers. Its role is to create synergies between the ANSP members of the SESAR JU to maximise customer and network benefits and to provide leadership at a European level in critical technical and strategic areas. The A6 members, bound by a Memorandum of Co-operation, are full members of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, making the A6 uniquely placed to represent the interests of the ATM industry in the effective deployment of technologies and concepts developed through SESAR. The Memorandum of Cooperation signed in 2011 by members of the original A6 Alliance (DSNA/France, DFS/Germany, Enav/Italy, ENAIRE/Spain, NATS/UK as well as Noracon Consortium including Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden) was revised to enable even greater cooperation to help deliver SESAR extended to COOPANS Alliance (Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden) and the B4 consortium (Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia). Further, PANSA, Poland’s ANSP, became full member of the A6 Alliance, too. The A6 Alliance is also part of the Supervisory Board of the SESAR Deployment Manager, the governing body of the SESAR Deployment Manager. Enav participates in A6 steering and working group levels contributing to the A6 purposes to proactively support the modernization process of the European ATM infrastructure which is the core objective of the SESAR. Thanks to the solid relationship among partners, open to discussion and willing to reach common solutions for reaching the best benefits for everyone, the A6 managed to strengthen their position and represent an influencing voice for any process potentially affecting the ATM business, while tightening up relationships with major stakeholders and with the European Commission. For further information, please contact: Cristiano Cantoni
cristiano.cantoni@Enav.it
The Coflight-eFDP System is a next generation Flight Data Processing System designed to meet the needs of European Air Navigation Service Providers﷯ for the next 20 years, satisfying the need for the harmonisation and interoperability of air traffic management systems in Europe and facilitating the integration of advanced tools in the global ATM system. The system will replace the legacy flight data processing system that currently exists with a very advanced new generation system, with no disruption to service through a staged implementation plan. The system, harmonised and interoperable on a European scale, is able to support air traffic control operations for the next 20 years, for the benefit of all air transport stakeholders. The system contains features that will satisfy the general needs of ATM in Europe and with an open design that will allow its integration in any particular air navigation services provider’s environment. The system supports the following missions: flight data services for civil ATC; flight data services for military ATC; flight data services for both civil and military ATC (the so called co-localised missions). The Civil Air Traffic Control is the main mission that the system shall support. In this mission, the system shall provide services for En-route ACCs, Approach ACCs and to Aerodrome Control Functions. In the Military Air Traffic Control mission, the system shall provide services to military Air Traffic Controllers for the control of military flights, in a manner similar to the civil ATC mission. The system shall manage both IFR and VFR flights, providing specific services to VFR flights. The system also supports different states for the aforementioned missions:  operational state;  training state, for training air traffic controllers and supervisors;  testing state, for testing new software versions, new operational procedures and interoperability capabilities. The system brings the following state-of-the art functional improvements to flight data processing systems:  4D based trajectory predictions, advanced aircraft modelling, considering of aircraft intents, downlink of aircraft parameters, airport and traffic flow constraints and meteorological data improved coordination with the integration of all the letters of agreement among Centres and the application of Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) principles;  integration of data provided by air/ground datalink applications;  highly reactive management of airspace and route structures, dynamic adjustment of sector boundaries to balance ATC capacity and traffic load, and automatic calculation of the consequences on flights. The system includes support for the emerging European interoperability standards including: support for seamless interoperability between ATS providers, IFPS/NMOC, pilots, aircraft operators and airports; integration of en-route and approach with sequencing tools; introduction of multi-sector planning tools; improvement of coordination procedures with conflict detection tools; acceptance of direct routes through multiple Centres. To reduce maintenance costs and to facilitate developments, the system architecture is model driven (MDA) and complies with recognised standards (CORBA, object oriented languages, UML modelling tools). This new highly fault-tolerant architecture complies with the European Safety Regulatory Requirements applicable to CNS/ATM systems. The basic philosophy of the implementation programme is to reduce risks to a minimum by adopting an incremental development strategy. The level of change at each step will be limited, enabling phased integration in the overall National and European ATM systems, rapid corrections in the case of errors and a quick investment returns. The following figure shows the Coflight Product Roadmap:﷯ V1, delivered in 2010, provided a new CORBA based middleware, the architectural infrastructure for the whole ATM system and a basic version of the new FDPS; V2, delivered in May 2013, provided the completion of the functional requirements; V2R1, delivered in July 2014, is including an operational requirements’ update; V3, delivered in 2015, provides the new ED133 compliant interoperability mechanism and integration with aircrafts through Data-Link V3R1, expected for Oct 2017, will be the first version to be used in operational service. For further info, please contact: Claudio Cannavicci claudio.cannavicci@Enav.it
In March 2014 during the World ATM Congress (WAC), DSNA, Enav, MATS and Skyguide CEOs launched the programme “Coflight Cloud Service” (CCS). The four ANSPs partnered to study the feasibility of providing flight data processing and related services based on Coflight-eFDP product as a first step towards Virtual Centre Concept. A two-year feasibility study was conducted over 2015/2016, during which CCS programme explored: the operational environment driving CCS concept (customers’ needs, provider/customer responsibilities, commercial offers for future customers), and the corresponding technical architecture for software, hardware and network, also ensuring the future SWIM compliance of the solution;
 the legal aspects for this programme on the contract part, but also on safety, security and interoperability aspects according to current regulations; 
 the additional requirements that should be implemented in further steps of the programme to make it fully operational according to partner’s needs;
 the way(s) to have a smooth transition for customers from current ATM systems to target systems including CCS;
 finally, the economic aspects of this program, starting with a market study followed by an evaluation of business models of CCS once in operation for Customers. This two-year feasibility study was concluded by Trials, in order to demonstrate the capability to provide a defined subset of the CCS services to a distant ANSP and to validate the CCS technical aspects defined. The operational environment has defined 5 CCS missions that are the high level business solutions proposed to Customers (operational, validation, training, testing and continuity). Each mission has a specific operational objective which is reached by using a subset of CCS services that are contractually provided by a Provider to a Customer, with dedicated agreed Service Levels. Description of Customers and Providers expectations, requirements, and responsibilities for each CCS services has been commonly elaborated, according to each partner’s needs. ﷯ By using CCS, ANSPs will be able to deliver optimum performance to airspace users. In fact, Coflight Cloud Service will remotely provide: 4D-trajectory prediction, a trajectory always close to the actual behavior of the aircraft Vertical profile management using all the Requested Flight Level (RFL) as filed in the initial flight plan﷯ Modification of routes Monitoring alerts for flight data discrepancies nteroperability functions Datalink capabilities Gate-to-gate eFDP Flexible use of airspace
﷯ ERATO is a set of modern tools for air traffic controllers developed by Enav and DSNA (French Air Navigation Service Provider) which integrate innovative functions providing helpful assistance in conflict resolution in an electronic environment. ERATO is much more than simply a Mid-Term Conflict Detection (MTCD) tool: the system also includes parametre simulation (“What if ” concept) and monitoring alert (MONA) tools. Real time simulations in Italy and live trials in France have demonstrated significant benefits that ERATO can bring in terms of safety and capacity. Enav has planned a progressive implementation of ERATO starting from 2017 in all 4 Italian ACCs. ERATO will be gradually integrated in Enav and DSNA’s new generation ATM system, the 4-Flight programme.
 “ERATO is designed to support controller decision-making helping them to work in a safer and more efficient way 
” Brindisi ACC Operations Room
 The Single European Sky regulatory framework is now experiencing the full implementation of Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs) by the EU Member States. The BLUE MED FAB project - coordinated by Enav - is the European central/south-eastern FAB initiative. It represents the natural European gate dedicated to air traffic flows coming from Africa and the Middle-East, namely among the regions with the prospective fast growing trend in the next future.﷯ The BLUE MED Partners are the EU Member States of Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta. In 2013, the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BLUE MED FAB for its involvement in the initiative. The BLUE MED is open to the participation of other States which are interested in cooperating in a wide range of activities, allowing them to reap the full benefits of the integration of operational and technical solutions developed in the Mediterranean area. Today – further its Feasibility Study (2007-2008) and Definition Phase (2009-2012) which investigated the Project validity and assessed technical, regulatory, Safety/Security and expected economic results – the BLUE MED FAB is in its Implementation Phase, a coordinated deployment initiative in which operational and technical improvements are being delivered, also through the cooperation with the European SESAR Deployment initiative and the ATM Industry. The Implementation Phase is progressively determining a paramount shift in the organisation of Air Navigation Services over the Mediterranean basin, bringing competition advantages in the area and benefits for the Airspace Users in terms of enhanced efficiency of services, reduced delays and costs, with lower environmental impact, always under the umbrella of improved Safety levels. All these benefits are also being coordinated with other FABs, through an inter-FAB cooperation platform which is trying to highlight best practices raising from FABs. In line with the SES esprit, the coming years will see the fulfillment of FAB benefits for the Mediterranean Area, not only limited to the airspaces of the BLUE MED Member States, but also extended to neighbouring non-EU Countries, willing to share and integrate their experiences and practices in the Air Traffic Management. TESTO DEL BOX INTERNO ALLA PAGINA: A Functional Airspace Block is a portion of airspace where air traffic is managed regardless of existing national boundaries, taking into account operational and technical requirements and considering Airspace Users’ needs at the centre of service provision. Within an established FAB, Air Traffic Management is harmonised among the Partners, limiting costs, improving operational capacity, reducing the environmental impact of operations, while Safety levels are preserved, if not increased. ﷯ For further info, please contact: Claudio Cannavicci claudio.cannavicci@Enav.it
Enav. WE LOOK UP. SPECIAL WORLD ATM CONGRESS 2017
Enav will participate at the World ATM Congress from 7 to 9 March 2017, held at the Institución Ferial de Madrid (IFEMA). The event, now in its fifth year, annually hosts the leading Air Traffic Management providers as well as the main industries of the air navigation world. With more than 190 exhibiting companies, visitors from over 120 countries and almost 7,000 participants, WATM is the most important event in the ATC sector. The World ATM Congress will represent a new opportunity to presenting Enav Group’s main international activities and its extensive products and consultancy services business offer, while actively participating in international workshops and seminars scheduled during the event. Italy’s Enav, the only air navigation service provider to be quoted on a stock exchange, in its fifth participation, will be introducing an innovated, customized and elegant 108 sqm. exhibiting space, characterized by extensive relational areas as well as a Demo area, equipped with the latest technologies, at Hall 9 - Stand # 927. International Activities
 Enav plays a leading role in the main multilateral international programs, projects and activities such as SESAR, BLUE MED, 4-Flight/Coflight, Deployment Manager and within companies such as Aireon and ESSP-EGNOS. The Company is also involved in the working activities of Organizations and Institutions such as ICAO, the European Commission and CANSO. A latest generation Demo area within the exhibition space will be introducing the Co-flight and RACOON projects, aiming at demonstrating the potential and capabilities of the new air traffic control systems. Such systems are part of the development program of the European SESAR project (Single European Sky ATM Research). An initiative launched by the European Commission for the creation of a new European air traffic management system.
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AIREON
Enav has the international dimension at the heart of its daily work. It is one of the major European Air Navigation Service Providers, in terms of volume of controlled Airspace and movements as well as investments in technology innovation and R&D. Enav has an outstanding expertise in Air Traffic Management (ATM) operations and services, in the development and validation of new concepts and procedures and in working with the supply industry to design and engineer new systems to safely support the Air Traffic Controllers in their highly demanding tasks. In line with its mission, Enav has a leading role in the European and Mediterranean area while also working with the neighbouring regions by promoting synergies with other Service Providers and supporting the implementation of the Single European Sky. Enav strategy and cooperation activities aim at developing synergies with the major ATM stakeholders to continuously improve the safety and quality of services provided, for the benefit of all customers and finally the wider aviation community. To this regard, Enav plays an important role in the development and setup of international partnerships and alliances, such as the A6, the strategic alliance amongst some of the key Air Navigation Service Providers in Europe. Since December 2014, Enav, jointly with other industry partners, has established the SESAR Deployment Alliance, the consortium selected by the European Commission as the “SESAR Deployment Manager” responsible for the coordination and supervision of the upgrading of Europe’s Air Traffic Management infrastructure. Enav, through acknowledged experts, actively contributes to the work of international institutions and organizations such as ICAO, EASA, Eurocontrol, EUROCAE as well as its trade association CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organization). The international domain represents one of the key pillars for the future and Enav is fully committed to provide its contribution.
  • ﷯Strongly convinced of the pivotal role of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) in the Single European Sky framework to conduct a delivery-oriented and performance-driven Research & Innovation (R&I) Programme, Enav has supported the initiative to extend the SJU mandate beyond 2016 in partnership with other key Stakeholders. Enav renewed its full participation in the SJU and its active support to SESAR 2020 Programme until its completion in 2024, carrying on the work conducted in the Development Phase of SESAR 1. The SESAR 2020 R&I Programme will generate an innovation pipeline towards deployment, by demonstrating the viability of technological and operational solutions already developed in SESAR 1 (2008-2016) in larger and more operationally-integrated environments. SESAR 2020 will ensure a continuous flow of research results moving towards innovation and deployment. The Programme currently consists of 25 projects – Industrial Research & Validation and Very Large Scale Demonstrations - launched through two Calls for expression of interest: Wave 1 for the years 2017-2019 and Wave 2 for the remaining years up to 2021. Specific long term research activities (the so called Exploratory Research) are also addressed by the Programme through ad-hoc Calls. More specifically, Wave 1 sees Enav committed to the study of several operational concepts and technologies built upon the work already achieved with SESAR 1. 17 projects – of which 2 with leading role – are carried out by Enav in a number of domains such as airports, en-route and terminal area along with planning, information management and IOP. Enav got the leadership of the “Validation and Demonstration Engineering” (PJ22 – SEabird) to support effective collaborative requirements management and collection of all engineering data in the Programme, expected to strengthen the work done in the previous Validation Infrastructure Adaptation and Integration (SESAR1 WP3); in addition, Enav coordinates the research stream on “Integrated Surface Management” (PJ03a – SUMO), continuing the work performed under SESAR 1, focused on the definition and validation of operational concept related to the Guidance function of the Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) to support controllers and flight crews in ground operations. Enav contribution in SESAR 2020 is integrated and complemented by a number of national and international partners, named Linked Third Parties (LTP): BULATSA, CIRA, Deep Blue, IBM, IDS, MATS, NAIS, Nav Canada and SICTA (Enav affiliate). Those Companies are linked to Enav through the sharing of a strategic plan for cooperation in several ATM related domains. Enav in SESAR 2020 Wave 1 (2016-2019) at a Glance Contribution of 1,100 man-months Participation in 17 Projects (out of 25), 2 of which with “Coordinator” role Coordinator of PJ22-SEabird “Validation and Demonstration Engineering” Coordinator of PJ03a-SUMO “Integrated Surface Management” For further information, please contact: Daniele Teotino Partnering for Excellence in Global Aviation
    daniele.teotino@enav.it
  • Since the beginning of SESAR Development phase, Enav led the Work Package 3 “Validation Infrastructure Adaptation and Integration”, designed to develop the European Verification and Validation Infrastructure on which the SESAR concept was validated. Engineering activities have encompassed the design, development and integration of the V&VI with the System Under Test, in order to deploy verified and accepted V&V Platforms in line with Operational and System Projects’ needs in terms of preparation tools, Air Traffic Generators (Ground and Airborne), Data collection and Analysis tools and Interoperability solutions. Enav is equipped with two full-scale ATC simulation rooms, two main Pilot rooms, a Cockpit Simulator, a Tower Simulator and other facilities all interconnected to provide full scale Real Time simulations, shadow-mode and live trials. In SESAR 2020, Enav will set up and implement a System Engineering Data Management Framework (SE-DMF) to support effective collaborative requirements management and collection of all engineering data in the programme. ﷯ Enav Validation and Simulation Centre – now the National Test Centre - located in Rome ACC comprises: • SESAR IBP ATC platforms, SESAR Airborne segment composed Advanced Cockpit Simulator “ACS” and a set of virtualized cockpit simulators called iA/C, to manage high density realistic traffic environments for real time simulations and shadow mode exercises • Fully fledged 270° Tower Simulator that will be used to test Remote Tower environments and gate-to-gate demonstrations • Link to the data-link and network infrastructures to support real scale Live trials. The Centre will also incorporate a new RPAS Simulation facility and the AIREON test bed in the course of 2017. For further information, please contact: Luigi Mazzucchelli luigi.mazzucchelli@enav.it
RACOON - Remote Airport Concept 
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FREE ROUTE ENVIRONMENTAL AND 
EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS
﷯Remote tower services (RTS) are one of the many technological and operational solutions delivered for deployment by SESAR; they can offer new business opportunities for airports in Europe, where it is too expensive to maintain conventional tower facilities and services, or where such services are currently unavailable. RTS technology can help these airports to achieve better cost efficiency and potentially allow them to operate more competitively, making them more attractive for commercial aviation. Additionally, thanks to the use of advanced visual systems, such as infrared sensors, remote towers are expected to enhance safety and operational efficiency, especially under low-visibility operations. Remotely-operated towers could also serve as a contingency solution for even the busiest of airports, or as a remote facility - relying only on sensors - to provide operational contingency in the event the visual control tower becoming unserviceable. The use of RTS is also significantly less expensive than the provision of an additional stand-alone contingency tower. ﷯ The SESAR Large Scale Demonstration Project “RACOON” - the very first experience in Italy on Remote Tower services - demonstrated in a live environment the practicability of single remote tower operations with low traffic volumes and, under given operational conditions and technological assumptions, how the solution can be extended to multiple airports, by mixing local and remote capabilities. Additionally, the Project addressed RNP-APCH procedures and GNSS real time monitoring solution through the development of an ad-hoc tool named GNOME (GNSS Operative Monitoring Equipment). The Remote Tower Centre (RTC) was set up at Milano Malpensa airport, providing remote airport services to Milano Linate and Malpensa as well as a third virtual airport - referred to as LIXX. RACOON – a two-year project cofunded by the SESAR Joint Undertaking - was coordinated by Enav jointly with its affiliates SICTA and Techno Sky, and the participation of keynote stakeholders such as Air France, Deep Blue, IDS, Nav Canada, SEA and Searidge Technologies, plus the contribution of Alitalia and SITTI as supporting partners. The project, building on the SESAR experience from the recently available solution package on Remote Tower for Single Airport, deployed the required technologies and procedures to control the traffic by a remote location, with no degradation in the current levels of service and safety. The remote tower working position was equipped with conventional ATS systems complemented by a reproduction of the “out-the-window” view based on high definition camera sensors systems as well as electronic flight strip-based environment. Remote Tower Centre had also advanced video functionalities such as zooming, tracking, infrared sensors and augmented reality through overlay information (e.g. radar labeling, gate numbering, contours) plus five specific hot-spot cameras located at key points on the Linate airfield. The demo roadmap envisaged real-time simulations and shadow mode sessions as preparatory steps to live trials campaign. More than 100 commercial flights were managed remotely by the RACOON Remote Tower Centre over the scenarios of Linate (82 flights) and Malpensa/LIXX (36 flights), while live trials on GNSS procedures in Linate with local control involved around 70 scheduled flights. RACOON experience has paved the way to additional developments on Remote Tower Service applicability and deployment in Italy and the demonstration performed in such complex airports like Linate and Malpensa contributes to mature the solution towards medium/high traffic density aerodromes. Enav research on Remote TWR services will also continue in SESAR 2020 Programme.
﷯FREE Solutions (Free Route Environmental & Efficient Solutions) is one of the large-scale demonstration projects, cofunded by the SESAR Joint Undertaking, with the aim to bridge SESAR development activities with the deployment and to prove the benefits of SESAR solutions in real-life environment. Against this background, in 2014 a large group of airlines and air navigation service providers led by Enav decided to work together to demonstrate the SESAR Free Route concept and several focused operational solutions. In line with the SESAR Research and Innovations (R&I) delivery approach “Seeing is believing”, FREE Solutions conducted several sessions of integrated flight trials involving a wide range of stakeholders, such as airspace users, service providers, national authorities, manufacturing industries, staff associations, military authorities and other ATM stakeholders. Between 2014 and 2016, the project managed more than 1,000 flights: live trials demonstrated that direct routes and initial free routing (in low and medium density) operations are possible in Europe and can help reducing flight times, congestion and the impact on the environment. In particular, live trials assessed the operational impact of City Pairs, Direct Routing and initial Free Routing (for low to medium traffic density airspace). FREE Solutions demonstration activities allowed the Consortium to engage with the broader ATM stakeholder community to show how solutions actually work. In doing so, these activities are expected to de-risk the industrialisation and subsequent deployment of SESAR Solutions. A number of free routing solutions have been already implemented by Enav while some others are in the pipeline for delivery and are due for implementation across Europe’s upper airspace in accordance with SESAR Pilot Common Project. Free Solutions Partners are: Enav (Project Coordinator), Air France, Alitalia, DFS, DSNA, EUROCONTROL/Network Manager, Lufthansa, MATS, Ryanair, skyguide and Swiss. HOP! and KLM participated in the project as third parties of Air France and SICTA as Enav affiliates. For further information, please contact: Giancarlo Ferrara giancarlo.ferrara@enav.it
The SESAR Deployment Manager (DM) is the body nominated by the European Commission to coordinate and synchronize the Deployment Programme which aims at implementing SESAR targets.﷯ Since December 2014 DM’s activities have been carried out by the SESAR Deployment Alliance (SDA), a Consortium selected by the European Commission, composed of the main European airlines (Air France-KLM Group, Easyjet, IAG e Lufthansa Group), airports (SDAG - SESAR related Deployment Airport Group), and ANSPs like DFS (Germany), DSNA (France), ENAIRE (Spain), Enav and NATS (UK), in collaboration with PANSA (Poland) and a group of ANSPs members of the COOPANS alliance made of AustroControl (Austria), Croatia Control, IAA (Ireland), LFV (Sweden) and Naviair (Denmark). Enav has been playing a double (major) role in the SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM): as a member of the SDM, Enav is a member of the Consortium thus contributing with its know-how and its experts; as an Implementing Partner, Enav successfully took part to the Call for Proposals 2014, 2015 and applied for the 2016 Call, within the European funding programme - Connecting Europe Facilities (CEF) which led to the granting of funds for projects related to the implementation of the Deployment Programme. For further information, please contact: Cristiano Cantoni ﷯
The role of ATM shall be designed to enable new concepts of air operations in a future environment, notably it shall be capable to handle and integrate safely air vehicles of the future (e.g. not excluding VTOL, RPAS, hypersonic, etc.) in the development of any new systems and technologies.﷯ The Long Term Research topics proposed in SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research stream are steered by the needs identified from the European ATM Master Plan, by the results from the current SESAR Programme, by WP-E research networks results and papers, by the relevant FP7 projects as well as the ambition set by documents such as Flight Path 2050 and its ACARE-Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA9). Enav contribution to Long Term Research is intended to stimulate scientific research into ATM through the participation in several research projects and networks. Long Term Research projects have the potential to provide results that can be carried upward through the ATM Industrial Research paving the way to the deployment of successful ATM concepts and technologies as required by the high level EU Vision for Aviation. For further information, please contact: Giancarlo Ferrara
giancarlo.ferrara@enav.it
The A6 is an alliance of some of the main European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). ﷯ Its aim is to help drive modernisation of the European ATM network within SESAR for the benefit of customers. Its role is to create synergies between the ANSP members of the SESAR JU to maximise customer and network benefits and to provide leadership at a European level in critical technical and strategic areas. The A6 members, bound by a Memorandum of Co-operation, are full members of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, making the A6 uniquely placed to represent the interests of the ATM industry in the effective deployment of technologies and concepts developed through SESAR. The Memorandum of Cooperation signed in 2011 by members of the original A6 Alliance (DSNA/France, DFS/Germany, Enav/Italy, ENAIRE/Spain, NATS/UK as well as Noracon Consortium including Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden) was revised to enable even greater cooperation to help deliver SESAR extended to COOPANS Alliance (Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden) and the B4 consortium (Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia). Further, PANSA, Poland’s ANSP, became full member of the A6 Alliance, too. The A6 Alliance is also part of the Supervisory Board of the SESAR Deployment Manager, the governing body of the SESAR Deployment Manager. Enav participates in A6 steering and working group levels contributing to the A6 purposes to proactively support the modernization process of the European ATM infrastructure which is the core objective of the SESAR. Thanks to the solid relationship among partners, open to discussion and willing to reach common solutions for reaching the best benefits for everyone, the A6 managed to strengthen their position and represent an influencing voice for any process potentially affecting the ATM business, while tightening up relationships with major stakeholders and with the European Commission. For further information, please contact: Cristiano Cantoni
cristiano.cantoni@Enav.it
The Coflight-eFDP System is a next generation Flight Data Processing System designed to meet the needs of European Air Navigation Service Providers﷯ for the next 20 years, satisfying the need for the harmonisation and interoperability of air traffic management systems in Europe and facilitating the integration of advanced tools in the global ATM system. The system will replace the legacy flight data processing system that currently exists with a very advanced new generation system, with no disruption to service through a staged implementation plan. The system, harmonised and interoperable on a European scale, is able to support air traffic control operations for the next 20 years, for the benefit of all air transport stakeholders. The system contains features that will satisfy the general needs of ATM in Europe and with an open design that will allow its integration in any particular air navigation services provider’s environment. The system supports the following missions: flight data services for civil ATC; flight data services for military ATC; flight data services for both civil and military ATC (the so called co-localised missions). The Civil Air Traffic Control is the main mission that the system shall support. In this mission, the system shall provide services for En-route ACCs, Approach ACCs and to Aerodrome Control Functions. In the Military Air Traffic Control mission, the system shall provide services to military Air Traffic Controllers for the control of military flights, in a manner similar to the civil ATC mission. The system shall manage both IFR and VFR flights, providing specific services to VFR flights. The system also supports different states for the aforementioned missions:  operational state;  training state, for training air traffic controllers and supervisors;  testing state, for testing new software versions, new operational procedures and interoperability capabilities. The system brings the following state-of-the art functional improvements to flight data processing systems:  4D based trajectory predictions, advanced aircraft modelling, considering of aircraft intents, downlink of aircraft parameters, airport and traffic flow constraints and meteorological data improved coordination with the integration of all the letters of agreement among Centres and the application of Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) principles;  integration of data provided by air/ground datalink applications;  highly reactive management of airspace and route structures, dynamic adjustment of sector boundaries to balance ATC capacity and traffic load, and automatic calculation of the consequences on flights. The system includes support for the emerging European interoperability standards including: support for seamless interoperability between ATS providers, IFPS/NMOC, pilots, aircraft operators and airports; integration of en-route and approach with sequencing tools; introduction of multi-sector planning tools; improvement of coordination procedures with conflict detection tools; acceptance of direct routes through multiple Centres. To reduce maintenance costs and to facilitate developments, the system architecture is model driven (MDA) and complies with recognised standards (CORBA, object oriented languages, UML modelling tools). This new highly fault-tolerant architecture complies with the European Safety Regulatory Requirements applicable to CNS/ATM systems. The basic philosophy of the implementation programme is to reduce risks to a minimum by adopting an incremental development strategy. The level of change at each step will be limited, enabling phased integration in the overall National and European ATM systems, rapid corrections in the case of errors and a quick investment returns. The following figure shows the Coflight Product Roadmap:﷯ V1, delivered in 2010, provided a new CORBA based middleware, the architectural infrastructure for the whole ATM system and a basic version of the new FDPS; V2, delivered in May 2013, provided the completion of the functional requirements; V2R1, delivered in July 2014, is including an operational requirements’ update; V3, delivered in 2015, provides the new ED133 compliant interoperability mechanism and integration with aircrafts through Data-Link V3R1, expected for Oct 2017, will be the first version to be used in operational service. For further info, please contact: Claudio Cannavicci claudio.cannavicci@Enav.it
In March 2014 during the World ATM Congress (WAC), DSNA, Enav, MATS and Skyguide CEOs launched the programme “Coflight Cloud Service” (CCS). The four ANSPs partnered to study the feasibility of providing flight data processing and related services based on Coflight-eFDP product as a first step towards Virtual Centre Concept. A two-year feasibility study was conducted over 2015/2016, during which CCS programme explored: the operational environment driving CCS concept (customers’ needs, provider/customer responsibilities, commercial offers for future customers), and the corresponding technical architecture for software, hardware and network, also ensuring the future SWIM compliance of the solution;
 the legal aspects for this programme on the contract part, but also on safety, security and interoperability aspects according to current regulations; 
 the additional requirements that should be implemented in further steps of the programme to make it fully operational according to partner’s needs;
 the way(s) to have a smooth transition for customers from current ATM systems to target systems including CCS;
 finally, the economic aspects of this program, starting with a market study followed by an evaluation of business models of CCS once in operation for Customers. This two-year feasibility study was concluded by Trials, in order to demonstrate the capability to provide a defined subset of the CCS services to a distant ANSP and to validate the CCS technical aspects defined. The operational environment has defined 5 CCS missions that are the high level business solutions proposed to Customers (operational, validation, training, testing and continuity). Each mission has a specific operational objective which is reached by using a subset of CCS services that are contractually provided by a Provider to a Customer, with dedicated agreed Service Levels. Description of Customers and Providers expectations, requirements, and responsibilities for each CCS services has been commonly elaborated, according to each partner’s needs. ﷯ By using CCS, ANSPs will be able to deliver optimum performance to airspace users. In fact, Coflight Cloud Service will remotely provide: 4D-trajectory prediction, a trajectory always close to the actual behavior of the aircraft Vertical profile management using all the Requested Flight Level (RFL) as filed in the initial flight plan﷯ Modification of routes Monitoring alerts for flight data discrepancies nteroperability functions Datalink capabilities Gate-to-gate eFDP Flexible use of airspace
 “ERATO is designed to support controller decision-making helping them to work in a safer and more efficient way 
” Brindisi ACC Operations Room
﷯ ERATO is a set of modern tools for air traffic controllers developed by Enav and DSNA (French Air Navigation Service Provider) which integrate innovative functions providing helpful assistance in conflict resolution in an electronic environment. ERATO is much more than simply a Mid-Term Conflict Detection (MTCD) tool: the system also includes parametre simulation (“What if ” concept) and monitoring alert (MONA) tools. Real time simulations in Italy and live trials in France have demonstrated significant benefits that ERATO can bring in terms of safety and capacity. Enav has planned a progressive implementation of ERATO starting from 2017 in all 4 Italian ACCs. ERATO will be gradually integrated in Enav and DSNA’s new generation ATM system, the 4-Flight programme.
 The Single European Sky regulatory framework is now experiencing the full implementation of Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs) by the EU Member States. The BLUE MED FAB project - coordinated by Enav - is the European central/south-eastern FAB initiative. It represents the natural European gate dedicated to air traffic flows coming from Africa and the Middle-East, namely among the regions with the prospective fast growing trend in the next future.﷯ The BLUE MED Partners are the EU Member States of Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta. In 2013, the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BLUE MED FAB for its involvement in the initiative. The BLUE MED is open to the participation of other States which are interested in cooperating in a wide range of activities, allowing them to reap the full benefits of the integration of operational and technical solutions developed in the Mediterranean area. Today – further its Feasibility Study (2007-2008) and Definition Phase (2009-2012) which investigated the Project validity and assessed technical, regulatory, Safety/Security and expected economic results – the BLUE MED FAB is in its Implementation Phase, a coordinated deployment initiative in which operational and technical improvements are being delivered, also through the cooperation with the European SESAR Deployment initiative and the ATM Industry. The Implementation Phase is progressively determining a paramount shift in the organisation of Air Navigation Services over the Mediterranean basin, bringing competition advantages in the area and benefits for the Airspace Users in terms of enhanced efficiency of services, reduced delays and costs, with lower environmental impact, always under the umbrella of improved Safety levels. All these benefits are also being coordinated with other FABs, through an inter-FAB cooperation platform which is trying to highlight best practices raising from FABs. In line with the SES esprit, the coming years will see the fulfillment of FAB benefits for the Mediterranean Area, not only limited to the airspaces of the BLUE MED Member States, but also extended to neighbouring non-EU Countries, willing to share and integrate their experiences and practices in the Air Traffic Management. TESTO DEL BOX INTERNO ALLA PAGINA: A Functional Airspace Block is a portion of airspace where air traffic is managed regardless of existing national boundaries, taking into account operational and technical requirements and considering Airspace Users’ needs at the centre of service provision. Within an established FAB, Air Traffic Management is harmonised among the Partners, limiting costs, improving operational capacity, reducing the environmental impact of operations, while Safety levels are preserved, if not increased. ﷯ For further info, please contact: Claudio Cannavicci claudio.cannavicci@Enav.it