EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This document is the formal output of WP 1.3.1 and as such constitutes the Certification Basis Analysis for the Next Generation Integrated Surveillance System (NG-ISS) of FLYSAFE.

The NG-ISS will improve the overall safety of aircraft operations by providing long term (strategic) and short term information (tactical) to improve situational awareness and immediate response capabilities for the majority of the conceivable operational hazards. These include weather, terrain and traffic hazards that are taken care of in the NG-ISS by providing an integrated flight warning and information management system.

The FLYSAFE NG-ISS certification basis analysis (CBA) provides a baseline of all consolidated airworthiness, certification requirements and standards applicable to the NG-ISS. The CBA, as established within the FLYSAFE work package 1.3.1, provides an initial guideline for the certification of the NG-ISS based on the definition of the system and overall system specifications. This means that, ones new developments have occurred or new functions are defined throughout the evolution of the system, the structure of this CBA may be utilised further to improve or extend the certification basis where necessary.

The FLYSAFE NG-ISS certification basis has been established in two phases in order to provide a complete certification guideline in one report volume. In the first phase, the baseline for the existing requirements has been established following the certification analysis results of the EU co-funded FP 5 ISAWARE-II project.  ISAWARE II can be considered as a forerunner of the more improved and complex NG-ISS. Review of the ISAWARE-II certification basis concluded that it provides a sound baseline for the establishment of a CBA for FLYSAFE. Where necessary, these requirements were extended and/or updated based on changes within the (European) certification requirements.

The second phase established an NG-ISS specific certification policy based on an overview of all identified new NG-ISS innovations.
The NG-ISS certification compliance database, developed as part of the FLYSAFE certification basis, provides a quick reference for NG-ISS certification by correlating the NG-ISS functionalities with the established certification basis.

Certification of a final product is out of scope for FLYSAFE. However, the FLYSAFE certification basis can be used as a proposal document for certification requirements negotiations with the authorities in a possible later phase.

This document will be used as input for WP 1.3.2 (Preliminary Functional Hazard Assessment) and WP 5.1.1 (NG-ISS architecture study).

For further information please contact:

Mr. Hafid Smaili: smaili@nlr.nl
or Mr. Wilfred Rouwhorst: rouwh@nlr.nl