EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The FLYSAFE Project is concerned with the development of a prototype Next Generation Integrated Surveillance System (“NG-ISS”). The Traffic functionality of the NG-ISS groups several subsystems with response-times ranging from immediate reaction (safety net functions such as ACAS), through tactical alerting systems (e.g. airport surface movement alerting) to inputs for strategic decision and planning aids.  

This document, the “Traffic PTE Report”, outlines the simulator environment used during the Traffic Part Task Evaluations (PTE), summarises the evaluation methodology used and describes the results obtained.  

The specific Traffic functions included in the Traffic PTE are:

• Airborne Spacing Application – Sequencing and Merging (ASPA-S&M), from the Traffic “Airborne” strand,
• The Runway Collision Avoidance Function (RCAF), generically referred to as the Traffic “Runway” strand, and
• The Surface Movement Awareness and Alerting System (SMAAS) and airport moving map functions of the Traffic “Taxi” strand.

In the case of each of these functions, prototype software was verified at the individual contributing Partners’ sites prior to being transferred to the Techische Universitaet Darmstadt (TUD) for integration.  Contributed Traffic functions were integrated onto the TUD fixed-base flight deck simulator system and previously agreed acceptance tests were used to confirm that the function was operating as intended.  

The PTE scenarios and procedures are described in a separate report (D 3.2.3, the “Evaluation Plan for Traffic PTE”).  Evaluation scenarios are divided into two main classes: (a) airborne scenarios used for the ASPA-S&M function and general traffic situation awareness and (b) airport surface-movement scenarios used for the SMAAS, RCAF and Taxi Map functions.  

The principal objective of the Traffic PTE is to establish the operational usability of each of the new Traffic functions, in a realistic simulation environment.  Two series of PTE sessions were conducted; ten evaluations of the SMAAS (with three “pre-test” sessions) and six evaluations of each of the RCAF and ASPA-S&M functions.  
This document records detailed results from these evaluations, together with identified human factors issues with the current implementations and recommendations for future development of the functions.
 
For further information please contact:
Mr. Alexander Halstead: Alexander.Halstead@baesystems.com