THALES coordinated the final formal review of the FLYSAFE project on 16 and 17 June 2009 at the THALES Alenia Space premises in Toulouse. The majority of the thirty-six project participants and the reviewers of the European Commission were represented.

The review heralds the official end of the project, even though a project extension by two months has been requested to finalise the last reports. Including this two months, the project ends at the 31 August 2009.

In the last reporting period (February to June) major achievements could be completed. This included the finalisation of the Main Task Evaluation at NLR, the analysis of the flight test results, the Final Forum with the FLYSAFE presentation day and the production of the FLYSAFE video.

FLYSAFE was a very successful project. Started in February 2005 with a €53 million budget the 36 partners coordinated by THALES managed to fulfil all top level objectives. In addition some items were included which were not foreseen in the initial description of work, such as the LIDAR experiment and the helicopter flight test.

The key deliverables of FLYSAFE include:

• a configurable human machine interface offering integrated, incremental presentation of potential risks at any moment during the flight
• more precise and detailed onboard visualisation of the other aircraft
• terrain and obstacle presentations tailored to each flight phase
• more precise and detailed information on atmospheric disturbances such as thunderstorms, icing conditions and clear air turbulence.

Detailed atmospheric information is generated by a unique combination of on-board measuring equipment and new ground-based systems at regional and local levels. National meteorological institutes and research centres worked together to develop atmospheric information systems specifically for air safety needs.

All the solutions developed under the FLYSAFE project will enhance pilots’ short, intermediate and long-term knowledge of airspace conditions. FLYSAFE results will be continued in many future programs.