In recent months, the VISORS project has been actively engaging with the wider aviation community through its participation in two major international events. By contributing to the ICNS Conference and the SESAR Walking Tours at Airspace World, the project has taken important steps in presenting its research on distributed/federated Real-Time Simulations (D/F-RTS) and strengthening collaboration within the Air Traffic Management (ATM) innovation ecosystem.

Presenting at ICNS 2025

On 9 April 2025, the VISORS project was featured at the Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference, a key annual forum for global experts in CNS technologies. For the first time, the conference took place at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels, attracting more than 2,000 participants both onsite and online.
Joonas Lieb, from the DLR Institute for Flight Guidance and VISORS Project Coordinator, presented the paper “The future of simulation exercises – Distributed/Federated Real-Time Simulations in the context of Aviation.” The talk explored VISORS’ preliminary High-Level Architecture (HLA), its use cases, and the standards and protocols being investigated to support distributed simulation environments in the aviation sector.

Spotlight at Airspace World 2025

From 13 to 15 May 2025, VISORS also participated at the Airspace World in Lisbon, the leading global event for airspace and Air Traffic Management. As part of the SESAR Walking Tours, Joonas Lieb presented “The VISORS approach to SESAR validation” during the tour “Towards a new service delivery model: Virtualisation and virtual centres.” The presentation showcased how VISORS is developing its innovative solution for geographically distributed Real-Time Simulations to support the validation of future ATM concepts.

Strengthening Visibility and Collaboration

Participation in these two events offered a valuable opportunity to share VISORS’ progress with international stakeholders and highlight its contribution to validation infrastructures within the SESAR framework. The events also reinforced the project’s commitment to advancing interoperability between domain-specific simulators and supporting the integration of new airspace users into tomorrow’s ATM environment.

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