Browse this quick guide to find out how to get the most out of the SESAR 3 JU Projects Portal!

PROJECTS IN NUMBERS
Indicates the number of projects that are completed or ongoing, covering both the Digital European Sky and now completed SESAR 2020 research and innovation programmes.

FILTERING PROJECTS
The projects can be filtered according to the following:

Type of projects
Refers to the strand of research, i.e. exploratory research, industrial research and fast track, large scale demonstrator/Digital Sky Demonstrator

Stakeholders
Refers to the ATM stakeholders who will benefit from a project’s work, namely:

ANSP

Airspace navigation service providers (civil and military)

AO

Airport operators

AU

Airspace users

NM

Network Manager

Benefits
Refers to the expected benefits that the project will deliver, namely:

cost

Increased cost efficiency

Refers to the costs associated with air navigation service provision

saf

Enhanced safety

Covers gate-to-gate traffic safety (in flight as well as during surface movement, i.e. taxi and on the runway).

 

pred

Improved predictability

Measured by the variability in the duration of the flight.

cap

Optimised capacity

Covers capacity at airports, terminal manoeuvring areas and en-route airspace.

fuel

Reduced fuel consumption and emissions

refers to the average reduction in fuel consumption per flight in Europe (at the level of European Civil Aviation Conference).

Flagship
Projects in the Digital European Sky research and innovation programme are categorised according to the following nine flagships:

conn Connected and automated ATM
The future ATM system will deliver hyper connectivity between all stakeholders (vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure) via high bandwidth, low latency fixed and mobile networks. Highly automated systems with numerous actors will interact with each other seamlessly, making the system scalable and even safer than today.
air Air-ground integration and autonomy
The progressive move towards autonomous flying enabled by self-piloting technologies requires a closer integration between vehicle and infrastructure capabilities so that the infrastructure can act as a digital twin of the aircraft.
dynam Capacity-on-demand and dynamic airspace
Technology will enable the dynamic reconfiguration and the activation of cross-border capacity-on-demand services to maintain smooth traffic services at busy times.
u-space U-space and urban air mobility
A digitally native traffic management system will ensure the safe and secure integration of drones in the airspace especially in urban areas, taking into account ew and existing air vehicles and autonomous operations. One of the most challenging use cases from U-space will be to enable urban air mobility, which is expected to advance autonomous technologies in a number of areas.
cyber Virtualisation and cyber-secure data sharing
Service provision will be decoupled from the physical infrastructure, enabling air traffic and data service providers, irrespective of national borders, to plug in their operations where needed in a secure manner.
passenger Multimodality and passenger experience
Considering ATM to be an integrated part of an intermodal transport system will make it possible to share data between modes and to collaborate better to optimise the performance of both the overall transport system and the door-to-door journey.
green Aviation green deal
Europe should be the world’s most environmentally-friendly continent to fly. This requires putting in place solutions to enable aircraft to fly their optimum fuel-efficient 4D trajectory gate-to-gate, and integrating next generation aircraft that will be cleaner and quieter.
AI Artificial intelligence (AI) for aviation
Tomorrow's aviation infrastructure will be more data-intensive. Thanks to the pplication of machine learning, deep learning and big data analytics, we will be able to design an ATM system that is smarter and safer by constantly analysing and learning from the ATM environment.
mil Civil/Military interoperability and coordination
Dual-use technologies such as those for communications, navigation and surveillance, and other solutions that allow real-time exchange of trajectory information will improve the predictability of military operations and overall network capacity.

Status

Ongoing

Refers to Projects still undergoing research and innovation

Completed

Refers to Projects that are completed

Participants
Refers to those organisations participating in the projects, also known as beneficiaries, .

SESAR programme
Indicates whether a project was active under SESAR 2020 or the Digital European Sky research and innovation programme.