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R&D Partnerships & Projects

SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY ATM RESEARCH (SESAR) 

The objective of the applied research programme of the European Union, the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) is to establish an ATM system, which corresponds to the initiative of the Single European Sky. The programme is to launch necessary industrial developments, grant necessary funding and coordinate the industrial application of the developed solutions. The administrative managing organisation of the SESAR programme is the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU), where we participate as a member of the Frequentis SESAR Partners consortium together with Frequentis and ATOS as partners.
The European Commission launched the most recent phase of the SESAR Programme in 2016, incorporated in the EU Horizon 2020 programme under the name of SESAR 2020.

The Frequentis SESAR Partners consortium is participating in four projects of the SESAR 2020 programme, where HungaroControl provides ATM expertise, real-life operating experience and the provision of simulation facilities: 

Remote Tower for Multiple Airports
Managing traffic at multiple airports simultaneously by one Air Traffic Controller

Follow The Greens
Advance surface movement guidance

Virtual Centre
Separate and reallocate data provision and service provision roles in ATM

Flight Centric ATC 
Transition to flight-centric ATM with advanced decision-making tools

BUDAPEST 2.0 LARGE SCALE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT (SESAR JU)

In 2016, the demonstration undertaken in the context of the Budapest 2.0 project was implemented in compliance with the SESAR JU directives. SESAR Joint Undertaking determining the development directions of ATM in Europe selected the project in 2014 in order to demonstrate in a broader context, in a real operational environment the benefits that may be brought about in European air traffic by ATM solutions developed in the SESAR R&D Programme.
The programme specifically aimed to demonstrate the technological innovations and procedures that can be applied in airports with small and medium traffic density and included three key areas:

  • Continuous Descent Operations enhancement with T-bar procedures and supporting software has been introduced
  • Implementing Performance Based Navigation approaches
  • Successful Remote Tower live trials