Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking is an institutionalised European partnership between private and public sector partners set up to accelerate through research and innovation the delivery of the Digital European Sky.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
WA1 (ATM excellent science and outreach) comprises the exploratory research activities necessary to develop new concepts for ATM beyond those identified in the European ATM Master Plan and will help to develop emerging technologies and methods to the level of maturity required to feed the applied research conducted by the SESAR 3 JU. WA1 covers innovative content at pre‐TRL1 (TRL0) maturity level and the minimum target maturity level is to complete TRL1.
The future ATM system will require increased agility and flexibility in providing capacity where and when it will be needed across the network, particularly for maximising the use and performance of limited resources, i.e. airspace and ATCOs. The challenge is to propose innovative potential solutions that will supply the required capacity on demand in a dynamic, agile and resilient manner, improving cost and flight efficiency while maintaining (or improving) safety. These solutions shall enable the dynamic reconfiguration of resources and the provision of new capacity-on-demand services to maintain safe, resilient, smooth and efficient air transport operations while allowing for the optimisation of trajectories even at busy periods. The proposed innovative solutions shall aim at responding to emerging business needs that can only be addressed through standardised data sharing between air traffic service providers using a highly interconnected, digital and resilient network.
Detailed Call Description
The SESAR 3 JU has identified the following innovative research elements that could be used to meet the challenge described above and achieve the expected outcomes.
- Increasing the use of middle airspace. This element addresses the potential business case for increasing the use of middle airspace (approximately between 15 000 ft. and 25 000 ft.) by different type of aircraft (jet engine aircraft, aircraft with new propulsion systems, etc.). Research shall address the environmental impact of providing ATFM slots for flights in middle airspace e.g., fuel consumption, emissions, etc. and the trade-offs with other KPAs such as increased capacity (and reduced delays) (R&I need: on-demand ATSs).
- Network performance cockpit for “network minded” decision making. This research element aims at establishing a network performance cockpit for “network minded” decision making including support to enhanced connectivity both for identifying unattended business opportunities and for managing disruptive crises.
- Global weather and environment monitoring ATM network. The key objective is to design and start developing a single monitoring and reporting system for a green ATM, covering all aviation impacts: greenhouse emissions, noise and air pollutants and relevant safety and security threats. This research element addresses the secure integration of multiple data to monitor, collect, integrate and present weather and environment information to the different stakeholders on the ATM system including: pollution, contrails, noise, weather, vehicle status, congestion and other safety and security threats, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, extreme weather events, conflicts, etc.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The maximum expected EU contribution per project for each of the topics under Work Area 1 is €1 000 000.
The maximum expected EU contribution per project for each of the topics under Work Area 2 is €2 000 000.
Thematic Categories
- Information Technology
- Justice - Security
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Large Enterprises
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Beneficiaries will be subject to the following additional dissemination obligations:
- Beneficiaries must make proactive efforts to share, on a royalty-free basis, in a timely manner and as appropriate, all relevant results with the other grants awarded under the same call;
- Beneficiaries must acknowledge these obligations and incorporate them into the proposal, outlining the efforts they will make to meet them, and into Annex I to the grant agreement.
Beneficiaries will be subject to the following additional exploitation obligations:
- beneficiaries must make available for reuse under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions all relevant results generated, through a well-defined mechanism using a trusted repository;
- if the purpose of the specific identified measures to exploit the results of the action is related to standardisation, beneficiaries must grant a non-exclusive licence to the results royalty-free;
- if working on linked actions, beneficiaries must ensure mutual access to the background to and to the results of ongoing and closed linked actions, should this be necessary to implement tasks under the linked actions or to exploit results generated by the linked actions as defined in the conditions laid down in this biannual work programme and in the call for proposals.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
SESAR 3 JU
Email: info-call@sesarju.eu