SELEX Sistemi Integrati: SWIM-SUIT prototype delivered
Rome, 25 June
2010 – After a three-year study, SELEX Sistemi
Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, yesterday presented a prototype
demonstrator as the final result of System Wide Information
Management Supported by Innovative Technologies (SWIM-SUIT), a
European research and development project in the air traffic
control field.
The programme started in April 2007 and
concerned the feasibility study of a system able to manage a global
network and share data among all the main air traffic management
operators within the European space. The project’s principal
stakeholders are national service providers, airlines, airports,
and meteorological centres. The project will allow them to overcome
their present barriers by the creation of all necessary
infrastructures to integrate all kinds of information. The project
was managed by a consortium driven by SELEX Sistemi Integrati, and
which included 20 partners (http://www.swim-suit.aero/swimsuit/partners.php)
from industries, airlines, national service providers and research
centres all over Europe, as well as the Chinese national service
provider.
SWIM-SUIT, which has a value of €12m, relied
upon a contribution of about 50% from the European Commission. The
project, born within the 6° Framework programme of the European
Union, represents one of the SESAR programme technological pillars
for the realisation of a Single European Sky.
The prototype
By integrating several existing applications,
the prototype allows the testing of innovative technological
solutions. The demo displayed today illustrates the SWIM SUIT
system capabilities in four different functions.
SWIMming across the Globe: USA/Europe
interoperability: This demo area highlights the important
activities carried out within SWIM-SUIT relating to the
interoperability of the USA and Europe SWIM environments. Such
interoperability is of vital importance for the future global
interoperability and the Demo area represents an opportunity to
illustrate how transatlantic scenarios will be transformed through
SWIM
SWIMming with the Aircraft:
Collaborative Departure and Trajectory Management over
SWIM: This demo introduces the important concept of
Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) and extends the
sharing of information through SWIM to the Aircraft. The
demonstration aims to show how SWIM enables the strategic
management of the aircraft trajectory, making possible the expected
benefits of Trajectory-Based Operations
SWIM Opportunities: Looking beyond
legacy systems: This demonstration intends to provide a
practical example of interaction between different applications and
highlight the advantages which will derive from a SWIM
environment.
SWIM with EAD: European AIS
Database: the demonstration is entirely focused on the
Aeronautical Data domain and provides a practical example of direct
access to EAD (European AIS Database) through SWIM.
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