LONDON, March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyLine-X,
developed in partnership with Airways New Zealand, is to be
showcased at the World ATM Congress in Madrid from the 6-8th
March, 2018. A collaboration with Kazaeronavigatsia, the
ANSP of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to implement SkyLine-X will be
announced at this year's event.
The SkyLine-X Air Traffic Management solution incorporates more
precise aircraft and airspace monitoring, trajectory-based
operations, encrypted voice and data communications and weather
planning integration, enabling easier information sharing between
airports, airlines and an ANSP.
Incorporated into SkyLine-X is Time-Based Flow Management (TBFM)
technology which has already shown to boost capacity. TBFM, in use
at eight of the world's ten busiest airports, enables controllers
to monitor arriving aircraft at metering points outside of the
airport's Flight Information Region. TBFM provides flight crossing,
delay absorption time recommendations and speed advice, enabling
pilots to make smaller adjustments earlier in the flight, lessening
the need for no-notice holding and vectoring, reducing delays.
The integration of the FAA Medium Term Conflict Probe (MTCD)
capability into SkyLine-X enhances air safety and efficiency.
This controller decision support tool is an enabler of Trajectory
Based Operations (TBO), providing outlooks for potential conflicts
against active trajectories which are continually updated from a
full range of sensor technologies. Trajectory models that
include restrictions provide a reduction in false alarms and
reduces controller workload.
SkyLine-X also features an innovative Human Machine Interface
(HMI), giving it a modern look and feel that is built through a
collaborative process with operational controllers and user
experience experts. This provides a highly intuitive and
efficient approach to air traffic control. Drawing upon operational
user interface concepts and inherently understood iconography,
controller acceptance and training time are significantly
decreased. The easy to use interaction model coupled with a highly
configurable User Interface allows customers to shape the SkyLine-X
HMI to their needs.
Xu Qian, Program Management
Director – International ATM said "Airspace and airports are
only getting busier, and SkyLine-X enables a vision for a
completely seamless Air Traffic Management organisation working on
a single system to support en-route, terminal, tower and Oceanic
control. Leveraging over $500M
of investment working with our partner ANSPs, Skyline-X delivers a
system that is both highly resilient and scalable, realises a lower
cost of ownership, improves safety, and supportability."
Russell Ambrose, Chief
Technology Officer at Airways New Zealand said "Airways is
pleased to be developing Skyline-X in collaboration with Leidos. It
will play a vital role supporting our teams to deliver more
resilient, flexible and efficient air navigation services to our
customers. Key to supporting those improvements will be Skyline-X's
intuitive and accessible HMI interface, dual channel architecture,
TBFM, data-linking, and the ability to integrate our oceanic,
domestic approach, enroute and tower functions into one system.
This successful partnership model previously saved Airways'
customers around $2.6m per year or
$36m across the life of our current
ATM platform. We look forward to continuing to deliver long term
savings to our customers through this successful and innovative
partnership model."
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