PROJECT ID

SMARTS

PROJECT TYPE

Exploratory research

FLAGSHIP

Capacity on demand and dynamic airspace

STATUS

Ongoing

SESAR PROGRAMME

Digital European Sky

PROJECT DURATION

2023-09-01 > 2026-02-28

TOTAL COST

€1.504.151,84

EU CONTR.

€1.057.494,34

GRANT ID

101114686

PARTICIPANTS

Centro De Referencia Investigacion Desarrollo E Innovacion ATM (CRIDA), Enaire, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Eurocontrol, Ecole Nationale De L' Aviation Civile (ENAC), NATS, University of Lancaster

Objectives

Optimising airspace capacity is a key to accommodating current and future air traffic, while maintaining safety, improving efficiency and reducing aviation’s environmental impact. The project will focus on dynamic airspace configuration and the design of “smart sectors”. This covers the design of basic volumes of airspace with optimal distribution of workload, tailored around specific safety and operational requirements, including complexity. As a by-product, the application of cost-efficient capacity actions allows for more accurate demand and capacity balancing planning, thus reducing the number of required demand measures.

Learn more about the project

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SMARTS- Smart sectors