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DIGITAL TOWER SOLUTIONS

David A Shomar,

Vice President Civil Security, MENA [email protected]

CANSO 2ND MEAUSE WORKSHOP FORUM

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CANSO 2ND MEAUSE WORKSHOP FORUM

What are Digital Tower Solutions

How does digital control System (DACS) function

Benefits to ANSPs

Application at large airports

Where are the systems installed/certified

Conclusion

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EVOLUTION



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EVOLUTION

You deal with Evolution through adaptation

You deal with Evolution through adaptation

You embrace change

“The only thing that is constant in life is change”



THE HISTORY OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

• At Lindbergh’s home airfield in St. Louis, air traffic was roaring like the Twenties. In 1929, the city hired the first U.S. air traffic controller – Archie W. League, a pilot and mechanic who had barnstormed around the area with his “flying circus.”

• League’s “control tower” was a wheelbarrow. In it, he carried a chair, an umbrella for shade, his lunch, water, notepad and a pair of signal flags he used to direct aircraft to “GO” or to “HOLD.”

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• In WWII came the adoption of radar, the acronym for

“radio detection and ranging”

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• The Tenerife airport disaster, a fatal runway collision between two Boeing 747s on Sunday, March 27, 1977 changed how we control airport surfaces. ASMGCS & other systems were put in place to enhance safety

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WHAT ARE DIGITAL TOWER SOLUTIONS



SAAB DIGITAL TOWER SERVICES

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Remote Tower applications

Contingency Tower Services

Gap Filler Application

Apron & Ramp Tower Solution

Digital Aerodrome Control System (DACS)



HOW DOES DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM (DACS)FUNCTION



• ATS is provided from a tower, located at the airport

TRADITIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL SERVICES (ATS)



• Is the ability to provide ATS from any location

DIGITAL CONTROL TOWER



• The tower view is captured with high resolution digital cameras

• Capturing up to 360 degree view

CAMERA HOUSING & TOWER AT THE AIRPORT



-BENEFITS TO ANSPSENHANCE VISUAL OBSERVATIONSCOLLABORATION COLLABORATIONSIMPLIFY SIMPLIFY SIMPLIFY



A zoom camera replaces the ATCO binocular

The zoom camera is mounted on a Pan-Tilt robot device - PTZ

PTZ camera



Remote Tower – PTZ camera



Signal Light Gun (SLG) as radio backup

Remote Tower – SLG



THE AIRPORT SOUND IS CAPTURED WITH 2 MICS



RAIN PREVENTION



AUTOMATIC DIGITAL BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT

Before After



SUN LIGHT REDUCTION WITH FILTERS

Without Filter With Filter



Digital Tower – visual tracking

Tracking of aircrafts



ALTERNATIVE CAMERA – FOG SITUATION

Enhanced situational awareness



ALTERNATIVE CAMERAS, TRACKING & OVERLAY



INFRARED CAMERA

• Infrared imaging provides a thermo graphic representation of the focused area. This could be used as a supplement to the regular cameras in a remote tower OTW view, to be used in darkness or in fog.



OVERLAY OF WEATHER INFORMATION

Wind rose RVR-values



ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS TOOLS

Drone Detection

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R Tower Drone.mp4



DIGITAL TOWERAT LARGE AIRPORTS



• The Out The (Tower) Window (OTW) view is presented for the ATCO in the Controller Working Position (CWP)

OUT THE WINDOW VIEW – CWP



INTEGRATED TOWER I-TWR

“BRINGING IDEAS TOGETHER”



• CWP Systems

DIGITAL TOWER – CWP

Voice Communication

ElectronicFlight Strips

Radar/WAM FightPlan

Weather

Airport SystemControl

PTZ Control

OTW view

ASMGCS Surface Display



• All airport systems can be incorporated & controlled from the Digital Control CWP

‒ Runway Lights

‒ Emergency Alert

‒ Navigation Aids

‒ Radio Communication

‒ Radar Data

‒ Flight Plan information

‒ Weather information

‒ ASMGCS & surveillance displays

‒ …..

DIGITAL TOWER – AIRPORT SYSTEMS



WHERE ARE DIGITALTOWER SOLUTIONSINSTALLED



MOST RELEVANT SAAB INSTALLATIONS

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•Alice Springs – Trial Completed

•Schiphol - Operational

•Dublin – Installed ready for SAT

•Ornskoldsvik – Operational, 100 miles away from Sundsvall,

Sweden. Certified 2015

•Leesburg, VA – In FAA Trial mode



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Meets International standards

(ICAO 4444)

Operational & Certified (1st in the

world) .

Proven safety cases

Complete interface solution

Based on the current operational

procedures used by Controllers

Does not change the operational

environment Controllers operate in

SAAB

Digital Aerodrome Control System

DACS



THE FUTURE (A PARADIGM CHANGE)

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DIGITAL AERODROME CONTROL SYSTEM

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THE FUTURE (IS IN OUR HANDS)

A quote from Jeff Poole

“we often have to improve or fix things on an incremental basis but the exciting prospect of Digital Control is still in its early days so we genuinely have a chance to work together to ‘get it right’ from the outset.”

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Less than a generation

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

David A Shomar,

Vice President Civil Security, MENA [email protected]

Questions?

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