Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013) 'Cooperation' Specific Programme Theme: Transport (including Aeronautics) Sub-theme: Support to the European Global Navigation Satellite System (Galileo) and EGNOS Activity: EXPLOITING THE FULL POTENTIAL Area: Applications DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC GALILEO.2008.1.4.1 (a) Use of EGNOS for Safety-of-Life Applications: Accelerating EGNOS Adoption in Aviation 1/8
Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION... 3 I.1. CONTEXT... 3 I.2. SPECIAL CONDITIONS... 3 I.3. LIST OF ACRONYMS... 4 II. TOPIC DESCRIPTION... 5 II.1. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES... 5 II.2. TASKS TO BE PERFORMED... 5 II.2.1. GENERAL... 5 II.2.2. MANAGEMENT... 5 II.2.3. ACTIVITIES... 6 II.3. DELIVERABLES... 6 II.4. SCHEDULE AND MILESTONES... 7 II.5. GSA SUPPORT... 7 III. ADDITIONAL OR COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRAFTING PART B OF THE PROPOSAL... 8 Caveat: Final availability of budget for this Call is subject to Commission Decision to delegate the management of the Call to GSA. Whilst this is considered a technical formality, potential applicants are informed that, in the absence of such a Decision, the GSA will not be in a position to give any grant. Therefore, the potential applicants are kindly requested to take this into account in the assessment of their investment in any preparatory work. The GSA expects to get notified of the Commission Decision early next year. As soon as this is the case, a notice of information will be published on the Cordis website. 2/8
I. INTRODUCTION I.1. Context The objectives for the 2 nd call, of the activity "exploiting the full potential", part of the sub-theme: Support to the European Global Navigation Satellite System (Galileo), are: [1] Stimulate adoption of EGNOS and EDAS; [2] Prepare markets for Galileo introduction; [3] Stimulate EU GNSS industry competitiveness. The 1 st call within for this activity focused on several application areas with a high potential. In this 2 nd call the scope is wider and covers a more diverse range of applications. The approach taken is broadly similar. However, the requirements have been updated. This specific topic focuses on the adoption of EGNOS in aviation. As such it is mainly focussed on the first objective. The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) is the first European venture in operational satellite navigation. EGNOS is therefore a major element of the European GNSS strategy and a technological precursor to Galileo. This system was initially a joint project of the ESA, the European Commission and EUROCONTROL. In addition, other entities contributed to the implementation of the EGNOS Advanced Operational Capability system under bilateral agreements established between ESA and the EGNOS Operator and Infrastructure Group (namely AENA, DFS, DNA, ENAV, NAV-EP, NATS and Swisscontrol). EGNOS will soon be a fully operational system, providing a reliable and certified augmented navigation signal to the European User Community. The EGNOS Signal-in-Space is indeed already freely available to the public over Europe since early 2006 and the system will be declared "certified" for the utilisation by the civil aviation by the end of 2009/early 2010. A few initiatives and studies related to the use of overlay and augmentation systems to GPS in aviation have been performed in the past, however needs and requirements of some user segments of the aviation community (e.g., general aviation, small airports) need to be addressed in more ways. In particular, cost and benefits of specific cases e.g., EGNOS for an individual airport or a small cluster of airports, still need to be addressed. We expect to fund one project large enough to have material market impact. Note that the funding scheme, Collaborative Project, applies. I.2. Special conditions The consortium is encouraged to coordinate with Eurocontrol and SESAR JU. An endorsement from these organisations, i.e. an acknowledgement from these organisations as being effective and 3/8
beneficial for the aviation community at large and as being consistent with other activities endorsed by these organisations, is considered beneficial. This endorsement may also involve partial funding. I.3. List of Acronyms AENA ACI DFS DNA EASA EDAS EGNOS ENAV ERA ESA ESSP EU EUROCAE EUROCONTROL FP6 FP6, FP7 GKMF GNSS GPS GSA IAOPA NATS NAV-EP RIMS SBAS SESAR SIS SME SoL WAAS Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea Airport Council International Deutsche FlugSicherung GmbH Direction de la Navigation Aérienne European Aviation Safety Agency EGNOS Data Access System European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service Società Nazionale per l'assistenza al Volo S.p.A European Regions Airlines Association European Space Agency European Satellite Services Provider European Union European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment European Organisation for Safety of Air Navigation 6 th European Framework Programme for Research and Development 6 th, 7 th Research Framework Programmes Galileo Knowledge Management Facility Global Navigation Satellite Service Global Positioning System European GNSS Supervisory Authority International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association National Air Traffic Services Navegação Aérea de Portugal E.P. Ranging and Integrity Monitoring Stations Satellite Based Augmentation System Single European Sky ATM Research Signal In Space Small or Medium Enterprise Safety of Life Wide Area Augmentation System 4/8
II. TOPIC DESCRIPTION II.1. Scope and Objectives Participating consortia are expected to make a proposal on how EGNOS adoption in aviation can be accelerated. They should take into account the results of FP6 projects and complement the projects issued from the Call GALILEO 2007 of FP7. More specifically, the proposal should address one or more of the following objectives: [1] Accelerate development, certification and marketing of EGNOS enabled avionics, offering measurable targets. [2] Ensure/accelerate actual operational development of EGNOS LPV approach procedures at airports, offering time-scaled, measurable targets in this area. [3] Ensure/accelerate actual operational (beyond trial) adoption of EGNOS-enabled avionics and actual approaches procedures by commercial airlines through marketing activities, technical assistance, training, cost-benefit analysis, etc. In this respect, it is required to offer timescaled, measurable targets. [4] Ensure adoption in new segments through the development of innovative application e.g., EGNOS in general aviation, EGNOS for ground operations at airports. This topic is open to proposals that further one or more of the above objectives. Participants are encouraged to coordinate with, and possibly seek additional funding from aviation international public/semi-public organisations and agencies such as Eurocontrol, SESAR, EASA, EUROCAE, IAOPA, ERA and ACI Europe. The direct involvement of this type of organizations is highly encouraged. II.2. Tasks to be performed II.2.1. General Project tasks and workplan should be consistent with the objectives and scope of this topic and result in achieving the deliverables, milestones and stated project goals. II.2.2. Management This task consists in performing the overall management for the entire project. It includes as a minimum the following items: Technical coordination of the project; Contractual management; Organisation and coordination of internal communication flow; Documentation management; Tracking of the project status; Review and verification of deliverables; 5/8
Organisation of progress meetings and reviews (notification, agenda, chairing and reporting); Coordination between the different tasks as necessary. The consortium shall appoint one person to be the single point of contact towards the GSA. II.2.3. Activities [1] The consortium should involve relevant regional and national governmental authorities as well as relevant international institutions. [2] The project shall support and facilitate the coordination between the tasks performed in the frame of this project and the tasks performed in other projects. To this end, the project shall organise a workshop for participants in other projects. The project shall also participate in up to 4 workshops organised by other projects. The project shall also support ad-hoc meetings and reporting with the GSA. The total amount of effort for this task should not exceed 3 person-months. [3] The project shall support the dissemination of the project outcome to the general public and GNSS community. To this end the project shall prepare a public presentation and provide adhoc support to FP7 coordinators in its communication with the specialised press or scientific community on the outcomes of the project. The project shall also provide inputs for GSA's GKMF and use most advanced web-based multimedia/interactive tools to reach out the widest audience. The total amount of effort for this task should not exceed 1 person-month. [4] The project shall contribute to a GSA managed "user forum". Participation could include attending one or more meetings, distribution of online surveys and facilitation in the planning of conference calls with industry stakeholders. Contribution is on a "best effort" basis in full respect of common practices on commercial information sharing. The total amount of effort for this task should not exceed 1 person-month. Other activities should be defined consistently with the objectives. II.3. Deliverables The project shall provide at least the following outputs during its lifetime. [1] Detailed project plan and team set-up; [2] Quarterly progress reports. These reports include a short management summary based on a template to be supplied by the GSA; [3] An interactive, user-friendly project website should be established and gather all public project outcomes. This website should also feature a newsletter for registered users; include links to other relevant projects; provide a project and consortium overview; enable feedback via e-mail or web form and feature an open discussion forum for posting questions, comments and ideas. The website should be optimised to facilitate turning up in search engines. [4] Final report. 6/8
Other deliverables should be defined in line with the objectives and the activities. Deliverables should be grouped so that only one set is conveyed every 3 months. II.4. Schedule and milestones The total duration of the project shall be less than 24 months. The project shall be split in several phases and several milestones shall be identified. As a minimum, the following milestones shall be foreseen: Kick-off meeting; First interim review; Second interim review; Final review. II.5. GSA support The project will have access to GNSS-related documentation via GSA's GKMF. The GKMF is the Galileo Knowledge Management Facility that is hosted by the GSA. It contains documents and results from the research activities on Galileo, and allows users to search and retrieve public information on GNSS. The GKMF may also serves as documentation management system and dissemination tool for the projects funded under the Galileo FP7. 7/8
III. ADDITIONAL OR COMPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRAFTING PART B OF THE PROPOSAL The overall length of proposal shall be less than 60 pages excluding annexes. Annexes may provide additional information but are not necessarily considered in the evaluation. Section 1 - maximum length of 30 pages, plus the tables, for the whole section. Section 1.1 - S/T objectives refers to the project objectives and should be included in sufficient level of detail. These project objectives should be measurable and verifiable e.g., objective: develop application prototype delivering specified functionality, verification: trial. The table of compliance refers to compliance with the scope and objectives of this topic. These (high level) topic objectives should not be confused with the specific and measurable project objectives. Note that this section is critical for the evaluation Section 1.2 - In the description of the state of the art, existing similar initiatives funded by e.g., Eurocontrol or SESAR JU should be described. Any links to these other initiatives should be made explicit. In order to avoid double funding, applicants shall explain how the activities they are proposing will complement with these existing initiatives. Note that this section is critical for the evaluation. Section 1.3 - in addition, indicate flexibility in the work plan e.g. depending on the outcome of the trial, earlier steps may be revisited or later steps may be tackled in different ways. Section 2: maximum length of 15 pages for the whole section Section 2.1 - additionally describe how the organisational structure allows for flexibility and fast and efficient decision making. Section 2.3 in particular describe how the consortium has access to key actors in stakeholders in the aviation sector. Section 3: maximum length of 15 pages for the whole section Section 3.1 - focus should be on impact towards the topic's primary and possibly secondary objectives (see above). Section 3.2 - the focus should be on the impact in terms of EGNOS adoption. Note that this section is critical for the evaluation Section 4 - maximum length of 1 page. 8/8