Aerospace Division

Anastasia ProjectAirborne Communication and Navigation Satellite Technologies And

Techniques in a System Integrated Approach

Presentation to NexSat Steering Group

Alan Schuster Bruce, Thales Avionics UK

8 June 2004

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Contents

What is Anastasia

Scope

Workpackages

Schedule

Partners

Main Technical Issues

Inputs from NexSat Steering Group to Anastasia

Outputs from Anastasia to NexSat Steering Group

What Anastasia Is Not

Questions

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What Is Anastasia

A Proposal Submitted in March 2004 for an EC 6th Framework Integrated Project to Investigate, Prototype and Demonstrate Advanced Satellite Technologies for Navigation and Communications for Civil Aircraft.

Status - bid is being evaluated

4 year project. Expected to start in Jan 2005.

This presentation just covers communication aspects

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Scope of Communication Aspects

‘….work will concentrate on the design and implementation of a prototype, affordable aeronautical satcom system that will meet the evolving European ATM requirements’. (Objective 1) ‘Evolving European ATM requirements’ primarily means NexSat

‘Affordable’ means based on existing or planned space segment (eg Inmarsat BGAN). It is assumed that civil aviation can not afford its own satellite system.

There is also a smaller amount of work on more long term avionic research including multi frequency antennas. ( Objective 2).

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Workpackages of Complete Project

WP 1 Management and coordination

Thales Avionics Toulouse

* WP 2 Needs and aircraft requirements

Airbus

WP 3 Navigation Space Based Technologies

Thales Avionics Valence

* WP 4 Communication Space Based Technologies

Thales AvionicsUK

* WP 5 Operational characterisation and evaluation

DLR

* WP 6 Dissemination Dassault

* Workpackages relevant to NexSat

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WP4 Work Breakdown Structure

WP4.4.1Aircraft

TerminalDevelopment

WP4.4.4Analysis

WP4.4.2Ground

InfrastructureUpgrade

WP4.4.3End-to-End

SystemIntegration

WP4.3.4Avionics

ResearchLonger Term

WP4.3.3Ground

InfrastructureDesign

WP4.3.2Aircraft

TerminalDesign

WP4.3.1Aircraft Terminal

TechnologyAssessment

WP4.2.4Conclusions

& Reccs

WP4.2.2Critically Appraise

Architectures

WP4.2.3Commercial

Analysis

WP4.2.1Define

candidateArchitectures

WP4.1.1Existing and

Planned Systems

WP4.1.2Satellite Payload

WP4.2System Design

WP4.1Requirement &Technologies

WP4Communication Space

Based technologies

WP4.3Aircraft Terminal & Grnd Infrastructure

Design

WP4.4End-to-End

System Developm’t& Upgrade

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WP4 Schedule

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Partners

Core Team Thales-Avionics, Airbus, Dassault-Aviation, DLR

Partners in communication Work Package(WP4): Airframers: Airbus France, Airbus Deutschland, Satellite operator: Inmarsat Research centres: DLR, NLR, Universities: Surrey Univ SME: TGS, Gatehouse, Industrials: Astrium, Thales Avionics UK, EADS CCR

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Main Technical Issues

Smallest aircraft for ‘easy install’

Is party line needed?

Call set up times (voice and data)

Repair times and consequent level of redundancy

Voice and data bandwidths and quality of service

TCPIP vs ATN

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‘Inputs’ Needed From NexSat Steering Group to Anastasia

Top level requirements to feed into WP2 (Needs and Aircraft Requirements) by year end WP2 is led by Airbus Discussions between NexSat steering group and WP2

are foreseen

Support for presenting the Anastasia architecture to ICAO etc

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Outputs from Anastasia to NexSat Steering Group

Technical material

A demonstration of a next generation satcom system that meets NexSat requirements

A route to an implementation of NexSat

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What Anastasia Is Not

It is not looking at the ground and air data applications/end systems.

It is not developing ‘certifiable avionics’

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Questions

Any questions?

Further information from

alan.schuster-bruce@uk.thalesgroup.com

+44 20 8971 5407