On November 8, 2023, EASA hosted the second workshop on the research project “Interoperability of ¡Conspicuity systems for General Aviation”, which was organised by the contractor consortium HORVÁTH and PARTNER with support of DRONIQ and the GA Flightpath 2030+. The project is funded from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme and is now in its mid-journey. The main objective is to ensure the full interoperability of the electronic conspicuity systems in the framework of research task RES.0031 in the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS), with the aim to reduce mid-air collisions of uncontrolled manned aircraft (primarily GA and Rotorcraft).

This event was arranged to create a common dynamic with the experts from the industry about the possible solutions, so that all airspace users can be visible to each other, and to identify the difficulties and constraints to integrate different technologies. The participants included vendors and solution providers for traffic awareness and collision avoidance technology, as well as pilot associations, universities, and research centres and representatives from mobile telecoms companies. The main outcome of the workshop was the agreement on concept of multilink ground-based and airborne devices connected in network and communication in common ADS-L language.

The ¡Conspicuity concept should be understood as an ‘in-flight capability’ to transmit position and/or to receive, process and display information (on other aircraft, airspace, weather, support to navigation …) in real time with the objective of enhancing pilots’ situational awareness.

Or in short:
A connected aircraft … for better situational awareness.

More information about this project can be found at the project’s webpage:
https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/research-projects/iconspicuity-interopera…