ADB SAFEGATE

Tower Solutions Portfolio

Our customers
challenges
What are the challenges that
our customers face?

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What are the challenges that
our customers face?

Safety
Increased traffic - Situational awareness

Detect conflict situations in advance

Operational requirements that controllers need to respect in their procedures

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our customers face?

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What are the challenges that our customers
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Bad weather / Line of Sight

Situational awareness: where is an aircraft located?

Increased separation required if no visual contact

Only one aircraft on a taxi at the same time if no visual contact

→ reduced capacity

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our customers face?

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What are the challenges that
our customers face?

Traffic Overload
Which aircraft is which?

Where does the aircraft need to go?

Who is controlling the aircraft?

How can we help reducing unnecessary fuel consumption?

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What are the challenges that
our customers face?

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What are the challenges that
our customers face?

Flight Progress
Startup clearance already given? Engine running?

Which aircraft can perform push?

How long until aircraft will call in for startup?

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What are the challenges that our customers
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What are the challenges that our customers
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Collaboration/Coordination
Aircraft waiting for parking position

Aircraft waiting for marshaller

Aircraft waiting for pushback truck

→ A-CDM (Airport Collaborative Decision Making)

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What are the challenges that our customers
face?

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What are the challenges that our customers
face?

Communication
Workload

Frequency overload

→ Silent Coordination

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What are the challenges that our customers
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What are the challenges that our customers
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Integration

• Integration of Systems
• Integrate existing systems

Integrated Systems
• Provide integrated systems

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ADB Safegate
Tower Solutions

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ACEMAX – Surveillance Service
Display ground movement of cooperative and non-cooperative
targets on an airport map

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A-SMGCS Aiport Safety Support Service

Contributes to Airside operations as a safety improvement by

- Anticipating potential conflicts

- Detecting conflicts and incursions

- Detecting mobiles that are not following given clearances and instructions

- Providing alerts.

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CMAC Example – Take-off without Clearance

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ARIWS – Autonomous Runway Incursion
Warning System: RWSL
Runway Status Lights (RWSL) is a fully automatic, advisory safety system
designed to reduce the number and severity of runway incursions and thus
prevent runway accidents while not interfering with airport operations.

• Operational in US (FAA) for a couple of years

• ICAO Annex 14 Ammendment 13 (applicable Nov. 2016)

• Provide additional light infrastructure to warn aircraft or vehicles involved in a

conflicting scenario.
• Based soley on surveillance input, no manual interference necessary

ADB Safegate can provide the full package, i.e. light infrastructure and RWSL
Processor

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ARIWS – Autonomous Runway Incursion
Warning System: RWSL
Three different types:
• Runway Entrance Lights (RELs) are placed at
runway/taxiway intersections and warn pilots
and vehicle drivers if it is unsafe to enter or
cross a runway because it is, or soon will be,
occupied by high-speed traffic such as an
aircraft taking off or landing.

• Takeoff Hold Lights (THLs) are placed on

runways at departure positions and are visible
to pilots in takeoff position. It warns pilots it is
unsafe to takeoff because the runway ahead is
occupied by another aircraft or vehicle.

• Runway Intersection Lights (RILs) are placed

on runways approaching a runway/runway
intersection. It warns pilots in a takeoff or
landing roll that the intersection ahead is unsafe
to enter or cross because a conflict exists.

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A-SMGCS Routing Service

Aerodrome Standard Predefined Automatic Manual

Configuration Routes Routes Routing Routing

Route
Route status Route partial Position
Route Editing deviation
indication clearance prediction
monitoring

Traffic Separation- Conflict AGL & stop

Hand-over
Situation less routing resolution bar switching
Routing Service: Route Display and Modification
Routing Service: Clearance Limit
Guidance Service

Provides automated switching of visual aids in conjunction with controller

inputs, providing guidance information to any mobile which has a cleared taxi
route:

- Taxiway Centreline Lights (TCL)

- Stop Bars

- A-VDGS

Other guidance means are partly or fully depending on on-board installations,

meaning the airport has no control about the level of service it can provide
Follow the Green – HMI indication

Indication of Follow the Green

- Active lights (bright green)

- Cleared and non-cleared route
(dimmed green vs. grey lines)
- Route behind stop bar (green
dotted line)
- Fixed intermediate point (large
greed dot)
- Intermediate holding point
(orange dot)

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DIFLIS
Digital Flight
Strips
DIFLIS – Digital Flight Strips

DIFLIS Workspace

▪ Workspace is divided
into bays
▪ Strips are arranged
in stacks
▪ Toolbar
at the bottom edge

Ergonomic principles
▪ Minimize number of clicks
▪ Minimize hand movement
▪ Hand should not cover displayed information

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DIFLIS – Digital Flight Strips

DIFLIS Strips

▪ Strips are arranged in stacks

▪ Bay denotes current status
▪ Strip sequence for planning

Multiple ways to mark strips

for exceptional circumstances
▪ Flag (horizontally)
▪ Mark (special strip color)
▪ Magnetic strips
▪ Handwritten annotations

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DIFLIS – Digital Flight Strips

DIFLIS Workflow Support

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DIFLIS – Digital Flight Strips

DIFLIS Workflow Support

Procedures are based on type of movement (inbound, outbound, etc)

and the concerned sectors.
Between sectors there may be a hand-over of responsibility.

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DIFLIS – Digital Flight Strips

DIFLIS Action Button

The Action button gives access to the next workflow step that is most likely.
Additional information can be displayed on the action button (e.g. next
frequency, clearance limit)
When two options are both likely: two Action buttons

More choices and options are available by Long-click.

Deviation from predefined workflow is always possible.
Transfer and information to remote units is supported (OLDI message)

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INFOMAX –
Information
System

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INFOMAX Concept

• Provides means to arrange, control and monitor functions for auxiliary

systems in a single software application

• Numerous ATC specific information and controls

• Access to all needed data and information from one screen

• Reduces clutter on controller working positions

• Allows ATC to interact with the system using a customized graphical (H)uman
(M)achine (I)nterface

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INFOMAX – Main Page

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INFOMAX – Doc Page

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INFOMAX – FIDS Page

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OPTAMOS –
Departure
Management

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What is your performance problem?

• Runway capacity is limiting factor, should be increased for higher throughput

• Congestion on ground should be avoided to decrease fuel consumption, CO2 emission

• Controller workload should be reduced

• Data Sharing between individual stakeholders (A-CDM) to increase predictability

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Current Traffic Situation

Congestion at Runway Holding Point

• Increased workload for tower controller
• Unnecessary fuel consumption at holding point

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OPTAMOS Departure Management -
Your Solution
Calculate Variable Taxi Time (Pushback and Taxiing)

Compute Target Take-Off Time (TTOT)

Control number of aircraft at holding point

• derive Target Holding Point Queue Time (THPQT)

Compute target startup approval time (TSAT) of aircraft to be at holding point at

the target time

=> Fully compliant with A-CDM (pre-departure sequencing)

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OPTAMOS User Interface

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DMAN – Online Configuration

Change DMAN systems by customers about

• Current runway configuration (direction, category)

• Pending runway configuration changes

• Runway capacity (departures and arrivals)

• Taxi time multiplier (extend taxi times in case of bad weather)

• Minimum separation distance adjustment (bad weather)

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TSAT Display in DIFLIS (EFSS)

Display countdown until TSAT in Flight Strip

Indicate CTOT countdown

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Integrated
Controller
Working Position
(ICWP)
ICWP – BASIC CONCEPT

Integration of well established products

(ACEMAX, DIFLIS, INFOMAX)

• Guarantees stability

• Experience + Knowledge

• Additional functionality through

integration

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Integrated Approach – Workflow Support

Workflow support integrated in dedicated sidebar …

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Integrated Approach – Workflow Support

… or in the A-SMGCS label

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Integrated Approach – Routing Service
Support

Enter/modify the route

in the flight strip …

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Integrated Approach – Routing Service
Support

… or directly in the
A-SMGCS label

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Integration with AGL infrastructure
Monitor and control the AGL
infrastructure in the A-SMGCS
user interface right, where you
need it …
- On/off
- Intensity
- Status/Failures

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Integration with AGL infrastructure

… or use the workflow support

and turn off the stop bars at the
right time

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Stand Status in ICWP

Logic to display status of stand

in A-SMGCS map

• Include safety logic

• Display A-CDM information

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Integrating Other ATC-Relevant Information

• Display of met data

• METARs
• RVRs
• Wind speed, direction

• Display of Navaids Status

• Display of Runway Operation

Mode

• Display of camera streams (CCTV)

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Why ADB Safegate Tower Solutions?

Very flexible, our solutions can be used from small airfields to large hub airports

Our fully integrated products provide a consistent user interface with additional
functionality

Buying all systems for one vendor reduces overhead in project execution,
training, interface discussions and costs.

With many years of experience ADB Safegate provides the knowledge that is
needed to implement integrated tower solutions successfully

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Thank you!