{"id":15018,"date":"2020-03-10T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=15018"},"modified":"2020-03-10T12:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:07:48","slug":"sita-accelerates-air-traffic-control-innovation-with-boeing-ecodemonstrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/sita-accelerates-air-traffic-control-innovation-with-boeing-ecodemonstrator\/%20","title":{"rendered":"SITA Accelerates Air Traffic Control Innovation with Boeing ecoDemonstrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SITA is accelerating innovation in air traffic control (ATC) communications as part of Boeing\u2019s ecoDemonstrator program<\/a>, alongside key industry partners including NASA and long-standing airline customer, Etihad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program tests pioneering and promising technologies that\naim to solve air transport industry challenges for airlines and passengers, as\nwell as enhancing sustainability. The most recent program saw the\nimplementation of such technologies onboard a Boeing 777 and tests a total of\n50 different projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SITA\u2019s involvement in the program highlights the strength of\nits SITA FOR AIRCRAFT portfolio, which delivers the promise of the connected\naircraft by providing services that enable communication between aircraft,\nground systems, ATC and other operators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SITA is working in collaboration with Honeywell to optimize\nthe transmission of digital information between pilots, ATC and airline\noperations centers (AOCs) using Internet Protocol Suites (IPS). The technology\nsupports Boeing\u2019s ambition of testing technologies that focus on the\nenhancement of flight operations and safety, with the potential to drastically\nimprove ATC communications and end-to-end data exchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the completion of successful trials, the migration\nfrom ACARS protocols to IPS could benefit airlines by offering commonality\nacross mainstream communications channels, as well as next-generation network\ncompatibility and enhanced security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SITA\u2019s testing of these capabilities, through Boeing\u2019s\necoDemonstrator initiative, has an important role to play in today\u2019s\nground-to-air connectivity landscape and the increasing pressure on traditional\ncommunications protocols. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The implementation comes as part of SITA\u2019s work to evolve a\nmultilink aircraft communications ecosystem, as a world leader in IPS. Central\nto this approach is SITA\u2019s ability to integrate multiple networks, both\nproprietary and third-party, enabling seamless fallback and a vital system that\ninspires industry-wide confidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mike Sinnett, Vice President of Product Strategy and Future\nAirplane Development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said: \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to\nwelcome SITA onboard our debut 777 ecoDemonstrator to address some of the\nchallenges facing airline operations and air traffic control. This is a key\narea in assessing the technologies that will make our skies safer and more\nefficient, for Boeing, and the wider industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominique El Bez, Vice President Product and Strategy, SITA\nFOR AIRCRAFT, said: \u201cReinforcing flight safety and optimization remain\npriorities for airlines and air traffic managers. That\u2019s why SITA is working to\nbuild and optimize a multilink communications ecosystem. By working with the\nBoeing ecoDemonstrator to test these solutions faster and with greater\nfidelity, we hope to continue to develop our end-to-end, fault-resistant\nsolutions for enhanced aircraft communications, whatever the satellite network\nor connectivity platform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SITA FOR AIRCRAFT is one of SITA\u2019s three domains of expertise, alongside SITA AT AIRPORTS and SITA AT BORDERS. These domains of expertise bring together SITA’s technology solutions and services with in-depth knowledge of industry processes and systems. To find out more about SITA FOR AIRCRAFT\u2019s aircraft communications services, visit the website.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SITA is accelerating innovation in air traffic control (ATC) communications as part of Boeing\u2019s ecoDemonstrator program, alongside key industry partners including NASA and long-standing airline customer, Etihad. The program tests pioneering and promising technologies that aim to solve air transport industry challenges for airlines and passengers, as well as enhancing sustainability. The most recent program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eco-Demonstrator.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15018"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15024,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15018\/revisions\/15024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}