EVALINK Progress report DSNA

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EVALINK Progress report DSNA

• 10th October 2007

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EVALINK planning
Tests with external partners (Airbus, EEC
Brétigny)
Tests with external partners (Airbus, EEC
Brétigny)
Tests with data-link flights, transfers with MUAC
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Last steps before starting date

• Site Acceptance Test well under way
• Tests between Reims and Airbus, EEC, MUAC
• Training
• ARINC-to-SITA interconnection would help a lot

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EVALINK in Reims ACC

• French CPDLC 2008 experiment 7th of January to
  28th of March
• Live trials fully in line with LINK 2000
• DLIC, ACM, ACL, AMC
• ATN and VDL mode 2
• FANS accommodation offered during the trials
• CPDLC above FL 345 and, depending on traffic
  load, above FL 270
• Two Controller Working Positions
• Dedicated HMI on a TID with a third controller

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Here
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EVALINK/HMI FL messages
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EVALINK/HMI ACM messages
Next sector pre-selected from the Flight plan
Only two steps 1 Select FRQ field 2 Send
Contact
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Objectives of DSNA

• To evaluate LINK 2000 services with controllers
  and pilots
• To run Air Server developed with Thales in an
  operational context
• To test a full ATN / VDL2 connexion
• To involve both technical and operational staff
  of Reims ACC

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Interest to Link 2000

• First geographical extension of CPDLC beyond
  Maastricht airspace
• First inter-centre CPDLC transfers as Reims is
  adjacent to MUAC
• Validation of full SITA-ARINC internetworking

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The more CPDLC aircraft, the better !
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All Airlines are welcome

• We hope that all Airlines already exchanging
  CPDLC with MUAC will contribute to EVALINK

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EVALINK is (almost) here

• From 7th January to 28th of March 2008
• With FANS accommodation
• Sectors concerned in Reims ACC
• Contiguous to Maastricht MUAC
• UR-XR-KR-HR / UN-XN-KN-HN
• Point of contact frederic.lecat_at_aviation-civile.
  gouv.fr

To summarize, we are waiting for