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In a continuous effort to enhance air traffic management, looking for suitable technologies to enable more efficient use of airspace, including surveillance sensors technology that could widen current surveillance coverage and thus enhance the safety and efficiency in air traffic operations and choosing a surveillance solutions adapted to current and future operational needs present a challenge. Although widely deployed primary and secondary radars are considered as highly proven equipment, more recent technologies such as ADSB and WAM (Wide Area Multilateration) offer alternatives to secondary radars. This conference presents various surveillance sensors available in the market, including PSR, SSR, ADS-B, ADS-C and WAM. The focus of this conference will be on ADS-B technology and its contribution towards airspace efficiency and delivering improvement on air transportation systems. ADS-B is radically new technology that is redefining the paradigm of communications, navigation and surveillance in Air Traffic Management (ATM). ADS-B is designed to ease ATC as the number of approaches grows, enhancing safety and increasing airport capacity. This increased capacity is necessary to cater to the high rate growth of air traffic that provides air controllers with a clearer and more accurate picture of airspace utilization, which will translate into increase in air route capacity, more flights can be assigned at their optimum flight levels translating to potential fuel savings for airlines and carbon emission reduction, as well as enhancing surveillance awareness.
Delegates will have every opportunity to share experiences on ADS-B implementation as well as map out plan to share ADS-B data in order to achieve seamless surveillance of civil aircraft. With the rolling out of ADS-B intended to be widely deployed in Air Traffic Management (ATM) surveillance systems by 2020, the FAA has mandated that all commercial aircraft must be equipped with ADS-B by 2020. Various countries have started to roll out plans for ADS-B implementation including by 2017, most commercial aircraft in the European airspace will have ADS-B. By February 2017, all IFR aircraft in Australia must be equipped with ADS-B avionics. By 2020, commercial aircraft in the United States will need to have an ADS-B Out transmitter, which will broadcast aircraft positions and other information to air traffic control and ADS-B In, which gives pilots a better sense of traffic in the surrounding airspace, will remain optional. As such, to prepare delegates for the implementation of ADS-B and what are the implications of modernizing air transportation systems for airlines, airports, ATC and other key industry stakeholders, World ADS-B Data Sharing, Airspace Efficiency & Delivering Improvement on Air Transportation Systems Conference 2015 provides a timely platform for a candid discussion on laying out roadmap to implement ADS-B data sharing, especially those in the process of implementing ADS-B, as well as taking a closer look at making airspace more efficient, driving ATM improvements and managing the changes to airspace, air routes and services effectively, efficiently, safely and within environmental expectations.
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