DESCRIPTION

ProGA developed and validated a concept of technologies and systems able to perform two main functions: flight path acquisition and processing, and flight path prediction. The prediction is based on statistics from historical flights in a specific area and shared planned routes of other traffic.

ProGA aims to move beyond instantaneous electronic visibility of traffic towards a traffic picture of future airspace occupation. The following ProGA applications are studied:

• The presentation of areas of potential high traffic density, both during planning and in-flight
• The display of predicted conflicts with airborne traffic
• The display of the predicted future location of airborne traffic

The ProGA prototype consists of an application running on a tablet.

The solution is tested and evaluated during flight simulation sessions with real GA pilots.

OUR ROLE:
Deep Blue leads the design, prototyping, and evaluation of ProGA solution.

We develop the algorithms and the logic behind:

• the collection of data coming from General Aviation,
• their statistical analysis, aimed at the identification of recurrent patterns or “predictable” behaviours,
• the real-time elaboration of the traffic scenario and the presentation of relevant information.

We are responsible of the design, development and evaluation of a usable and suitable HMI, involving GA pilots in the process, as final users of the ProGA solution.