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The Chief Executive Officers of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP), members of the Coordination Platform for Regional Cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe – Gate One, held a meeting in Hungary, hosted by HungaroControl.

At the meeting were discussed the future work of the platform and the need to formulate Gate One strategic ideas and goals in relation to the development of the Single European Sky.

“The future of the Single European Sky requires a proactive attitude and development of concrete proposals” – said Georgi Peev, Director General of BULATSA.

BULATSA participated in a Visitors’ Day for GRADE Project flight tests, which took place in the Headquarters of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), in Brunswick, Germany.
The purpose of the simulations was to prove the applicability of SESAR solutions #51, #55, #103 and #113 for General Aviation and Rotorcraft. The tests included joint flights of a small Cessna airplane and an EC135 helicopter on different routes with approaching trajectories below the safe minimum.
The aircraft were equipped with specially developed technologies by DLR and the Technical University of Brunswick (TUBS) to enable the safe conduct of such flights. Both types of interfaces were shown as well as records of tests already performed.
According to the GRADE project plan, another series of flight tests will be held in October 2019 at the Italian Aerospace Research Center (CIRA) in Capua, Italy.
GRADE is a pan-European project that aims to demonstrate the ability of General Aviation and Rotorcraft to use SESAR concepts to integrate into airspace and airports.
BULATSA participates in the project together with the Italian Aerospace Research Center CIRA – project coordinator, the German Center for Aeronautical and Space Research DLR (German Aerospace Center), the ANSP of Malta – MATS (Malta Air Traffic Services), the Italian technology company NAIS (Nextant Applications & Innovative Solution Srl), the Technical University of Brunswick – TUBS and UPTH University (Parthenope University of Naples) in Naples.
More information about GRADE project you can find here: www.gradeproject.eu and https://www.bulatsa.com/deynosti/proekti/mezhdunarodni-proekti-2/sesar-2020-2/grade-gnss-solutions-for-increased-ga-and-rotorcraft-airport-accessibility-demonstration/

Mr. Georgi PEEV, BULATSA Director General, took part in a series of high-level events on 3^rd and 4^th June 2019 in Bucharest, Romania.
On the 3^rd of June 2019 CEOs of 13 ANSPs, members of the Gate One Coordination Platform, convened in Bucharest for the eighth time to discuss the most pressing topics of European ATM. They agreed on common positions on the Airspace Architecture Study and the Report of Wise Persons Group. Both documents will play a crucial role in shaping the future Single European Sky legislation package to be proposed by the European Commission.
Afternoon part of the meeting was devoted to panel discussion with prominent guests representing key actors of European ATM – Ms. Regula DETTLING-OTT, Chairperson of the Performance Review Body of the Single European Sky, Mr. Razvan BUCUROIU, Head of Network Strategy and Development Division at the Network Manager, and Ms. Tanja GROBOTEK, Director of European Affairs at CANSO. Discussions focused on the future of European ATM, changes necessary to enable further development of the sector and their impact on the existing regulatory framework.
SESAR, Delivering the Future of Aviation Together conference was organized on 4 June by SDM, CANSO and ROMATSA in the framework of the Romanian presidency in the Council of the European Union. BULATSA management representatives debated on how aviation stakeholders can work together to accommodate future growth in air traffic and the capacity crunch alongside with senior representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament, SESAR Deployment Manager, SESAR Joint Undertaking, PANSA, ROMATSA, CANSO, airports, EDA and the Network Manager.

BULATSA hosted a Visitors’ Day to present the conducted validation of the TESLA prototype for pre-industrialization phase, under project PJ.10-02a – “Improved Performance in the Provision of Separation”. The prototype TESLA (Tactical Encounter SoLver Assistant) is a joint project of Airbus D&S and BULATSA, launched in 2016 in fulfillment of activities of SESAR 2020 Programme.
Representatives of the air navigation service providers of France, Germany, Poland and Italy and other guests from the industry, including Airbus Aircraft and Deep Blue Consulting & Research, got acquainted with the prototype’s progress and functionalities in interactive format. They watched a demonstration session of TESLA’s behavior and capabilities through air traffic management simulation. Bulgarian air traffic controllers demonstrated the resolution of many conflict situations in the area of Sofia Approach and Sofia Control through the use of the prototype, which examines the possibilities for improving the accuracy of the predicted airplane trajectory using current flight data from the aircraft board (EPP – Extended projected profile).
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SESAR 2020 is a programme of the European Union that is focused on the development and validation of technological solutions in the field of air traffic management. It is funded by the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.

On 25 March 2019 started a validation of project PJ.10-2a “Improved Performance in the Provision of Separation”, Phase V3 (“pre-industrialization”), to demonstrate the maturity of the prototype TESLA (Tactical Encounter SoLver Assistant).
The prototype was developed by Airbus Defense and Space (Airbus D&S) in accordance with the operational requirements of BULATSA, in fulfillment of project PJ 10 activities of SESAR 2020 Programme. The purpose of the project is to provide Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) with automated means for detecting and preventing conflicts between aircraft, increasing the capacity of airspace and supporting the management of the increasing traffic. The validation is conducted in the test platform “BULATSA Innovation Grid”, specially equipped with workstations for ATCOs and pseudo-pilots.
The validation of TESLA functionalities is conducted through simulation of the air traffic management in the area of Sofia Approach and Sofia Control with significant complexity and traffic intensity. The possibilities for improving airplane separation accuracy by using actual flight data from the board of the aircraft – EPP (Extended Projected Profile) are also being examined.
The Bulgarian air traffic controllers will assess the possibilities for resolving multiple conflict situations with the use of the prototype. The validation exercise will gather information on the maturity of TESLA (according to SESAR Programme standards), which information will be subject to expert analysis. The results and the final assessment of the prototype capabilities are expected in the second half of 2019.
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SESAR 2020 is a programme of the European Union that is focused on the development and validation of technological solutions in the field of air traffic management. It is funded by the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme