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New projects developing avionic systems and flight deck operations, and their contribution to Future Air Traffic Management

On the 22nd of June, the public event: New projects developing avionic systems and flight deck operations, and their contribution to Future Air Traffic Management was held. The event was organised by  ALICIA with the participation of 3 other FP7 projects (DAPHNE , ODICIS and SCARLETT ). Special guests from the EqIMG group, EC and SESAR participated to the event.The event was successful and we have pleasure in announcing that you can download all the presentations on the ALICIA website . More materials (photos, results of the questionnaire) will be available soon. For any requests or information please do not hesitate to contact alicia@dblue.it

Deep Blue attended the ASMT User Group

The ASMT User Group was held at ENAV Area Control Centre of Ciampino (Rome) on 9th and 10th of June 2010. Deep Blue attended the meeting as a speaker, presenting the mid-term results of the Eurocontrol project “ASMT Design Review”.
At the ASMT User Group Deep Blue played a key role in managing the Work Sessions attended by different ANSPs, in addressing their operative needs according to the ASMT modules and in showing the safety benefits deriving from the ASMT implementation.  

TMA2010+ Project South Final Meeting

The 5th of May the TMA2010+ Project was successful closed at ENAV Experimental Centre (Rome) through a final meeting among the members of the consortium.

The focus of the meeting consisted in finalizing the results achieved during the whole duration of the project and collected in the final deliverable “WP3: Final, Consolidated Simulation and Activities Report”.

The key elements evaluated in the project were the use of AMAN [arrival management] system, the adoption of Point Merge System [new arrival routes to Fiumicino airport based on P-RNAV - Precision Area Navigation procedures – with Continuous Descent Approaches] and the interoperability between AMAN and PMS in the Rome Terminal Area.

DeepBlue was responsible for the organisation and the conduct of the validation activities during both the simulations (RTS1 and RTS2), as well as for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the results and the provision of all the reports collecting the results.

Ethnographic study in the FCO Control Tower

Within the Bemosa project, Deep Blue will lead the ethnographic study in the FCO Control Tower.  The observation sessions are planned in the incoming week -from the 26th to the 30fr April 2010- and will be devoted to uncover important work practices and interactions between ATCOS TWR and among them and the technology, analyzing how the physical environment affects the system.

The data gathered in this phase will be subsequently analyzed. Results will provide the first experimental base for developing a behavioural model and a training package to face critical events in the airport environment.

E-OCVM Version 3

Version 3 of E-OCVM has been produced with under the direction of the E-OCVM Supervisory Board with contributions from the CAATS II and Episode 3 projects funded by the European Commission (EC) DG Transport under the 6th Framework. Programme.

First Bemosa Technical Meeting organized by Deep Blue

The 8^th, the 9^th and 10th of March , Deep Blue organizes the first  Bemosa Technical Meeting.

The meeting will be host in Rome and it will be attended by all the partners.

The ethnographic studies will be the main theme of the meeting. The Technion, as project coordinator, will present the basics of the ethnographic studies and the examples of application of these techniques to the airport environment. An ethnographic simulation is scheduled and will be performed in a realistic setting in the city center of Rome.

New telephone numbers

Deep Blue has changed its telephone numbers.
The new numbers are:
Phone: +39 06 85 55 208
Fax: + 39 06 85 58 988

Modelling human behaviour in airport critical situations: launched BEMOSA project

The “Behavioral Modeling for Security in Airports” (BEMOSA) project started in September 2009 with the Kick-off Meeting held at Haifa (Israel) at Technion premises. BEMOSA is a collaborative project funded under the 7FP, dedicated to develop a dynamic and realistic model of social behaviour and security decision making during security threats in airports. Deep Blue contributes to the definition of the  behavioural model and, with human factors expertise,  in planning and running validation exercises. Deep Blue is responsible of the WP devoted to the design and implementation of the training activities supported by the behavioural modelling tool.

TMA2010+ Validation South Successful RTS2 and Open Day

FASTI South project Real-Time Simulation