Joint Opening Keynote session
easyJet, Netherlands
The Open Group
ASD
As the industry transitions from the Single European Sky (SES) operational framework to a new European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) framework, what are the challenges of the new framework for aviation, in particular for manufacturers and ANSPs? What’s the latest with SESAR 3 in delivering the Digital European Sky? How will the new framework, […]
SESAR Deployment Manager, Belgium
Devine Aero Consultancy, Germany
EUROCAE, France
EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub
Digitalisation and New Tools for Testing and Certification
The evolving landscape and digitalisation of avionics hardware and software testing and certification brings opportunities, but also challenges. Staff shortages and the need for skilled engineers with digital capabilities are significant concerns, as well as there is a growing interest in model-based approaches and alternative languages, such as Cheri and Rust. Addressing these challenges requires […]
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Software
EFB Admin Services Int., Norway
SkyThread | SAE International
AdaCore, UK
The advent of 5G networks has brought significant advancements in connectivity, but also presents challenges, such as spectrum scarcity and potential interference with avionics systems. Spectrum co-existence strategies and advancements in datalink technology over Internet Protocol (IP), such as ACARS over IP, are essential to mitigate these issues. What is the status of connectivity systems […]
Jozic Engineering & Consultancy , Netherlands
DEA Specialised Airborne Operations
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions
Complex Systems (Hardware and Software) Testing and Certification
New complex chips, often with multiple levels of cores, makes it difficult to understand their internal behaviour and design effective testing strategies, highlighting the challenges of certifying Systems on Chips (SoCs) in the context of multicore architectures. Issues such as power management, firmware updates, and the use of GPUs further complicate the certification process – […]
Airbus Helicopters
Rapita Systems, UK
Wind River, Italy
Wind River
Ansys
Safer skies rely on Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems that rely on Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) to ensure safe and efficient air traffic flow. ANSPs operating remote centres and towers managing airspace architecture, an integrated ATC, and coordinating aircraft movements, have an increasing workload. How do developments in 4D trajectory based ops (TBO) support […]
CGI UK
Zurich USA, Switzerland
ViaSat USA
easyJet
AI and ML have provided some great opportunities for assisting speed and quality of testing, when such large amounts of data require analysis, and highlighted the importance of a robust testing strategy for AI systems. While AI can effectively analyze and digest large datasets, ensuring the quality of the AI algorithm and the accuracy of […]
Airbus Commercial SAS
EMBRYA, France
SPHEREA Test & Services, France
SkyThread | SAE International
PACE Aerospace
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into aviation is rapidly transforming the industry. As AI capabilities advance, there is growing interest in exploring human autonomy, where AI systems share operational responsibilities with pilots. While regulations are evolving to address the implications of AI and Machine Learning in aviation, the relatively unregulated nature of EVTOL aircraft […]
Airbus Defence and Space, Germany
PACE Aerospace
Daedalean
Digital twins are used for modeling, simulation and optimization, but the quality of the digital twin depends on the validity and accuracy of the data used to build it. While the level of scrutiny required for different types of digital twins varies, it’s crucial to ensure that the data is mapped correctly and meets quality […]
Wind River, UK
Aeralis
Real-Time Innovations (RTI)
Cyber threats and security in Avionics and Air to Ground
The aviation industry faces a growing threat of cyberattacks that could compromise the safety and security of flight operations, both in the sky and on the ground, but what are these latest threats? How can aircraft avoid data leaks? GPS spoofing and jamming also pose specific risks to GNSS systems. With the increase in remote […]
Spirent Communications, UK
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
SYSGO UK
FACE Developing Technical Standards & Updates
The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) is an open real-time standard for making safety-critical computing operations more robust, interoperable, portable and secure in the aerospace domain. The FACE approach is a government-industry software standard and business strategy for acquisition of affordable software systems that promotes innovation and rapid integration of portable capabilities across programs, including […]
The Open Group
Thales UK
DDC-I Inc, USA
PACE Aerospace
LDRA
Latest Technologies & Developments in the Cockpit/Flight Deck
Advancements in technologies plays a key role in the development of an efficient aircraft and enhance capabilities. How can Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology offer advanced capabilities for monitoring and surveillance in aviation? What can sensors and data fusion do for avionics, enhancing situational awareness and improving safety? How can fibre optic intercom systems provide […]
DDC-I Inc, USA
SYSGO UK
Wind River
Wind River, Germany
The complexity of multi-core and multi-system architectures, often built using heterogeneous components like Systems on Chip (SoC), and the mixing of multi-core processors with Open Systems Architecture, provide challenges to test avionics systems, and make it difficult to understand their behavior and define comprehensive testing requirements. Traditional testing methods, designed for single-core systems, are not […]
Lynx, UK
Rapita Systems
Wind River, Germany
LDRA
