Software Design Principles of a DFS Tower A-CWP Prototype
This addresses workload reduction for air traffic controllers in European ATM modernization, but appears incremental as it builds on existing SESAR efforts.
The paper tackles the challenge of managing increasing information for air traffic control officers by developing a software design for an advanced controller working position prototype, which was tested in two validation sessions.
SESAR is supposed to boost the development of new operational procedures together with the supporting systems in order to modernize the pan-European air traffic management (ATM). One consequence of this development is that more and more information is presented to - and has to be processed by - air traffic control officers (ATCOs). Thus, there is a strong need for a software design concept that fosters the development of an advanced (tower) controller working position (A-CWP) that comprehensively integrates the still counting amount of information while reducing the data management workload of ATCOs. We report on our first hands-on experiences obtained during the development of an A-CWP prototype that was used in two SESAR validation sessions.