MRO IT CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Despite the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic's massive impact on the aerospace industry, enhanced safety and communications between the aircraft in the sky and the ground control continue to dominate the industry as technology becomes and increasing driver. Airlines need to move from capacity to efficiency, so what's the latest regulations and how are regulators and mandates impacting on the industry? What needs to be installed in the aircraft to meet these mandates and what is the impact on avionics for operators? Following the Coronavirus pandemic and its economic impact on the industry, who is going to pay for updates?

Technology has been developing at a rapid rate, but what do we now mean by the ‘Connected Aircraft’, especially in a post-Covid-19 age? A truly Connected Aircraft becomes a great business enabler and offers airlines and the broader industry great benefits and opportunities. With many airlines focusing on cost savings and efficiences, how can investment in the connected aircraft contribute towards these? What are these benefits and opportunities and how can we deliver enhanced services and solutions for a more integrated aerospace world?

The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) business approach and technical standard is creating new and higher levels of efficiency and interoperability for avionics design.  This session discusses a range of FACE advantages that drive faster and more efficient development and deployment of FACE solutions.

A well-established use case motivates airlines to investigate new Flight Ops technologies, while the business case quantifies these benefits and encourages investment. Following the Covid-19 pandemic and additional challenges and pressures on airlines, this session addresses the 'combined business case'; that is, the importance of partnerships between airline departments in addition to third party providers. An IT support team's role in realising potentials is also addressed. 

Significant investment in IT/technology is required to ensure successful digitalisation of systems, often with ROI not immediately visible. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, airlines are needing to look at cost savings and efficiencies, however, also needing to invest in different areas. How do we create a value case for new mobile application of new systems and to help transform maintenance, increase productivity and efficiencies?

The concept of Urban Air Mobility is rapidly developing, but with little in terms of regulations and understanding the impact on the airspace - what do we have to test for if we have hundreds in the sky? What are the requirements, how do we appropriately test a crash, what about acoustic emissions tests, how to test without autorotation, what about detect and avoid? In this session we discuss some of the requirements and implications.

Introduction to the Emerging & Required DO-326/ED-202-Set: Aviation-Cyber-Security Regulation for Safety

Optimizing DO-178C/DO-254 Avionics Software & Hardware Development Guidelines

Royal Aeronautical Society Toulouse Branch Workshop

11am - Leveraging AI Methods for Reducing Certification Costs of Safety Critical Cyber Physical Systems - Deni Raco, RWTH Aachen University
11.30am - Electric Embedded Actuators: How to reduce development and manufacturing costs - Gilles Duplessy, ISP System
12pm - Backdrop and context briefing of Aerospace Cybersecurity in 2021 - Florent Rizzo, Cyberinflight
12.30pm    - Development of contactless power and data transfer unit for flight critical tilt rotor application - Carlo Rens, NLR
1pm - NAVBLUE's Next Generation of Electronic Flight Bag - Olivier Aspe, Airbus TRI/TRE Pilot Expert Ops Advisor for EFB, NAVBLUE
1.30pm - TBC

What are the latest developments and trends in Communication, Navigation and Surveillance and flight tracking to mitigate these possibilities. How can we optimise infrastructure and how can enhanced surveillance contribute towards safety and security? What is safety services approved? How do we make positioning more robust with hybridisation? How do we transition from SES to the next systems using the EASA framework?

For the Connected Aircraft, communications systems are key, but each offer different benefits and solutions. The drive for cost savings and efficienices means airlines are streamlining or optimising systems. What you can do with satcom, LEO, L and Ku Bands? What type of system is best for different communications such as traffic, ACARS messages, safety services and non-safety services? 

One of the most challenging aspects of avionics deployment is achieving airworthiness and safety certification.  This session delivers explicit examples of using the FACE architecture to rapidly achieve safety certification and platform airworthiness

The Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) has been in operational use for some time, however implementation and use is closely regulated. The regulatory framework is summarised, and benefits analysed via real use cases. Maximising the use of the EFB requires integration of various data sources, and subsequent training for Flight Crews on effective use of these technologies. As EFBs conitnue to evolve, we explore key considerations here. 

The Electronic TechLog (ETL) is an important tool in digital maintenance. But what regulatory considerations are there, and what are the implications for safety management, such as the Aircraft Network Safety Program (ANSP)? What are the problems with legacy systems moving to modern platforms and what are the best approvals processes? Key compliance and approval requirements are also explored.

With systems becoming more complex and the integration of systems of systems, greater use of multicore processors, how can we ensure testing and certification integrity, including COTS components? What are the issues with GPUs and GPGPUs with no current regulatory guidance? How can we test blockchain authentication to identify corruption?  In this session we investigate the challenges in integration and testing of high level, complex and embedded systems.

2pm - Connected Approach for Modern & Legacy Aircraft - Chris Horne, Appareo
2.30pm - 5G Connectivity for Digital Aviation - Patrick Castagnino, Connectivity Business Development, Digital Aviation, Airbus
3pm - Furthering Intra-Airline Collaboration Using New App from SITA FOR AIRCRAFT - George Georgiou, SITA FOR AIRCRAFT
3.30pm - GADSS ADT: Identify Your Path to Compliance - Ruben Stepin, Director of GADSS and Airline Business Development, Skytrac
4pm - The power of real time connectivity with aircraft for live monitoring of aircraft performance and carbon emission reductions - Jean-Philippe Beaujard, General Director & Romain Blanquet, Business Development Director, FlightWatching
4.30pm - TBC

The aviation industry has been in the spotlight for its adverse impact on the environment, yet huge strides have been made to reduce the environmental impact of aircraft. The Coronavirus Pandemic has shone a bigger spotlight on the sector to be more 'green', with much government financial support linked to environmental change. What are technical capabilities for environmental challenges, how do we decrease emissions and what is the CO2 limitation challenge? What is impact of given technology of environment (at different stages of flight) and what realistic role can can electrical power play?

Savings come from applications that bring value and efficiences. The syngergy and compatibility of applications are of prime importance to enhance efficiencies. What are the applications of connectivity and how do these most benefit airlines/operators and the supporting supply chain? How do we get the most value from connectivity? Here we explore case studies of connectivity applications.

When one considers Flight Ops IT, the EFB is a leading factor. Yet there is a wealth of additional benefits on offer other than fuel savings and efficient route planning; process efficiencies and greater operational reliability are recognised here. To define these wider operational drivers, real-time data, weather 'nowcasts', and ground handling / line maintenance efficiences are explored, combined with an appreciation of Flight Ops IT in the overall enhancement of Flight Safety.

Technology and data being used for predictive maintenance provides many challenges. Why is predictive maintenance important, but what are the risks involved and how can this affect the business model and supply chain? How can you develop predictive modelling and provide levels of protectiveness through business continuity?

The Coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on the working environment, including how testing is undertaken. Remote and virtual testing has moved rapidly forward, whlst developments in digital twinning has revolutionised the way the testing and verification is undertaken. What's the impact of the new working environment on multicore, digital twins and digital manufacturing, and what role can predictive maintenance play? How do we employ measures to ensure the reliability and integrity of testing in this new age?

As the aircraft becomes more integrated and connected, security and safety concerns are becoming heightened. What are the challenges with connected FMS and what are cyber security implications of IMA? How do we ensure safety and security with the increasing use of multicore processors?

What services can be expected from ATM and what is the value chain of connectivity from the ground to the air? Where can the connected aircraft contribute to the wider chain and how can it impact on other operations within the 4 As?

Deploying trusted platforms in compressed time frames is a challenge that is both required and hard to achieve.   This session will focus on creating secure compute and data delivery solutions using Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies that leverage the FACE Technical Standard and architecture.

An airline's ability to ingest and analyse flight data efficiently, then filter effectively to pilots via a suite of EFB applications is complex but of key importance. Interfacing different applications to communicate and process data is one aspect, while assimilating various data standards, codes and formats from a mixed fleet of aircraft is another. Learn from the experiences of airlines, OEMs and software providers. 

As technologies advance at rapid pace, how do airlines best take advantage and ensure technology gets into the production environment? How can we successfully and safely implement newer generations of mobile technology, software in legacy systems and paperless systems? What role can AI and augmented reality play in creating efficencies? What should the long term digital strategy look like?

With the move towards Aerospace 4.0 and digitisation, AI and machine learning is becoming an increased focus for organisations. Amongts this, cyber attacks are a major threat to any organisation and is increasing in activity. As more testing moves to server or cloud based environments, securing test processes and data is becoming increasingly important. Cybersecurity also needs to be designed into avionics to maintain continuous airworthiness & testing requirements. What do regulators want the industry to do to meet standards, what does airline need to do to enhance network security on connected aircraft & test it?

Model Based Development (MBD) Techniques & DO-331 application for Aviation Software Development: moving from Documents to Models

Applying the New Mandatory Aviation Systems/Safety Regulations: ARP4754A (with ARP4761/A)

The Emerging & Required DO-326/ED-202-Set Essentials: The Airworthiness Security Process, Methods & Considerations

10am - ODESSA, an adaptation of Automotive Radar Sensor for Avionic Application - Iacopo De Angelis, Interconsulting
10.30am - Next Generation Flight Management - Samantha Perry, GE Aviation
11am - How to write good functional & safety requirements in 2021 - Micael Martins, Visure Solutions
11.30am - New age design of flight crew operations data handling in MC-21 program - Mikhail Sudbin, Irkut Integration Centre
12pm - Digitizing to keep staff, customers and crew safe - Paul Sandstrom, Web Manuals
12.30pm - Meeting GADSS Autonomous Distress Tracking Requirements with Distress Tracking ELT - Emmanuel Sicsik-Pare, Strategic Product Manager, OROLIA
1pm - Safety Critical GPU Compute for Avionics Systems - Lucas Fryzek, Field Application Engineer, CoreAVI

Following the recent pandemic crisis, airlines need to move form capacity to efficiency. An important role for the need of Avionics  to analyse more and more different types of data rates - data which is difficult to treat with single protocol/architecture, causing major under or over use of bandwidth. How can new services and applications be better supported? What is the Data Value Chain and benefit of data sourcing (collected by airlines)?

As data becomes more prolific and more 'valuable' to an organisation, how do we control this flow of information and who 'owns' the data? As processing data offline becomes more economical, what are data limitations, how do we value data and share just required data and ensure its security?

Using advanced multi-core processors and GPUs in avionics platforms is a challenge. Historically, this results in a situation where only a fraction of the processor capability is utilized.   This session will examine ways to extract compelling capabilities from the latest hardware platforms

Development and progression are vital aspects of technology. Join this session to see what is evolving to benefit flight operations, and what innovations can / will extract additional value for airlines. The capabilities offered by new and emerging aircraft types are discussed, in addition to an exploration of what other industries are doing and how this might inspire aviation's own technological endeavours.

Big data provides the potential to facilitate maintenance planning and predictive maintenance, and the opportunity to optimise decisions, but how do we best achieve this? What role can machine learning and digital twins play? What is our ability to maximise the use of data? What role can the Cloud play and how do we ensure data transfer/delivery is secure?

With more new materials in aerostructures, new processes are required to successfully test from birth to death. How do we standardise testing for 3D printing, conductive inks, graphine, ALM  for temperature, pressure, loads, corrossion, reliability, obsolence or robustness?  Electrification brings new power supply issues, providing potential problems for avionics. How can electrification develop reliable tests of electrical systems?

How will the industry change after the impact of the Coronavirus panedemic and how will technology assist in efficiencies for airlines and aircraft? With more research and investment being applied in urban mobility, single pilot operations and autonomous systems, what does the future hold and what part will avionics have to play? How do we develop standards for use of AI and machine learning and what impact will autonomy have on the pilot and passenger?

What could be done in the future with connectivity and how can new tech assist airlines in reducing costs and enhancing efficiencies? With giant leaps in technological development, what is possible, how can AI and machine learning benefit safety and security? What are other industries doing with connectivity that could be applicable to the aerospace industry?

The proof of any standard is the adoption and deployment of that standard into a compelling application use case.   This session will demonstrate how the FACE Technical Standard and Business Approach is rapidly creating innovative applications in next-generation systems.

How can MRO IT and Flight Ops IT best work together for maximum efficiency and minimise turnaround times? With the advent of paperless aviation, where do TechLogs, EFBs and CabinLogs converge and how can the supply chain best support the airlines to ensure complex decisions are made easier?

How can MRO IT and Flight Ops IT best work together for maximum efficiency and minimise turnaround times? With the advent of paperless aviation, where doe TechLogs, EFBs and CabinLogs converge and how can the supply chain best support the airlines to ensure complex decisions are made easier?

With Machine Learning and AI the current buzz for the future of the aerospace industry, how do we approach designing and testing for automation? How do we identify what to test and to what standards, how do we ensure safety of systems and how to test new processes such as transition from automation to pilot and vice versa? In this session we take a look at what the future of testing holds.

2pm - The State of the Art in Smart Wind Tunnel Models - Michiel Bardet And Theo ter Meer, NLR
2.30pm - The Development of a Passive Repeater System for Flight Test Instrumentation Telemetry - Frederick Eastham, BAE Systems
3pm - TBC
3.30pm - Exploiting new satellite connectivity means to conduct efficient flight test missions: the ESA PLATIN Project - Jean-Marc Gaubert, Atmosphere
4pm - Legacy Aircraft Inspection with Shearography - Michael Collingwood, A-Scan Laboratories