Less than a month till EUROCAE High Level Meeting  

27 April, Brussels, Belgium

This High Level Meeting will bring together the regulators and the industry to discuss the visionary outlook for European aviation.

Leaders from the industry will discuss the following questions:

• What are the vision, strategy and priorities?
• What are the challenges?
• What are the main market drivers and how will market competition shape up the industry?

Confirmed speakers include: 

Eamonn Brennan, Director General EUROCONTROL
Alex Bristol, CEO Skyguide
Filip Cornelis, Director for Aviation, Acting Head of Unit for Aviation Policy, European Commission
Stephen Creamer, Director of ICAO Air Navigation Bureau
Francois Delille, Director of ATM Strategy Thales
Florian Guillermet, Executive Director SJU
Marc Kegelaers, CEO Unifly
Kay Kratky, CEO Austrian Airlines & Process Domain Owner LH Group Flight Operations
Patrick Ky, Executive Director EASA
Jörn Muthmann, Chief Airport Operations Fraport
Jan Pie, Secretary General ASD
Nicolas Warinsko, General Manager SDM.

Participants will take away the bigger picture, main trends and top priorities in aviation outlined by key decision makers.

The conclusions of this High Level Meeting will serve EUROCAE to shape and tailor its strategy and guide EUROCAE on how to support these developments and contribute to achieve the overall targets.

For more details please visit the EUROCAE website.

MEETING VENUE:
SQUARE Meeting Centre
2 Ravenstein Street,
1000 Brussels, Belgium 

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EUROCAE 55th General Assembly - Your attendance 
is important! 

27 April, Brussels, Belgium

Starting with 14:00, EUROCAE will be organising the General Assembly meeting.

All the EUROCAE members' representatives are encouraged to register and participate in the Assembly's decision making process!

The General Assembly will take place after the High Level Meeting at SQUARE Meeting Centre, 
2 Ravenstein Street, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Make use of this opportunity and benefit from the participation at both events by clicking the button below!  

EUROCAE and IAOPA collaborate to include general aviation in development of standards

General Aviation is a sector with specific needs and a large community of airspace users - the private pilots, which is needed to shape the standards to comply with the regulation. In order to improve the representation of the GA community in EUROCAE standardisation activities,  EUROCAE and the International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) formalized this collaboration on March 26th in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

IAOPA Secretary General Craig Spence said, “It’s great to see that general aviation will have a strong voice and representation in issues that are impacting the community every day.

We applaud EUROCAE for their willingness to include IAOPA in developing these standards and look forward to a long lasting and successful alliance.”

The new partnership will allow EUROCAE to benefit from the practical aviation expertise of the IAOPA membership in the drafting of new standards while simultaneously addressing global aviation challenges.

The collaboration between EUROCAE and IAOPA Europe will focus on the exchanging of general and technical information; sharing of expertise and best practices; participating in each other’s working groups; and coordinating communication activities.

A chance to join the new WG-109

Kick-off meeting: 23-24 May 2018, Saint-Denis, France

EUROCAE has launched the Call for participation for WG-109 "Runway Weather Information Systems".

Internationally, operating regulations on runway surface contamination are primarily set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), particularly through Annexes 6, 14 and 15 of the Convention on the International Civil Aviation. The said annexes set out recommendations on the information to be given to the flight crew on the type and thickness of contaminants present on runway surfaces. 

The use of the "Global Reporting Format" will come into force in November 2020, which will allow determining a code characterising the runway surface conditions from accurate criteria on the nature of the contaminant and its thickness.

WG-109 is tasked to develop Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for Runway Weather Information Systems. 

It will define the performances expected from the systems and the way of verifying that the latter reach them. The WG will also consider other possible relevant information needed.

If your company is interested in a contribution to this WG, please complete the Registration form before 4 May 2018.

For more information, please contact Sergiu Marzac at sergiu.marzac@eurocae.net.

EUROCAE at the World ATM Congress 2018

As in past years, EUROCAE visited and contributed actively to the World ATM Congress:

• Session ‘Data Link Services Recovery activity update’, focused on the progress made regarding the deployment of multi frequency VDL Mode 2 infrastructure in Europe to comply with the new mandate date and on the global improvement of the VDL mode 2 performances. The recent activities conducted by the SESAR Deployment Manager, the Network Manager, EASA and EUROCAE were mainly focused on the completion of the actions recommended by the ELSA study performed under SESAR JU coordination in 2016. EUROCAE provided information on its activities progress confirming the publication of a new release of ED-92 before end of 2018 and the publication of a complementary document dealing with ground network behaviour recommendation by mid 2019. These activities were conducted in answer to the EC mandate given in 2017 on the basis of ELSA recommendations.

• Workshop on ATM security organised by Bulatsa, highlighting the work achieved by WG-72 and the new training course on aviation cybersecurity.

• Presentation of the new WG 108 ‘ATN/IPS’ during one of the sessions organised by Leonardo at their booth.

• Workshop on UTM, organised by the Global UTM Association, outlining the foundations of UTM and the status of standardisation activities. The work of EUROCAE WG-105 was recognised as one of the main pillars of a sound strategy for UTM implementation.
   
• The EASCG workshop, ‘The Key Role of Standards to Support Deployment’ focussed on the experience and added value that the work of the EASCG and the Rolling Development Plan are providing to the aviation industry and show how the stakeholders can make use of it. It discussed the essential link between standards and regulations and how to manage the completion of standardisation work to meet a regulatory requirement. But the spotlight clearly was on the role of standards at the deployment stage.
  The workshop was attended by a number of stakeholders, wishing to learn more about the EASCG work.

EUROCAE at the IAOPA World Assembly

EUROCAE was invited and participated the 29th IAOPA World Assembly where we reconfirmed the importance of developing industry standards in partnership with the General Aviation (GA) by also signing at this occasion a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations (see above).

EUROCAE Secretary General, Christian Schleifer together with the Secretary General of ICAO, Dr Fang Liu, the Directors of CASA and CAA NZ, Shane Carmody and Graeme Harris, the President of IAOPA and GAMA, Mark Baker and Pete Bunce opened the very well attended
assembly, by setting the scene and

elaborating on the main topics of the event, like the move to use industry standards to certify GA aircraft, the impact caused by the emerging demand of UAS on GA, new and disruptive technologies and how to enhance safety by making best use of it.

Christian Schleifer further participated at the UAS panel, reporting on EUROCAE's ongoing standardisation activities and discussing the potential effects and interfaces with GA.

WG-80 Hydrogen Fuel Cells Systems is looking for additional experts

EUROCAE launched a Call for Participation to inform interested parties about activities undertaken by WG-80 and to provide a possibility to nominate project participants.

WG-80 was established to develop guidelines to support qualification and certification of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems in the various intended applications.

It works as a joint group with SAE
AE-7AFC to develop guidelines to support the use of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell Systems for onboard aircraft applications.

WG-80 is currently developing a joint report on general safety aspects and benefits of on-board hydrogen storage and fuel cells for aircraft applications.

Further joint activities are expected to define the technical guidelines for the safe development, testing, 
integration, validation and 

​certification of fuel cell systems which operate from other types of hydrogen source. 

EASA has actively participated to this activity and supports WG-80, ensuring acceptance of documents developed in certification projects.

WG-80 team would like to encourage for participation representatives from the industry, research organisations which are active in the development of fuel cell and hydrogen systems, as well as players active in related ground services activities, so that hydrogen operations be also covered by relevant standards.

If your company is interested to contribute to these activities, please complete the Registration form by 10 April 2018.

To find out more about the overall organisation of this work, please feel free to contact WG-80 chair Olivier Savin: olivier.savin@dassault-aviation.com or Adrian Cioranu at adrian.cioranu@eurocae.net.

Upcoming training session on Aviation Cyber Security - register now!

10-11 July, Saint-Denis, France

Who should attend?

Anyone working in aviation (airport, ANSP, airline, manufacturing industry) plus regulatory and industrial audiences, who needs to deal with cyber security as part of their day-to-day activities. This includes managerial, technical and operational people. Note that this training is not aimed at beginners nor at existing cyber security specialists who already have an in-depth understanding of the standards landscape.

Course content:

• Cyber threats in aviation
• The current cyber security standards landscape
• ED-201 concepts and methods
• Cyber security auditing and certification
• Airworthiness standards
• Standards for securing operational technology
• Future developments

Learning objectives:
The purpose of the training is to enable participants to adopt a standards-led approach to cyber security in aviation.

The participants will be able to:

• Identify the principles and consequences of cyber security in the aviation environment
• Describe how cyber security impacts different actors in aviation
• Explain the scope and contents of ED-20X as applied by each aviation stakeholder
• Identify the interdependencies between the different standards by mapping the links between them, including ED-201 to ED-205, EN-16495, ISO27000 series, NIST standards, DOs and SAE documents
• Select an appropriate standard, or set of standards, to adopt for specific aviation purposes
• Identify the process to follow and the information required for internal/external audits within an aviation context
• Outline the key requirements underpinning cyber security certification

More details on the training are available here. 

For any additional information please contact Adrian Cioranu at adrian.cioranu@eurocae.net. 

71st Meeting of EUROCAE TAC

21 March 2018, St Denis

The 71st meeting of the EUROCAE Technical Advisory Committee took place on 21 March 2018 at the EUROCAE premises in St Denis.

TAC approved updated Terms of Reference for several WGs and activities:

• WG-105 UAS
  The ToR were updated to allow more time for the development and finalisation of ED-253 
  Operational Services and Environment Definition (OSED) for Automation and Emergency Recovery
   
• WG-72 Aeronautical Systems Security
  WG-72 will finalise the current activities on ED-203A and ED-205 and initiate work on several new deliverables:
  - ED-201A AISS Framework Guidance Document
  - ED-204A Information Security Guidance for Continuing Airworthiness
  - New document Guidance on Security Event Management
  
  More information and dedicated calls for participation will follow in due course.

• WG-100 Remote and Virtual Tower 
  ​WG-100 will initiate the revision of ED-240A to cover the processing and integration of information produced by existing or emerging surveillance systems/sensors for use with Remote Tower optical systems 
   
• WG-31 Lightning
  WG-31 will continue the work on several important documents in the area of lightning protection and initiate work on several new / revised deliverables, such as:
  - ED-105B, Aircraft lightning test methods
  - Guidance for using military standards in support of civil compliance process

More information as well as the full list of all current EUROCAE WG activities is available here.

Next TAC meetings:

• TAC#73, 15 – 16 May 2018
• TAC#74, 29 – 30 August 2018.

For further information please contact Anna von Groote at anna.vongroote@eurocae.net

EUROCAE documents

EUROCAE recently published:

• ER-015 "Feasibility Study Weather Radar for Ice Crystal Detection"
   
• ER-016  "RPAS 5030-5091 MHz CNPC LOS and BLOS compatibility study"

All EUROCAE publications are accessible by clicking the button below