CORSAIR Project Status Updates

Rafal KicingerMetron Aviation, Inc.

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CORSAIR Concept

• Airbus Concept : Use The Aircraft As a Sensor• COntaminatedRunway State Automatic Identification and Reporting

Aircraft data

ATC

Services

AOC’s

Ground Server

Runway condition report

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What does CORSAIR Actually Analyze ?

• CORSAIR analysis starts at brake-on set and ends at 30kt

• CORSAIR uses aircraft data (speed, deceleration, models) toestimate the braking forces experienced during the landing

• CORSAIR calculates the best corresponding TALPA runway state to determine the conditions experienced by the aircraft

6-DRY5-GOOD4-GOOD TO MEDIUM3-MEDIUM2-MEDIUM TO POOR1-POOR

CORSAIR ANALYSIS

TALPA LEVEL

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CORSAIR Contribution to Runway Condition Reporting

CORSAIR technology is not designed as a replacement for existing measurement means, it is designed to complement them

Runway Sensors

Runway Inspection

Weather ReportsFriction Testing

CORSAIR

Consolidated Runway

Condition

PIREP

CORSAIR Advantages• Real-time assessment of runway condition• Measurement of runway slipperiness as experienced by an airplane• Reported using standardized terminology (ICAO)• Ability to detect local areas of degradation

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FAA Project Status

• Completed validation and verification analyses using historical flight data obtained from participating airline partners• Field Trial results and fully achieve project commitments

• Share result with stakeholders. Collect their feed back and requirements for implementation• Confirm non-impact on flight crew workload and procedures for obtaining, reporting, receiving, or using CORSAIR outputs• Consolidate potential benefits for the FAA, airlines, and airports

1st ATSU prototype

Large scale historical data analysis using airline’s FDM data

Flight Test

CORSAIR Development and Validation

Field demonstration with partner Airline and airport

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Field Trials

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Summary and Next Steps

• Validation and verification analyses showed that• CORSAIR identification algorithms provide performance consistency and safe results for

runway condition assessment • CORSAIR provides an added value of objective performance based measurement• Flight tests demonstrate feasibility of the CORSAIR approach

• Field trials will focus on• Evaluating feasibility of real time runway assessment function• Demonstrating end-to-end solution for braking action computation

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