EUROPEAN GADSS WEBINAR

ELT(DT) SOLUTION : OROLIA’S ULTIMA-DT

PORTFOLIO – NEW GENERATION FAMILY OF ELT

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Next generation ELTs

1995

Kannad 406 ATP

2010 Integra

Award2002-2006

406 Survival

1998-2005

406 AF

2008

Compact

Helicopter versions

406 AF-H, 406 AP-HGeneral Aviation

2009

Pocket PLB

More than 80 000

ELTs delivered

European Commission

H2020 program

Ultima-S

Ultima-DT

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System operation

Operator is “in charge” of getting Distress

Tracking Data

SAR and ATSU are “in charge” of getting Distress

Tracking Data

Requirement orientation

In-Flight Autonomous Distress Tracking focus (as

a prescriptive method to achieve EoF location) End of Flight Location focus

High level goal

Aircraft retrieval focus (locate FDR/CVR)Search And Rescue focus

(timely rescue possible survivors)

ICAO EASA

• Amendment 40A to

Annex 6 (§6.18)

• Conops V6

• Guidance doc. 10054

• LADR specification

• EU regulation

CAT.GEN.MPA.210

Location of Aircraft in

Distress (LAD)

• NPA 2020-03 to

CS/ACNS under review

ICAO AND EASA COMPARED APPROACHES TO ADT

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EASA LAD – ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO ICAO

• Combined with ICAO PFLR requirements :

o Crash survivability – at least for 121.5MHz homing signal

(required by SAR European teams)

o 121.5 MHz homing signal, with operating lifetime of 48 hours,

even in cold environment (-40°C)

o End of flight detection

o For survivable crash, location must be transmitted to SAR authorities within 20 min after End

of Flight, with 200 m accuracy

o Power autonomy for duration of flight without engines (max 30 min) plus 15 min following

End of Flight ; using emergency bus is an acceptable MoC

o No way to disengage the system in flight (apart from circuit breaker)

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ELT(DT) : A ROBUST ADT TRANSMITTER SOLUTION

• A dedicated & optimized answer to Autonomous Distress Tracking requirements

• Leverages existing Cospas-Sarsat Distress detection

and distribution infrastructure (to RCCs)

• Bridges ADT implementation with legacy ELT(AF)

– in terms of integration, operation, maintenance

• Provides power and location autonomy, transmission robustness and low

nuisance triggering rate in a compact, super-rugged, cost-effective solution

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INTRODUCING ULTIMA-DT

MEOSAR & GALILEO TECHNOLOGIES IN NEW GENERATION ELT(DT)

• Fully Compliant with ICAO ADT, EASA LAD, ED-62B requirements,

robust to aircraft power and location failure

• Crash-Survivable capability, maximizing the probability of finding survivors

by SAR forces thanks to 121.5 MHz homing signal ; Class 1 (-40°C)

• Compliant with FAA/EASA special conditions for lithium batteries

• DAL-C, Redundant internal Trigger in Flight chain providing

low nuisance activation rate

• Integrated Crash Sensor detection – ELT(AF) like behavior

• Internal GNSS receiver, with external location backup via A429

• Easy integration with single high-speed external antenna for GNSS reception

and 406 + 121.5 MHz transmission

• Cospas Sarsat First Generation Beacon (FGB),

upgradable to Second Generation Beacon (SGB) when operational

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ULTIMA-DT AIRCRAFT INTEGRATION

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Same known integration principles as ELT(AF)

• Located at the rear of aircraft, close to antenna

• Cockpit Control Panel for manual activation

• Additional TiF ARINC 429 (label 202) to ELT(DT)

• Additional status ARINC429 (label 201) from ELT(DT)

• Additional triggering discrete interfaces available

RCP

28 VDC power generation

C/S GNSSAntenna

ADT moduleTiF Processing

Manual act/deact by

cockpit control panel

Secondary location source (ARINC429)

x

z

y

TiF, location (ARINC429)

ELT(DT) status (ARINC429)

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ULTIMA-DT STATUS

• Design / prototypes started in the framework of GSA HELIOS program (2016-2020)

• Design completion & certification in the framework of Airbus selection

• Key milestones

o Red label : Dec 2021

o Black label : Q3 2022

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ELT(DT) FLIGHT TRIALS WITH STAKEHOLDERS NOVEMBER 2020

Spanish and French Mission Control Centers

THE LARGEST ELT(DT) SYSTEM LEVEL TEST TODAY

➢ Location of an Aircraft In Distress In Flight with:

✓ ATS Procedures with Multiple airspaces

✓ Management of Multiple SAR Regions

✓ Check of Infrastructures performances

✓ Check EASA NPA requirements CAT.GEN.MPA.210

➢ Location of an Aircraft In Distress In Flight with

✓ EUROCAE ED-237 For Criteria To Detect In-flight Aircraft Distress Events To Trigger Transmission Of Flight Information

✓ EUROCAE ED-277 MASPS For Aircraft Emergency Locator Transmitter Remote Activation / Deactivation with Galileo Return Link Service

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Spanish and French Rescue Coordination Centers

This project has received funding from the

European GNSS Agency under the European

Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 687554

ELT(DT) NOV. 2020 TEST IN PICTURES

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CONCLUSION• GADSS ADT implementation requirements are now reasonably stabilized (at

least for airborne segment)

• EASA LAD adds a layer of mandated requirements, due to the focus on End of

Flight location

• ELT(DT) approach has been selected by all Airframers

• ULTIMA-DT, developed in the framework of European HELIOS program, is the

“Distress Tracking” member of a family of new generation ELTs meeting all

GADSS ADT/LAD requirements, including those related to Lithium Batteries

• Nov. 2020 trials validated ELT(DT) maturity to achieve ADT/LAD requirements,

from a technical, procedural and organizational perspectives ; It demonstrated

also the end-to-end feasibility of Remote Command service (through Galileo

RLS)

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This project has received funding from the European GNSS Agency under the European Union’s

Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 687554

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Emmanuel SICSIK-PAREStrategic Product Manager

emmanuel.sicsik-pare@orolia.com