Saab Digital Tower Services Towards 2025...have established Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions AB • The company will market, sell, develop and operate products and services for digital

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Saab Digital Tower Services – Towards2025

Niclas Gustavsson, VP Business Development, SDATS

Cranfield 28th November , 2018



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SAAB AND LFV – A WIN-WIN SOLUTION• Saab and LFV (the Swedish Air navigation Service Provider)

have established Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions AB

• The company will market, sell, develop and operate products

and services for digital air traffic control

• The company provide innovative customised remote air traffic

control by combining unique operational and technical excellence

to benefit our customers and society

• A digital ANS provider for the future



Keeping a 360 degree view on Digital Towers

Regulations

Global standards

Policy making

Military -security

Drones and

UAS

Innovative

Industry

initiativesCyber

Security

New business

models

Leadership

Unions and

social

aspects

User

acceptance

Next gen

ATCO

Data centric

New ATM

Landscape Digitalisation

of the society

Customer

needsIncreased

traffic and

complexity AI

Efficiency



Our overall approach to introducing digital towers

• Technology is only half the delivery– from realising the benefits to handling the challenges

• Think big start small and focus on implementation– operations will set the level of requirements

• It’s all about change management – from topto bottom

• To see is to believe – transparency is key

• Our system solutions shall be scalable andsupport different types of airports with thesame basic architecture

• We are in the genesis of the digital tower era and needs to be adaptable for thefuture, whilst deliveringtangible benefits from day one!

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CERTIFICATION

TECHNICAL

SOLUTION

OPERATIONAL

INTEGRATION

OPERATIONAL CONCEPT & LOCAL CONDITIONS

BUSINESS

CASE



Our Digital Tower champions

IRELAND Cork and Shannon

USA Leesburg Airport

THE NETHERLANDS Schiphol, Groningen

SWEDEN Örnsköldsvik, Sundsvall, Linköping

SWEDEN Scandinavian Mountain Airport

SWEDENRTC Stockholm + 4 airports

UK London City Airport

UK Cranfield Airport



Saab Digital Tower road map

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Saab Digital Tower Common Core product family

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Digital TWR

Single RWY

Large

Complex

Airports

Business

continuity

Functionality

Certification

Software

Hardware

Maintanabiity

R&D

Building on a Swedish, EU, US, UK

Certifications – standard product

Airport

Ramp towers

SMART

Airport

integration

Military

adaptations

Mobile/

tactical

deployement

AFIS – light

versions

Off-Shore –

special

adaptations



Future proofing of Saab Digital Towers

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Second generation

First generationCentre development

Sensor development



Second generation Digital Towers

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First generation gave us:

• Certification and operational approval

• Operational feedback and understanding of theneeds

• Understanding of working in a centre

• Understanding of the critical parts of the systems

• Where to focus our efforts to improve efficiency

Second generation will provide:

• Increased level of industrialisation and standardisation

• Expanded functionality as part of the certified product

• Optimised Centre design for efficient production

• Fully flexible and role base centre solution for up to 24 airports

• Improved maintanability and improved Life Cycle Cost (LCC)

• Updated video chain and sensor capabilities



The centre creates the efficiency

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Flight Information

Services(AFIS)

Runway

Control(TWR)

ATS

Approach Services,

C-APP

MET

Training/Simulation

Technical

Supervision

Rostering &

Management

Drones

CDMMultiple Airport

Control

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2019-2021 – Centre Updates

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Mulitple Airport Control Centre Planning & Optimisation tools




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Integrated Simulation & training Centralised Approach, C-APP



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Large Complex airports -

business continuity

Large Digital centre architecture –

up to 24 airports



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Future proofing of Saab Digital Towers > 2021



2021 and beyond – Centre evolution

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Next generation of video/ OTW - towards AIIntegration of Drone management tools –

UTM/ATM for airports

Full I-ATS integration

Flexible Tower Module concept



I-ATS - Suitable for Multiple Applications

MEDIUM TOWER SMALL TOWER

Safety Nets

Routing & Guidance

Workflows

Airport Equipment

Weather Information

Flow Management

Aeronautical Information

Situational Awareness

LARGE TOWERAPPROACH

Weather Information


Airport Equipment

Workflows



Airport Equipment

Weather Information

Flow Management


Weather Information

Workflows

Safety Nets


Integrated Working Position

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Added values with working with Saab

• Access true operational experience from digital centre operations

• Regulatory experience from multiple countries

• Change management experience – the hard way

• Established implementation and approval processes

• Flexible business models:

• System delivery

• Managed Services

• Build Operate Transfer

• ANS Provisions

• A global prescence and comittment

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From two years to two weeks



Tested methods and processes

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A digital ANS Provider

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Saab Digital Tower Services Towards 2025...have established Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions AB • The company will market, sell, develop and operate products and services for digital