Meeting IFATS consortium

The first phase of IFATS project (concept definition and validation) is actually almost achieved. But the consortium is still active, preparing the next phase that should feature the realisation of a large scale demonstrator for IFATS.

Because IFATS concept is a breaktrhough in term of future air transport organisation, raising many issues (not only technical, but also societal, political or economical), IFATS partners are actively commited towards dissemination activities.

You will find here under a list of meetings and events where you can meet IFATS community. For all these events, communication supports and press information have been released, so please di not hesitate to contact us for more information on this matter.

If you are interested in IFATS publications, you can find a full list of publications in the page "Publications and results".

Find information about IFATS on the stand of ONERA at the Salon du Bourget (Hall 2B - Stand L11 - K28)

Presentation by ONERA of a paper related to IFATS.

On the 20th of March 2007, the Innovative Future Air Transport System project's Consortium will organise its final meeting.

This will be the opportunity for us to present the IFATS concept and the last results of the project. The IFAT System will be explained to the audience through presentations prior to a round table discussion about the ways to pioneer the air transport of the future.

The anticipated agenda is as follows:

On the 14th of December, the Innovative Future Air Transport System project Consortium will organise a workshop to present the IFATS concept and the results of the project. The IFAT System will be demonstrated in detail and explained through real time simulations and presentations prior to a round table discussion about the ways to pioneer the air transport of the future.

Registration to this event that will be hosted by DLR (Braunschweig, Germany) is open until the 17th of November 2006. Please contact ifats@erdyn.fr to get an invitation for this workshop. The workshop is free of charge, but due to infrastructure limitations, reservations will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The anticipated agenda is as follows:

The 9th technical meeting of IFATS will be held from the 26th to the 28th (morning for the management meeting) of September 2006 in Patras, Greece. It will be hosted by the University of Patras

Meet the partners of IFATS project during Aeronautics Days 2006.

The Fifth Community Aeronautics Days is a key event for European research and technology in aeronautics and air transport.

Some results regarding "Fault Identification Decision Making" developped in the scope of IFATS project will be presented by the University of PATRAS during ICAS 2006.

ICAS 2006 is a a congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

The next Technical Review Meeting of IFATS will be held at the end of april, hosted by ALENIA, in Torino (Italy).

Partners will focus on the results of the safety analysis of IFATS concept.

A document explaining IFATS concept to the french speaking public is available.

IFATS project will be present at the exhibition "Communicating European Research 2005" organised by the European Commission.

This exhibition is a good opportunity for anybody interested in IFATS to meet the partners of the project.

IFATS Project will be presented during Infotech@Aerospace, held in Arlington (Virginia), from the 26th to the 29th of September 2005

IFATS project will be presented on the second day (07/12/05) of the Eurocontrol Innovative Workshop that will be held in Bretigny.

The definition phase of the project has introduced a 4D trajectories concept where aircraft are flying pre-programmed flight paths from gate to gate, with a required accuracy depending on the density of the traffic. 4D trajectory contracts are negotiated between aircraft and the ground segment, they provide conflict free flight paths: aircraft have to remain in “freedom bubbles” (see figure) or ask for new contracts.
This concept is supported by a network-centric architecture making all aircraft and ground segment stations as sensors of the overall system. This architecture enables a very accurate knowledge of the wind field and of other events having an impact on the performance of the system.

IFATS Project is one year old now and first technical results have been discussed during a 3 days meeting held in Toulouse and hosted by ONERA.

IFATS Project is now in its tenth month of activity

IFATS Project is now in its seventh month of activity.

IFATS Project is now in its fourth month of activity.

IFATS Project's official start has been announced during the kick-off meeting that was held in Paris (France), at the ONERA Châtillon, on July 05 and 06 2004.