27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-11.3.3

FMS AUTOMATION ISSUES FOR FUTURE ATM INTEGRATION

G. W. Flathers, D. J. Allerton*, G. T. Spence**
Univ. of Sheffield & AFIT, UK & USA; *Univ. of Sheffield, UK; **Aerosoft Ltd., Germany

Keywords: future atm, uas integration, fms, automation

Errors can be introduced to conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) systems if actual aircraft navigation performance deviates from trajectory predictions. This paper presents results from simulations of flight management system responses to flight plan modifications issued by an automated CD&R system in the presence of network latencies.

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