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Nomenclature Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations

ADS-B

= Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast;

ATC

= Air Traffic Control;

AUP

= Airspace User Plan;

AWAS

= Advanced Weather Awareness System;

CCP

= Compact Computing Platform;

COAST

= Cost Affordable Avionics System;

EASA

= European Union Aviation Safety Agency;

EFIS

= Electronic Flight Instrument System;

EV-55

= Evektor EV-55 aircraft;

Evo-AWAS

= Evolved Advanced Weather Awareness System;

Evo-TSS

= Evolved Tactical Separation System;

FMS

= Flight Management System;

FRS

= Flight Reconfiguration System;

GNSS

= Scalable Global Navigation Satellite System Receiver;

GUI

= Graphical User Interface;

HIL

= Hardware-In-The-Loop;

HMI

= Human–Machine Interface;

ICAO

= International Civil Aviation Organisation;

IMA

= Integrated Modular Avionics;

IMMS

Integrated Mission Management System;

MATISSE

= Meteorological AviaTIon Supporting SystEm;

MCDM

= Multi-Criteria Decision-Making;

MFD

= Multi-function Display;

NAV

= Low-Cost Integrated Navigation System;

NRT

= Near-real time;

PFD

= Integrated Primary Flight Display;

QFE

= Pressure setting of altimeter according to given on field/aerodrome elevation;

QNE

= Pressure setting of altimeter according to pressure given on the sea level;

QNH

= Pressure setting of altimeter to standard pressure of 1,013.25 hPa;

SURV

= Affordable Surveillance System;

TRA

= Temporary Reserved Area;

TRL

= Technology Readiness Level;

TSS

= Tactical Separation System;

UHD

= Unified Hazard Database; and

UI

= User Interface.

1. Introduction

The aircraft industry faces challenges driven by the trend towards decarbonisation. It is reasonable to assume that extending the usage period of already-produced aircraft could significantly reduce overall resource consumption related to their production. While aircraft structures can endure many years of use if properly maintained, operational costs are strongly influenced by route planning and its execution. As noted in Chilton et al. (2017) and Della Vecchia et al. (2022), with advances in integrated modular avionics, basic six instruments in general aviation are increasingly being replaced by integrated displays, which enhance flight planning and reduce route execution costs.

When analysing available flight products for planning and route execution, it is observed that some systems are intended to run on separate tablets not connected to aircraft systems (e.g. SkyDemon and Jeppesen Mobile FlightDeck VFR) (SkyDemon, 2024; Jeppesen, 2024), with information occasionally updated via GSM networks (unreliable at higher altitudes). Although these systems have the advantage of not requiring...

     

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