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Aviation

SINTEF is shaping the future of aviation and is developing new technology for greener, safer, and more efficient air traffic.

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  • Trond Bakken

    Trond Bakken

    Marketing Director for EU Research in SINTEF Digital

As SINTEF’s vision is «Technology for a better society», we have been involved in the aviation industry since the beginning of the 1950s. Our research scientists work closely with the industry and offer a broad set of expertise inhouse. We believe technology and digitalization will provide the aviation industry with great opportunities and our research scientists have been working on solutions on how: 

  • air traffic controllers can manage more flights with the help of modern technology.
  • pilots can be able to plan flights with less turbulence.
  • citizens can experience less noise from an increasing number of flights.
  • the future navigation and communication in the aviation domain can happen almost without expensive ground installations.
  • the future flights can reduce the environmental impact with the help of modern technology.
  • aviation safety and security can gain on lessons learned from other domains.

As the largest independent cross domain research organisation in Scandinavia we can help facilitating the solutions together with you. Building on our experience and state of the art research both within the aviation domain and in other domains, such as space, oil and gas, railway and road.

Projects

Airspector: Coverage Path Planning for 3D Aerial Inspection

Airspector: Coverage Path Planning for 3D Aerial Inspection

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In Airspector we are building tools for planning and simulating aerial inspection missions using autonomous drones. Our goal is to make it simple to plan efficient and safe drone paths to inspect any 3D model, to inspect any type of infrastructure in...

Smart use of chemicals on runways

Smart use of chemicals on runways

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The airport owner Avinor plans to develop a decision support system for chemical application on runways. The aim is to make it easier for ground personnel to apply chemicals at the right time and with the correct application rate. The system will...

ATM U-Space Interface» (PJ34-W3 AURA)

ATM U-Space Interface» (PJ34-W3 AURA)

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Up to ten times more drone traffic compared to manned aviation is expected by the end of the next decade. SINTEF is preparing for the integration of these unmanned entrants into the shared airspace.

Integrated Runway Sequence (VLD3-W2 SORT)

Integrated Runway Sequence (VLD3-W2 SORT)

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SINTEF’s new planning tool for arrivals and departures enables 5.1 per cent increased runway capacity and improves the predictability of flights by 60.8 per cent.

Airport, Airside and Runway Throughput

Airport, Airside and Runway Throughput

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The goal of the project is to enhance meteorological information, both measured and forecast, for use in novel air traffic management tools supporting enhanced time based and weather dependent separation modes for airport arrival and departure runway...

Digital Network Management Services (PJ.09-W2 DNMS)

Digital Network Management Services (PJ.09-W2 DNMS)

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The project PJ.09, Digital Network Management Services, aims to improve network traffic predictability and shared complexity representation for all demand capacity balancing (DCB), dynamic airspace configuration (DAC), integrated network management...

Digital Technologies for Tower (PJ05-W2)

Digital Technologies for Tower (PJ05-W2)

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SINTEF has developed software to enhance the situational awareness of air traffic controllers (ATCOs) in remote towers. Various automation features and techniques support them by improving their spatial and temporal perception.

Total Airport Management (PJ04-W2 TAM)

Total Airport Management (PJ04-W2 TAM)

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A new software developed by SINTEF makes it more efficient to plan daily airport operations, reducing delays, aircraft idling and recovery time.

Integrated Communication, Navigation and Surveillance System  (I-CNSS )

Integrated Communication, Navigation and Surveillance System (I-CNSS )

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The I-CNSS project was dedicated to developing an integrated communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) infrastructure. The aim was to support European and global harmonization of CNS between airlines, air navigation service providers (ANSPs...

SESAR PJ 19 Content Integration

SESAR PJ 19 Content Integration

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SESAR 2020 takes an integrated approach to modernising Europe’s air traffic management (ATM), with over 18 projects developing solutions addressing different aspects of system. To ensure that the solutions delivered are interoperable, the programme...

BEST

BEST

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BEST is SESAR Exploratory Research project focusing on a new way of data handling. By creating new data classification methodologies it will enable the application of System Wide Information Management (SWIM) one of the main results of SESAR.

DARWIN

DARWIN

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The project is focussed on improving responses to expected and unexpected crises affecting critical societal structures during natural disasters (e.g. flooding, earthquakes) and man-made disasters (e.g cyber-attacks).

Aircraft noise annoyance in Norway

Aircraft noise annoyance in Norway

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Aircraft noise unquestionably causes annoyance, but reactions to a given noise exposure vary wildly. The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency and SINTEF ICT Acoustics have teamed up to strengthen the connection between the aircraft noise situation and...

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