The connected systems research stream is a collaboration within DARTeC between industrial partners – in particular Thales – and 星空体育官网. The main vision of this initiative is to unlock the value of industry and academia by enabling collaborative research, experimentation and demonstration of the potential for future and exciting connectivity and network systems at scale.
Recent advances in communication systems have started to influence aircraft and the digital aviation sector, especially in air traffic management (ATM) modernisation, coupled with the data-centric architectures being incorporated into modern aircraft, which will create highly connected systems in the sky of the future. This requires tight integration between aviation systems and ground communication infrastructure to provide real-time flight management over large-scale domains that extend beyond airport zones.
Integrating ground wireless connectivity and satellite communications facilitates the operation of unmanned traffic management (UTM) systems to monitor drone activates including identity, location and flight plan authorisation, safety, as well as enabling dynamic no-fly zones.
This research stream will develop reliable connected systems through software, platform, hardware and experimental field trials to offer a designated environment for product prototyping and research development.
Aircraft data and connectivity need to meet the demands of today's passengers, while also enabling the complete connected aircraft of tomorrow. Inmarsat is one of our connectivity partners at DARTeC, capable of delivering comprehensive, reliable and high-speed digital communication to every flight path in the world. Inmarsat will provide a L-band low frequency service to enable an Aspire 400 terminal. This is a radio communications terminal which has the capability to deliver high-speed voice communications and data for both cockpit and cabin. This new technology will help smart aircraft to be fully connected machines. New services can be introduced to be