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The APACHE project proposes a new approach to assess European ATM performance based on simulation, optimization and performance assessment tools that will be able to capture the complex interdependencies between KPAs at different modelling scales. This document is the baseline for the Project and defines the operational context which encompasses the evaluation studies that will be carried out in the Project. The baseline and SESAR 2020 target operations definition within the context of APACHE will permit to settle the scope of the project and trace it within the context of the SESAR programme. This traceability is carried out as per SESAR solutions to be assessed, that could be assessed or that enable other solutions to be assessed within the Project.

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The APACHE project proposes a new framework to assess European ATM (air traffic management) performance based on simulation, optimization and performance assessment tools that will be able to capture the complex interdependencies between KPAs at different modelling scales. This document presents the software requirements for the APACHE System. The APACHE System is the platform, build up with different software components (existing and to be developed) implementing a wide set of performance indicators across several key performance areas (KPA). Moreover, the APACHE System can be configured to synthetize aircraft trajectories and airspace sectorisation for future scenarios, in line with the SESAR 2020 scope, where input data is not available (and also for hypothetical scenarios based in the current concept of operations). The software requirements presented in the current document are classified as functional requirements, non-functional requirements and domain requirements. These requirements relate to the first phase of the software development cycle, depicted as Requirements Analysis. This is the base for the following phases: Design, Development, Testing and Implementation.

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This document is the Exploitation Plan of the APACHE project. Its purpose is to identify, describe and assesses the different exploitable results and foreground generated by the project. The APACHE project proposes a new framework to assess European ATM (air traffic management) performance based on simulation, optimization and performance assessment tools that will be able to capture the complex interdependencies between KPAs at different modelling scales. In this context, a new platform (the APACHE Framework) has been developed in the project, which is the result of the integration (and enhancement) of different existing tools previously developed by some of the APACHE consortium members. The importance of this report resides in the description of the exploitation of the project results, as they are the basis for future research. Each partner has provided its own exploitation intentions identifying exploitable services and all the exploitable results of the project, which are foreseen to be further developed in the future. Also, each partner has identified the research challenges from lessons learnt to take into account for their own research activities and services.

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This report is the Deliverable 3 . 1 R - WAKE System Design Document , resulting from WP3 activities. It provides details on the design of the resear ch methodology, simulation fram ework and validation activities, as described in previous deliverables D2.1, D2.2 and D2.3, and whose contents are updated in this document with an incremental perspective and with the appropriate level of detail for this sta ge of the project. The R - Wake project addresses the SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research work - programme topic ER - 07 - 2015 - Separation Management and Separation Standards , within the area of Advanced Air Traffic Services (ATS). The R - Wake project overall object ive is to investigate the risks and hazards of potential wake vortex encounters in the en - route airspace, in current and futuristic operational scenarios, in order to assess the potential enhancements to the Separation Standards and Separation Management m ethods in Europe .

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This document reviews the communication and dissemination plan for the APACHE Project and reports on the specific actions performed during whole duration of the Project (9 May 2016 to 8 May 2018). The success of these activities is measured against different metrics that were established beforehand in the APACHE Project communication and dissemination plan. Targets achieved include the Participation in the SESAR innovation days; publications in conference proceedings; dedicated stakeholder consultation activities and workshops; consultation with the APACHE external experts advisory board; dissemination towards Industrial Research and SESAR scientific committee; and visitors of the APACHE public web site. Conversely, some other targets were not achieved, namely: journal papers published; targets set for social media communication (twitter and LinkedIn), press releases; communication to general public; and the APACHE final event, which was finally cancelled. The report concludes with recommendations and specific actions that are foreseen after the closure of the project, once the final results will be available and additional dissemination and communication actions will be done, especially aiming to address some of the abovementioned unachieved targets.

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This report summarises all the research activities performed by the APACHE project and highlights the main project outcomes and contributions. The APACHE Project proposes a new approach based on simulation, optimization and performance assessment tools, which aim to better capture ATM performance (by means of new or enhanced performance indicators), as well as the complex interdependencies between key performance areas (KPAs). Besides performing a thorough review on the SESAR 2020 Concept of Operations and different Performance Frameworks, the main contributions of the Project are the integration of several background tools into a single platform, enabling the “APACHE Framework”; the proposal and validation of 73 new (or enhanced) performance indicators; and the assessment of ATM interdependencies by using this Framework. This report briefly describes these contributions, highlighting the progress done beyond state-of-the-art methodologies in ATM performance assessment. This report also describes the links with the SESAR programme, identifying the potential uptake of results to Industrial Research and outlines potential future research and innovation activities.

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This report is the Deliverable 2.1 R-WAKE System Specification Document, which provides the compilation of high-levelR-Wake requirements, resulting from Task 2.1 activities. More specifically, this document contains:¿An analysis of the state-of-the-art in wake vortex simulation and prediction; wake vortex separation standards and methodologies; weather data provision simulation and prediction; trajectory based operations; and methodologies for safety and robustness analysis.¿The R-Wake project detailed motivation, objectives and proposed methodology..¿The R-Wake system highlevel specification,which isone of the main contributions of this Project, to enable the realisation of several simulations and assessments of the eventual impacts of wake vortex phenomena in the en-route phase of flight.

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This document presents the results from validation exercises of the APACHE Project. Its purpose is to identify, describe and assess the results generated by the different assessments and simulations carried out towards the fulfilment of the objectives of the Project. The APACHE Project proposes a new framework to assess European ATM (air traffic management) performance based on simulation, optimization and performance assessment tools. This framework implements new (or enhanced) performance indicators (PIs) aiming at bridging some of the gaps identified in current state-of-the-art methodologies in ATM performance assessment. Furthermore, this Framework can also be used to better identify interdependencies and trade-offs between different key performance areas (KPA). In order to validate these new PIs and the proposed methodology, one post-ops and four pre-ops scenarios have been assessed (analysing historical and simulated/synthesised data, respectively). Pre- ops scenarios are designed to perform an initial assessment of certain SESAR 2020 solutions and to test the appropriateness of the APACHE PIs to capture ATM performance in the future concept of operations envisaged by SESAR 2020. Each scenario is composed, in turn, by several Case Studies, mainly to assess the sensibility to different air traffic demand levels and different quality of the input data. Moreover, ad-hoc “a priori” case studies have also been conducted to assess specific trade-offs between KPAs. Finally, some of the PIs currently used by the SES Performance Scheme have been implemented for benchmarking purposes. Results show the appropriateness of the new PIs proposed by APACHE, especially for the Cost-efficiency, Environment and Safety KPAs. PIs for Access and Equity, Capacity and Flexibility represent indeed a contribution beyond current practices, but deserve more research and fine-tuning to raise their maturity level.

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This report is the Deliverable 4.1 R-WAKE Release 1 Document, resulting from half of WP4 activities. It provides details on the early results regarding the simulation framework and validation activities, as described in previous deliverables D2.1, D2.2, D2.3, and D3.1. In this document, together with other documents attached as annexes, three main topics are addressed: 1) the implementation status of the software tool for the micro-analysis of en-route wake vortex encounters and the level of confidence of its outputs; 2) the execution of the safety assessment to define a preliminary version of the Severity Matrix (the first tangible outcome of the project); and 3) the implementation status of the simulation framework for the macro-analysis of the project. The R-Wake project addresses the SESAR 2020 Exploratory Research work-programme topic ER-07- 2015 - Separation Management and Separation Standards, within the area of Advanced Air Traffic Services (ATS). The R-Wake project overall objective is to investigate the risks and hazards of potential wake vortex encounters in the en-route airspace, in current and futuristic operational scenarios, in order to assess the potential enhancements to the Separation Standards and Separation Management methods in Europe.

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The APACHE project proposes a new framework to assess European ATM (air traffic management) performance based on simulation, optimization and performance assessment tools that will be able to capture the complex interdependencies between KPAs at different modelling scales. In this context, a new platform (the APACHE Framework) has been developed in the Project, which is the result of the integration (and enhancement) of different existing tools previously developed by some of the APACHE consortium members. This deliverable is the software availability note of the APACHE Framework. This document firstly describes how the different system components have been integrated into a single workflow, aiming at fulfilling the requirements of the Project. Verification and integration tests of the whole APACHE Framework are presented, showing the successful integration of the different components. Then, validation tests of the individual components of the APACHE Framework are described, taking into account that the validation at system level (i.e. the validation of the whole APACHE Framework as a unified tool to assess ATM performance) is out of the scope of this Deliverable and will be reported in D5.1. Supported by all these tests, the evaluation of the requirements identified in previous Deliverable D3.2 is presented, showing the evidences that proof the fulfilment of requirements and giving a rationale for those (very few) requirements not fulfilled or changed. Finally, this report concludes with a summary of all limitations and assumptions taken when developing the APACHE Framework, aiming at clearly identifying the maturity level of the developed Framework and pointing towards future enhancements and developments of the tool.