Events

Airspace World 2025

Events

Airspace World 2025

Airspace World is the world’s largest exhibition and conference in the field of air traffic management. From 13 to 15 May, thousands of trade visitors from all over the world will have the opportunity to find out about the latest trends and developments in this field in Lisbon.

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) will be at the event with several exhibits at stand #H1710. Both present current research on the future of air traffic management. Visitors can expect to see interactive demo systems and research results on:

  • Air Taxis and Vertiport Management
  • Flexible Air Traffic Controller Deployment
  • Flight Centric Air Traffic Control
  • Instructor Support for Performance Based Training

As leading research organisations, DLR and NLR provide independent, cutting-edge research and solutions to support Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), airports, airlines and Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs). Their presence at the event underlines a shared commitment to improving the resilience, efficiency and safety of the global aviation system, while promoting sustainability and reducing operating costs.

Airspace World 2025 is the premier global event bringing together leaders in manned and unmanned aviation to shape the future of ATM. The conference will feature discussions on topics such as innovation, sustainability, advanced air mobility and cybersecurity, with the aim of fostering collaboration and driving progress towards a safer and more efficient aviation ecosystem.

Visit both research organizations at stand #H1710 to discuss and experience how independent research and expertise can contribute to ATM innovation! We look forward to welcoming you in Lisbon.

Topics On display at Stand #H1710

Vertiport Management

The functional design and the technical equipment of vertiports and vertiport networks are both a challenge and a key driver for the operational deployment of air taxis and the provision of urban air mobility (UAM) services. DLR presents its recent research on vertiports including the design and operation of individual vertiports on a micro-level, but also extended to the macro-level by addressing vertiport airspace network management and network optimization. In addition, the opportunities and challenges of integrating air taxi services and vertiport operations into an airport environment and controlled airspace are under investigation.

Flexible Air Traffic Controller Deployment

As part of the SESAR project “Increased flexibility of ATCO validations – V3” (IFAV3), DLR is demonstrating the way how newly developed algorithms would enable a more flexible ATCO deployment to sectors. Based on sample data, the demonstrator setup shows the results of skill/competency monitoring calculation for fictional controllers, and at the same time the options for deployment to the used Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre sector structure. This demonstrator not only provides insights into how floating skill/competency indicators would replace today’s binary ‘endorsed’/’not endorsed’ practise, but also shows the increased number of options for a deployment compared to traditional endorsements.

Flight Centric ATC

DLR presents the results of validation simulations of the SESAR project “Flight Centric ATC” (FCA), which were conducted together with the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Service Enterprise using the upper Ukrainian airspace as an example. This airspace can be rated as a medium complexity operating environment. Above flight level 275, a total of 21 sectors, which are currently controlled by four area control centres, have been consolidated into a single, flight-centric ATC airspace. In this airspace, controllers were working in single-person operations supported by various FCA-specific air traffic control tools, namely conflict detection and resolution, task manager, measuring tool, filtering, probing and short-term conflict alert.

Instructor Support for Performance Based Training (INSPECT)

With Performance Based Training (PBT), NLR seeks to support personalised training through enhanced performance metrics, learning analytics and support to all stakeholders in the learning and development process. Learning Analytics often focuses on the needs of training managers. In the INSPECT project, NLR supports the learning process itself by supporting the instructor acquire insight into trainees’ cognitive process, related to Situational Assessment, Workload Management and Problem Solving & Decision Making. The INSPECT project resulted in two prototypes to support analytics within a training session: an Instructor Live Tool, which provides real-time insights into the trainee’s Situational Assessment and a Debrief Tool that allows instructors to review and analyse training sessions with trainees focusing on the three cognitive competencies. NLR will demonstrate both tools.

Presentations and Walking Tours

Join one of the SESAR JU Walking Tours or attend the one of our presentations in the hall theaters. During the guided tours, you’ll be able to see and try first-hand some of our current research results and achievements.

To see the following, please take part in one of the SESAR JU Walking Tours, which all start at the Europe For Aviation stand (H1894). For more information, see www.sesarju.eu/AirspaceWorldWalkingTours2025.

Tuesday 13 May

Tour No.Tour TimePresentation at Stand H1710 Speaker
Tour 110:10-11:50ATM-U-space interface and airspace reconfiguration service (ENSURE)Juergen Teutsch, NLR
Tour 411:05-12:20Navigating climate complexity – non-CO₂ effects and contrail forecasting (CICONIA)Philippe Masson and Fabrice de Bony, Airbus
Tour 511:30-13:10Integration of space operations at the European network level (ECHO2)Sven Kaltenhaeuser, DLR
Tour 713:00-14:25Dynamic management of aircraft configuration and route structures (DYN-MARS)Fethi Abdelmoula, DLR
Tour 815:00-16:35Vertiport operations: development of an integrated U-space / ATM CONOPS (EUREKA)Andrew Hately, EUROCONTROL

Wednesday 14 May

Tour No.Tour TimePresentation at Stand H1710 Speaker
Tour 910:00-11:35On the radar: Flight centric operations (FCA)Tobias Finck, DLR
Tour 1212:30-13:30Cybersecurity risk assessment in virtualised airspace (SEC-AIRSPACE)Tim H. Stelkens-Kobsch, DLR
Tour 1212:30-13:30The VISORS approach to SESAR validationJoonas Lieb, DLR
Tour 1212:30-13:30Flexible ATCO deployment to sectors in upper area control (IFAV3)Michael Finke, DLR
Tour 1414:10-15:15Green operations with geometric altitude, advanced separation and route charging solutions (Green-GEAR)Tobias Bauer, DLR
Tour 1614:45-16:00HUCAN: Holistic unified certification approach for novel systems based on advanced automationSebastian Schier-Morgenthal, DLR

Note: Tours last around 75 minutes and are open to all attendees – no registration required. Just show up at the Europe For Aviation stand and join in!

Theatre Presentations
TitleSpeakersTheatreDayTime
Transforming skies: Flight Centric ATC as a game changerDmytro Tereshchenko, Ella Pinska-Chauvin, Mara Weber, Predrag Terzioski, Tobias FinckViasat Theatre14.05.202512:00