LFV Annual Report 2022 1
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operation: Research and innovation LFV in demand as research partner LFV conducts extensive research and innovation work in collaboration with national and international partners, such as academia, industry, and other industry stakeholders. During the year, research activities have caught up with the work affected by the pandemic. Research continues to focus on digitalisation, automation, and human factors with the aim of increasing capacity, efficiency, and safety. For many years, LFV's research activities have been conducted with the support of external funding. In 2022, the Swedish Transport Administration, Vinnova, and SESAR provided the majority of the funding. THE SESAR PROGRAMME LFV is involved in the European research programme for air traffic control, SESAR, Single European Sky Aviation Research. SESAR aims to meet the major challenges faced by European aviation. Aviation must be able to deliver safely and cost-effectively to meet demand both in the airspace and at the airports. At the same time, the environmental impact of the air transport sector must be reduced. During the year, the work within SESAR 2020 continued where several major projects conducted demonstrations and showcased their results. Among other things, so-called Open Days were organised to present the results. The year also saw preparations for participation in SESAR 3 (planned start of SESAR 3 project in 2023), which is the EU's next major research and development programme for air traffic management and aviation in Europe. Multiple Remote Tower (Digital Technologies for Tower) LFV is leading the Multiple Remote Tower research conducted under the auspices of SESAR. In September, the function was demonstrated at Malmö Sturup. Multiple Remote Tower is a further development of remote air traffic control. The aim of the research is to validate and enable an air traffic controller to manage air traffic at two or three airports simultaneously. National projects During theyear, several national projects continued, most of which have been presented at scientific conferences and through national gatherings such as the Transport Forum. Safety assessment 2030 The aim of the project is to examine current security assessment and certification processes and their ability to detect potential security risks. The project aims to improve and develop guidelines on how to identify risk sources for three highly automated test cases: Multi Remote Tower, generic authorisations for en route and digital air navigation service and AI-based decision support. Digitalisation LFV is working long-term to review and, if necessary, digitalise all sub-processes within its mission so that LFV can offer employees a more efficient everyday life and offer users of LFV's services new digital solutions. LFV continued the work of building the digitalisation unit to create a part of the organisation that can help the group with the digital transformation. One important element is systematic work with With Multiple Remote Tower, air traffic at more than one airport is managed simultaneously by a single air traffic controller. LFV AN N UAL REPORT 2022