COOPANS EXODUS Project

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SESAR envisions a future single European airspace system that optimizes airspace structures and harmonizes operations to become more cost efficient. At its heart is the virtual centre concept, presenting a move from geographically based systems to service-oriented and virtual (i.e., location independent) architectures. The EXODUS DSD project will be COOPANS’ first step towards virtualised ATM environments with logical federated solutions. The overall objective of the EXODUS project is to demonstrate the viability of a common COOPANS ATM system, established as a Virtual Centre (VC) 3 layer model, geographically separating the ADSP from the location of the ATSP, demonstrating the operational and business viability of a future common COOPANS operating model based on S2020 solution PJ 16-03, Pj 10-93A. for test and training including Supervisory positions. COOPANS is well known as an efficient ANSP cooperation sharing a harmonised ATM platform (Thales TopSky) for more than a decade, with synchronized deployments twice a year and local adaptations where required. The scope of the EXODUS project will be to develop a COOPANS Community environment, including the deployment of: • Minimum two central datacentres installed at two different ANSP premises • Several controller and pilot working positions as well as supervisory positions at each of the 6 COOPANS ANSP member sites in Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, and Sweden. All COOPANS partners will install the necessary local components and and connect via a shared infrastructure and participate in all work packages under the lead of a common WP-leader. EXODUS will also cooperate with the CEF funded project DEVICE (101122741 - 22-EU-TG-DEVICE) coordinated by ENAIRE.