Prospective On-Board Software for Conflict Prevention in the Airfield Area

Abstract

This article analyzes statistical data on aviation incidents occurring in the aerodrome zone and existing modern software solutions designed to prevent conflict situations during taxiing in the terminal area. It provides a review of onboard equipment technologies, such as the Airport Moving Map (AMM), Surface Alerting Function (SURF-A), Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS), and Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS). The main functions of these technologies, aimed at increasing situational awareness, reducing workload, and promptly informing pilots (crew) of potential safety threats, are identified. Based on the analysis, prospects for the development of new software capable of reducing workload in conditions of intense air and ground traffic, as well as adverse weather conditions, are identified. The solutions are aimed at reducing risks caused by human factors, such as unauthorized runway incursions and overruns, and disorientationat the aerodrome

Please cite this article in English as:

Sochneva M.A., Popov Yu.S., Shalov S.Yu., et al. Prospective on-board software for conflict prevention in the airfield area. Herald of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Series Instrument Engineering, 2025, no. 4 (153), pp. 121--137 (in Russ.). EDN: HVABRP

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