SafeRoute+ | ADS-B NextGen Surveillance

Product overview

SafeRoute+ from ACSS, an Acron Aviation and Thales joint venture, is the only ADS-B In retrofit solution for airlines. It provides pilots a precise forward field of view of surrounding aircraft up to 180 nautical miles using a Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI). SafeRoute+ creates an environment of shared traffic situational awareness between pilots and air traffic controllers to increase safety and route efficiency.

Currently, SafeRoute+ offers four applications, each focused on specific phase of flight. All applications will provide better situational awareness in the cockpit; however, operators can choose the applications which best align with their specific operations to help them reduce the amount of missed approaches, increase runway throughput, optimize spacing buffers to reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions.

The applications are Enhanced Airborne Traffic Situational Awareness (AIRB), Interval Management (IM), CDTI Assisted Visual Separation (CAVS), and In-Trail Procedures (ITP). ACSS has recently certified its Surface Alerting (SURF-A) application, adding a much-needed safety feature to an already solid ADS-B In retrofit business case.

SafeRoute+ is a simple upgrade to the TCAS 3000SP™ or T³CAS® computers and uses the existing multi-function control and display units and the navigation displays with the optional ADS-B graphical display.

Boost safety, save fuel

In a recent FAA evaluation with American Airlines’ A321 fleet at Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), SafeRoute+™ CAS operations delivered. It was shown to stabilize spacing, reduce overtakes, reduce go-arounds and reduce emissions.

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Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS)

Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) is a joint venture between Acron Aviation and Thales. ACSS designs and manufactures products for all aircraft and helicopter segments, and supports products for air transport and regional airlines, business aviation, and helicopter, general aviation, manned and unmanned military aircraft operators. ACSS produces avionics systems that increase safety, situational awareness, and efficiency for commercial and military flight operators.

Key features

Software upgrade to existing T³CAS® or TCAS 3000SP™ computers
Uses existing displays: Multi-function control and display units and navigation displays
Reduces spacing variation, improving airspace capacity
Provides improved Traffic Situational Awareness
New economical ADS-B Guidance Display (AGD) enables advanced applications
Enables higher runway throughput and maximizes runway capacity
Reduces fuel burn and carbon emissions
Enables less delay vectoring
Facilitates better block-time predictability
Decreases spacing buffer

Applications overview

For total flight efficiency, SafeRoute+ offers four applications, each focused on a specific phase of flight.

Enhanced Airborne Traffic Situational Awareness (AIRB)

AIRB is the standard SafeRoute+ application, providing flight identification, position, altitude, speed and direction for aircraft up to 180 nautical miles away. This information creates an environment of shared situational awareness and aids the crew in visual acquisition of traffic.

CDTI Assisted Visual Separation (CAVS)

With CAVS, flight crews are able to better manage their visual approach spacing using the SafeRoute+ display information. CAVS enables continual visual approach in reduced visibility conditions, keeping flights and airports running on time. The CAVS application also supports CDTI-Assisted Separation (CAS) operations, allowing the runway capacity benefits of visual separation operations during weather conditions that do not support visual approaches.

Interval Management Spacing (IMS)

During the enroute phase of a flight, the Interval Management application enables aircraft to maintain more consistent and accurate inter-aircraft spacing. More accurate spacing at a delivery point (or a crossing point when merging two traffic streams) results in reduced controller vectoring, allowing flights to remain on their planned routes more frequently. This ultimately enables better block time predictability and helps maximize airspace capacity.

In-Trail Procedures (ITP)

With SafeRoute+ ITP, operators spend more time flying at optimum altitude and realize significant savings in time, fuel and emissions. The system uses ADS-B to improve situational awareness and enable flight crews to perform desired flight-level changes on a more frequent basis in oceanic or non-radar airspace.

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Specifications

Operating systems and display options	SafeRoute+ applications can be hosted on an ACSS computer, such as the TCAS 3000SP™ or T³CAS®.
ADS-B Out transponders and next-gen operations	ACSS is leading aviation towards broader implementation of NextGen/SESAR capabilities by developing ADS-B avionics ADS-B is the transmission of an aircraft’s position, speed and intent to other aircraft and to Air Traffic Control. ACSS Mode S Transponders are certified to DO-260B, the highest level of ADS-B Out, and are available now to meet the 2020 ADS-B mandates

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