NEWSKY – Networking the Sky for Aeronautical Communications
The NEWSKY project pursues the vision of 'Networking the Sky' by developing a concept of a mobile aeronautical communication network based on Internet technologies for cockpit and cabin services integrating satellite and terrestrial data links.
Pilots and passengers are expected to have access to a variety of data connections in the near future: Data links in the VHF and L-Band will be available for overland routes, a WiMAX standard is currently being specified for high data rates in the airport environment and new satellite links for cockpit and cabin communications are being developed. What is currently missing is an integrated concept for cockpit and cabin applications to access these different data links.
The aim of the NEWSKY project is to fill this important gap. Instead of using individual communications systems for the various aviation control areas and applications, network solutions are proposed to integrate these systems.
From the technological perspective, NEWSKY supports the trend away from proprietary networking solutions towards the use of widespread Internet technologies based on IPv6. Therefore, NEWSKY is involved in ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization, specification of ATN/IPS), AEEC (Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee) as well as in IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) working groups.
- NEWSKY Posters
- NEWSKY Presentation
- NEWSKY Video (6min): MP4, 25MB, WMV, 160MB
NEWSKY is an international project co-funded by the European Commission
within the Sixth Framework Programme. The project team comprises the
following organisations:
German Aerospace Center (DLR, prime), Thales
Alenia Space, Deutsche Flugsicherung, Frequentis, QinetiQ, TriaGnoSys,
University of Salzburg.