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The Institute of Flight Guidance develops prototype systems in collaboration with the users. The testing takes place in extensive simulation systems and real field tests such as the Braunschweig Research Airport. The implementation of systems in airports is supported by the Institute with services such as analysis, advice, assessments and training.

Simulations in a realistic working environment of controllers and pilots

	TowerLab The TowerLab is a unique research facility that complements the Apron and Tower Simulator of the Institute of Flight Guidance. It allows innovative concepts for working positions and support functions for tower controllers to be tested.
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	Airport and Control Center Simulator (ACCES) The ACCES acts as a management center with working positions for the different operators at airports.
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	Air Traffic Management and Operations Simulator (ATMOS) The Air Traffic Management and Operations Simulator (ATMOS) is an experimental facility for simulating air traffic in real time.
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	Apron and Tower Simulator (ATS) The Apron and Tower Simulator (ATS) presents the controller working positions at the airport. The ATS allows new systems and procedures for air traffic management at the airport and in the terminal control area to be validated.
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	Generic Experimental Cockpit (GECO) The Generic Experimental Cockpit (GECO) is a modular cockpit simulator with flight-mechanical models of the DLR test aircraft ATTAS. The flight-mechanical models are interchangeable, depending on the application required.
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	Data link station The famous landmark of the data link station is the antenna tower which is 30 metres high and is situated in the north of the Koppehaus. A parabolic antenna with a diameter of 3 metres can be moved in two axes and is installed on the upper platform.
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	Airport Research Facility Braunschweig The research airport Braunschweig-Wolfsburg has a unique sensor system that enables the high-precision surveillance of objects on approach and departure as well as on the ground. This environment allows new procedures and technology to be tested under realistic conditions.
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System analysis at airports

	A-SMGCS analyses From the beginning DLR gives direction to the A-SMGCS concepts and affects the standardisation. Essential contributions as management, test concepts and prototypes of subsystems are supplied. Following analyses are our area of expertise:
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	TAM - Analysis and Research of Total Airport Management Taking countermeasures regarding the increasing traffic bottlenecks at airports the DLR goes ahead with basic research on coordination and automation of the existing local command and control system to define and develop new concepts and prototypes of control systems that point to the future.
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Flight tests with DLR's research aircraft

	ATRA - Advanced Technology Research Aircraft The Airbus A320-232 "D-ATRA", the latest - and largest - addition to the fleet, is a modern and flexible flight test platform which sets a new benchmark for flying test beds in European aerospace research.
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	Do228 – DLR Multi role turboprop twin engine test aircraft Validation of innovative Air Traffic Management systems by flight testing of new sensors or equipment.
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Training

Training in the ATS – Apron and Tower Simulator

Prior to the implementation of new operational procedures and infrastructures at airports and aircraft the operating staff can be educated and trained in a real time test environment. Thus a smooth progress of operation is assured after the implementation of these new systems. The training in the tower simulator can be offered for the domains aerodrome control (tower controller), traffic control on the manoeuvring area (ground controller) and vehicle guidance on the apron (apron controller).

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Human Factors

Human-Machine-Interface

For a safe and efficient handling of the complex, networked processes in flight guidance and air traffic management, human operators such as pilots, air traffic controllers and airport personnel need assistance from automated tools and functions. The challenge is to design the respective assistance tools appropriately in order to ensure that they support the cognitive performance of the human operator in a most adequate way.

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	Operational Concepts The comprehensive implementation of new operational concepts has to go beyond individual human-machine cooperation and must aim at an improved cooperation between all team players.
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	Experiment Design Based on a long-standing experience with experiments for the assessment and validation of procedures and prototype systems we are offering consultancy and support in planning and execution of human factors validation experiments.
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	Systems Evaluation The research facilities of the Institute of Flight Guidance provide the backbone for comprehensive demonstration and validation of newly developed systems and procedures in flight guidance and air traffic management.
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