Digital flight rules

Objectives: The 'Digital Flight Rules' grant under the Horizon Europe Programme aims to advance the development of digital flight rules, a new concept that leverages cooperative surveillance to enhance aviation safety and efficiency. This initiative builds on previous SESAR research projects and seeks to evolve the current flight rules by integrating certified on-board systems capable of performing equivalent vigilance tasks as required by traditional methods. The expected outcomes include the development and validation of digital flight rules compatible with both Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), applicable to both crewed and uncrewed aircraft, thereby supporting a highly automated Air Traffic Management (ATM) environment.