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A-CDM |
Airport Collaborative Decision MakingAirport Collaborative Decision Making is the concept which aims at improving Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (ATFCM) at airports (Read more) |
ACARE |
Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in EuropeThe Group of Personalities invited Commissioner Philippe Busquin agreed to establish a new Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (Read more) |
Airport |
Airport can be seen as a nod in the transport system. All the passengers, cargo and post go through the (Read more) |
Airspace management |
Since air traffic levels have doubled in the last decade, airspace design must be continuously rethought, to provide the best (Read more) |
ANSP |
Air Navigation Service ProviderServices provided to air traffic during all phases of operations including air traffic management, communication, navigation and surveillance, meteorological services (Read more) |
ATC |
Air Traffic ControlAircraft are safely separated in the sky as they fly and at the airports where they land and take off (Read more) |
ATFCM |
Air Traffic Flow and Capacity ManagementOnce air routes have been planned, the next step is to match the flights with the available capacity. This is (Read more) |
ATM |
Air Traffic ManagementAir traffic management (ATM) is about the process, procedures and resources which come into play to make sure that aircraft (Read more) |
Aviation |
Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially (Read more) |
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CBA |
Cost-benefit analysisCost-benefit analysis (CBA) is a systematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives that satisfy transactions, activities or (Read more) |
CDM |
Collaborative Decision MakingCollaborative Decision Making is a philosophy and a well-defined R&D program. It involves workgroups composed of the relevant partners who (Read more) |
CleanSky |
Clean Sky Joint Undertaking is the largest aeronautical research programme ever launched in Europe for the development of breakthrough technologies (Read more) |
Concept Development |
Concept development is a set of activities that are carried out early in the systems engineering life cycle to collect (Read more) |
Consulting |
Consulting is providing opinion, advice, counsel and to deliberate together. In management consulting, the practice of helping organizations to improve (Read more) |
Cost-Efficiency |
Cost efficiency (or cost optimality), in the context of parallel computer algorithms, refers to a measure of how effectively parallel (Read more) |
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E-OCVM |
European Operational Concept ValidationVerification and validation are independent procedures that are used together for checking that a product, service, or system meets requirements (Read more) |
EDA |
European Defence AgencyThe European Defence Agency (EDA; French: Agence européenne de défense, AED) is an agency of the European Union (EU) based (Read more) |
Education |
Etymologically, the word "education" is derived from the Latin ēducātiō ("A breeding, a bringing up, a rearing") from ēdūcō ("I (Read more) |
Efficiency |
Efficiency generally describes the extent to which time, effort or cost is well used for the intended task or purpose. (Read more) |
EUROCONTROL |
EUROCONTROL is an international organisation founded in 1960 and composed of Member States from the European Region, including the European (Read more) |
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Safety |
If one examines the safety of the different transport modes, he will find that upon statistics, aviation is the safest (Read more) |
Security |
No other transport mode is in spotlight as much as aviation, especially when security issues come up. Security is one (Read more) |
SESAR |
Single European Sky ATM ResearchSingle European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) is a collaborative project to completely overhaul European airspace and its air traffic management (Read more) |
Simulations |
Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. The act of simulating something (Read more) |
SOA |
Service-Oriented ArchitectureService-oriented architecture (SOA) is a software design and software architecture design pattern based on distinct pieces of software providing application (Read more) |
Support Projects |
These are actions that cover not the research itself, but the coordination and networking of projects, programmes and policies. This (Read more) |
Sustainable Development |
Sustainable development is a road-map, an action plan, for achieving sustainability in any activity that uses resources and where immediate (Read more) |
SWIM |
System Wide Information ManagementThe SWIM Common Services Coordination project developed a framework for further System Wide Information Management related activities. The expectation is (Read more) |
SWOT |
SWOT analysisSWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is a structured planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats involved (Read more) |