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TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP: TRANSPORTATION

4.2 GLOBAL FUTURE PERSPECTIVE • Cockpit Display of traffic Information
Some of the key features of global future (CDTI)
Air Traffic Management (ATM) initiatives by • Self Spacing and Merging using ADS-B(in)
Europe (SESAR) and US (NextGen), and ICAO
(Global Air Navigation Plan/Aviation System The international Air Transport Association
Block Upgrade) for Globally Harmonized ATM (IATA) conducted a study of various aviation
Systems and interoperable technology solutions technologies for their potential to meet targets
are given below: of environmentally sustainable air transport
in terms of efficiency gains and reduction
• Scalable and Adaptable Airspace system of emissions. The technologies have been
categorized based on the technology readiness
• System Wide Information Management levels and compatibility with the existing and
(SWIM); an information platform for next generation aircraft designs. The various
seamless exchange of ATM data and aviation technologies presented in the IATA
all the other relevant aeronautical and report[13] are illustrated in the figure 4.2.1.
meteorological information in digital form
• SWIM enabled Collaborative Decision 4.3 TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES FOR INDIA
Making (CDM); for better predictability and Objectives
operational efficiency of the system
• Safe, Sustainable, and Scalable air transport
• 4-D trajectory based Operations system through deployment of most effective
technologies available anywhere in the world.
• Performance based Operations
• Enhanced aerospace manufacturing
• Digital data-link communication
capabilities so as to be a key player in the
• GNSS as a primary navigation technology global aerospace supply chain.
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance- • Design, Development and Certification of
Broadcast (ADS-B)-out a globally competitive regional transport
• Multilateration (MLAT) as surveillance aircraft.
technology along with ADS-B(in)

SHORT OBJECTIVE:
TERM Consolidation and scaling-up of the existing capabilities to enhance the position in
(NEXT 5 YEARS) the global aerospace supply chain by effectively leveraging the offset obligations of
global OEMs

AIRFRAME, • Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) for design analysis and flow diagnostics
SYSTEMS AND • Sheet metal components, electronic components, cables, wiring, aircraft interiors,
MATERIALS seats, upholstery etc.

• Development of advanced materials and composites, including commercialization
of technologies developed for local production of raw materials

• Material characterization and processing
• Structural testing, non-destructive testing
• Drag reduction coatings
• Hydraulic Systems and Landing Gears
• Aero-structures assembly
• Avionics and Flight Control Systems

• Structural health monitoring
• Advanced Manufacturing technologies including machining, castings, forgings
welding, fastening techniques, robotic manufacturing etc.

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