EUROCAE Broadcast #17

EUROCAE BROADCAST EDITION 17 / NOVEMBER 2022

EUROCAE CREATES WG-125 TO ADDRESS NGAP PROGRAMME

GLOBAL AVIATION SPECTRUM SUMMIT | 13-14 DECEMBER VIRTUAL

EUROCAE SYMPOSIUM 2023 26-27 APRIL 2023 PARIS

Contents Message from the Director General .............................. 2 Technical Advisory Commitee ........................................ 4 Technical Work Programme ............................................5 EUROCAE Signs MoU with KIAST ....................................... 6 EUROCAE Workspace ....................................................... 7 EUROCAE Leadership Summit ....................................... 10 Working Group Highlights ............................................... 12 EUROCAE Trainings ......................................................... 20 EUROCAE Symposium 2023 ............................................ 31 New Publications............................................................. 33 Membership News .......................................................... 34

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SM DEFS S SDF A G E F RO M THE DI R EC TO R G ENER AL

Dear members, colleagues, and friends of EUROCAE, All through 2022, we have seen the first signs of an upward trend after two years of COVID-19. As an international aviation community, we are able to once again project to the future. But what does that future hold for us – digital transformation, innovation, and of course, sustainability.

The 41st ICAO Assembly, which EUROCAE was honoured to attend as a recognised international organisation, adopted a long-term global aspirational goal (LTAG) for international aviation to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 in support of the Paris Agreement. The urgency of this matter is, now more than ever, recognised, and it is an immensely important milestone for the international aviation community to play its part in combatting climate change. This LTAG is an important step towards a more sustainable future in aviation and complements the European Union’s initiatives, such as the Green Deal.

Another aspect to be addressed in ensuring a sustainable future is the Next Generation Aviation Professionals (NGAP) programme, which was first launched by ICAO several years ago to address shortage of skilled personnel in all areas of aviation.

I am very pleased to announce that EUROCAE is launching Working Group (WG) 125 to encourage students to pursue a career in this industry and attract professionals into aviation, while identifying ways to retain skilled personnel. EUROCAE aims to engage with members in the aviation industry, universities and students, organisations working on a similar topic, and act as a facilitator in encouraging collaboration

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and finding innovative solutions to tackle this issue.

(Read more on page 19.)

Standards need to keep pace with the rapid rate of innovation to move towards a smarter and more sustainable aviation, whilst maintaining the safety and security levels that are at the centre of our work.

Close engagement with our members and partners is key in this endeavour, as we can only succeed by working together. The European aviation community is working hard to address the challenges that lay ahead. EUROCAE is actively engaged in many ways and supports the ambitious global and European targets by developing internationally recognised standards that enable and facilitate innovation and deployment of new technology. Only by working together, planning together, and working along agreed lines will we be able to succeed in these times. Engagement with our partners is therefore more important than ever.

In doing so, our Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is instrumental. In addition to giving advice to EUROCAE Council on technical, operational, and on request, policy matters, it provides recommendations on the creation and modification of standardisation activities carried out by the WGs. It also develops the forward-looking Technical Work Programme (TWP), which looks at aviation trends and how EUROCAE could support these developments with relevant standards. The 2023 TWP was approved by the Council at its 319 th session on 11 October and will be the foundation of our work in the next year and years to come. (Read more on page 5.)

MESSA GE FROM TH E D IRECTOR GEN SD ERF D A FL

The TAC is composed of 12 subject matter experts, each representing the different domains of interest of the entire EUROCAE membership. I am pleased to welcome three new members into the TAC, JeanLuc Faillot, SAFRAN Landing Systems, representing Equipment Manufacturers – Aircraft Non Avionic, Pascal Rohault, Thales LAS France, representing Equipment Manufacturers – Ground Equipment, and Jaime del Molino, IATA, representing the Airspace Users community.

We have some new faces not only in the TAC, but also in the Secretariat team. Whilst we are still actively recruiting two Technical Programme Managers (TPMs), Alex Milns has joined us in the summer to support several WGs in the airport and ATM domains.

Furthermore, we have welcomed Yago Grela as a new colleague who will handle our communication and training activities. We will continue to ensure that the Secretariat team has the right competencies and skills to support our members and the WGs in their work to develop standards.

Another event I would like to highlight is the Global Aviation Spectrum Summit. Organised jointly by EUROCAE and RTCA, it will bring key stakeholders and decision-makers on spectrum allocation, regulation, and usage together for a discussion on how aviation can best prepare for the future global environment as technology moves towards more efficient and effective usage of spectrum. The two-day event, streaming live on 13 and 14 December, is fully virtual and will explore how aviation can deal with this scarce and shared resource. (Read more on page 18.)

We have also started to prepare for a major event next year, EUROCAE’s 60 th anniversary. We will celebrate this important milestone throughout 2023, in particular at the Symposium, which will be held in Paris on 26 and 27 April 2023. We look forward to welcoming many of you on that occasion in our hometown. More information will follow. (Read more on page 23.)

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy reading this Broadcast!

The Leadership Summit, organised annually, brings WG leaders together to discuss matters of common interest. This year, it took place on World Standards Day on 14 October 2022. What a great coincidence to say, ‘Thank You’ and to celebrate our shared goals and achievements! (Read more on page 10.)

Anna von Groote Director General

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TE C H N I C A L A DVI SO RY C O MMI TTEE

New Members in the Technical Advisory Committee The role of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is to provide advice to the Council on technical, operational and, on request, policy matters. Specifically, it gives recommendations on the creation and modification of standardisation activities, namely through Working Groups.

Once a year, the collective expertise of TAC members is brought into the EUROCAE Technical Work Programme (TWP).

The TAC meets four times a year, in synchronisation with Council meetings, to ensure a fast flow of information and decision; if needed, ad hoc meetings are organised to address specific matters.

During its meetings, the progress of Working Groups are monitored, and the evolution of the international regulation, standardisation, and R&D environment is analysed. This work is done in close cooperation with EUROCAE Secretariat. To establish a direct interaction with the WGs, WG leaders are often invited to TAC meetings.

Several intense debates happen after the establishment of new WGs, or when follow-up work is proposed for existing WGs, thereby ensuring that the proposed initiatives align with the activities performed by other bodies (especially our partner SDOs, RTCA, and SAE) and with the needs of European and global aviation community. It is also paramount to avoid gaps and duplications and to make best use of available resources.

The TAC is composed of 12 specialist members, each representing a specific aviation domain to achieve a balanced representation of EUROCAE interests. Nomination for TAC membership is open to all EUROCAE Full Member organisations, and TAC members are appointed for a 3-year renewable term.

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This year, three positions were open for appointment or renewal, and a call for application was launched during the summer. During its 319 th meeting on 11 October 2022, EUROCAE Council approved the nomination of following new members:  Jean-Luc FAILLOT (SAFRAN Landing Systems) for the Equipment manufacturers – Aircraft NonAvionic domain;  Pascal ROHAULT (Thales LAS France) for the Equipment manufacturers – Ground Equipment domain;  Jaime del MOLINO (IATA) for the Airspace Users domain.

For more information on the TAC, please visit https:// eurocae.net/about-us/governing-bodies/technicaladvisory-committee-tac/.

TECH N ICA L WORK PROG R A M M E

Technical Work Programme 2023 The purpose of the Technical Work Programme (TWP) is to provide guidance for future activities in a globally consistent and harmonised way. A clear view of planned activities in EUROCAE is provided. This does not contradict with the fact that EUROCAE is a flexible organisation and is able to amend its plans as necessary. As shown in the recent past, EUROCAE is able to react on short notice and produce high-quality standards on demand.

Every year, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) updates the TWP. Edition 2023 of the TWP was approved by the Council on 11 October 2022.

Increasing importance of environmentally friendly aviation shapes the 2023 TWP at EUROCAE, thereby addressing sustainability, advanced air mobility, and decarbonisation. The need for optimised use of spectrum, efficient and interoperable use of artificial intelligence in aviation systems, new technological platforms, simplified operations of advanced air mobility, and support to the European space strategy will play a key role in the near future and are addressed in this document.

Some topics might lead to activities or Working Groups being initiated in the very short term (a 2-year time frame):  Sustainability related activities  Automatic Speech Recognition  Blockchain

Complementing these activities, the TWP describes the associated stakeholders and supports coordination between industry, research, operational need, and the political framework. The standardisation programme is closely coordinated with the SESAR digital EUROPEAN Sky Programme and its roadmap, and it will liaise with the Clean Aviation programme.

The document also provides a future vision into possible evolutions encompassing topics such as autonomy, quantum computing and other evolving technologies and concepts that are likely to affect aviation.

The TWP reflects the key values of EUROCAE, which include being transparent, fostering collaboration and consensus, and staying current with regard to innovation, global interoperability and worldwide harmonisation.

 Computer vision

The full work programme of all active Working Groups, as well as the public version of the latest TWP are available at https://eurocae.net/about-us/workinggroups.

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M E M ORA N DU M O F UNDER STANDI NG

EUROCAE Signs Memorandum of Understanding with KIAST The South Korean aviation industry has been increasingly active, especially in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) domain. Worldwide interoperability and global harmonisation need international inputs to develop globally accepted and applicable standards. This is an aspect that EUROCAE aims to achieve through its standards, and this goal can only be met if standards are developed in a collaborative manner with inputs from global stakeholders.

In view of the successful collaboration between EUROCAE and Standard R&D Center of Sejong University, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between EUROCAE and the Korean Institute of Aviation Safety Technology (KIAST) in November 2022. EUROCAE and KIAST agreed on ways to enhance collaboration among these two organisations to support further development of standardisation activities in aviation.

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The MoU establishes a framework for cooperation through which the organisations will exchange information, share best practices, and participate in each other’s activities. It also intends to increase visibility of EUROCAE standardisation activities in South Korea, especially in the domains of UAS and VTOL. EUROCAE Director General, Anna von Groote, said, “KIAST has been an active EUROCAE member since the establishment of the VTOL Working Group and we are glad to have signed this MoU with them.

Developing domains such as UAS and VTOL require inputs from stakeholders across the world, and we are elated to welcome South Korean stakeholders in EUROCAE and to support the aviation community with relevant, globally applicable standards.”

Strengthening cooperation with other regions of the world is one of EUROCAE’s key objectives, as it supports the development of internationally recognised standards, for which inputs from concerned stakeholders worldwide is required.

EUROCA E WOR K SPA C E

EUROCAE Workspace Continuous Improvement for Better Collaboration

The IT infrastructure is continuously improved at EUROCAE, notably the EUROCAE Workspace, to make online collaboration as easy as possible and provide the best facilities to our Working Groups (WGs) to develop standards. The workspace has undergone several significant upgrades as a result of input from WG leaders and participants. A major improvement will be implemented in the current platform in Q4 2022.

COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE The workplace now includes an online collaboration tool. Participants in the WG will be able to collaborate on the same file within the Microsoft toolset, namely Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and One Note, among others to draft standards.

This new capability improves online collaboration among WG participants and streamlines how WG leaders and document editors manage inputs and multiple document versions. Additionally, it will improve communication between WG members, and it helps Document Project editors and WG leaders track changes made in the text and identify version history using an environment-specific tool.

To make the most of this feature, a how-to video, which is the 6th episode, was released on EUROCAE's YouTube page, thereby giving members an overview as well as demonstrating the functionality of each area.

MEETINGS By joining the WG, users are instantly notified of upcoming meetings, including the location and format of these meetings. Each meeting has its directory which contains previous meeting notes, thereby providing newcomers with the opportunity to conveniently follow the WG’s activities.

TOOLBOX We have established the toolbox to provide a central location for WG members to refer to templates and QMS procedures that are applicable to the EUROCAE Document (ED) Development process.

Watch the videos in the Howto Series and follow us on YouTube! Search for EUROCAE 'How to' Series on YouTube.

HOW-TO VIDEOS EUROCAE has created a 'How to' video series, which is available on YouTube, to describe topics relevant to EUROCAE Workspace.

The first episode is an introduction to the workspace, and it demonstrates how to utilise this tool and the numerous features that are available.

The EUROCAE team eagerly awaits your feedback, and we welcome recommendations for future videos!

For additional information, please contact support@ eurocae.net.

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EUROCAE Leadership Summit '22 The best parts of being a Working Group leader

The Leadership Summit 2022 was held on 14 October 2022 at EUROCAE’s premises in Saint-Denis, France. This annual meeting provides a platform for Working Group (WG) leaders to meet and exchange best practices, aspects pertaining to the organisation, and discuss WG activities.

The agenda focused on EUROCAE updates, sessions on GNSS and spectrum in EUROCAE standardisation activities, exchanging best practices pertaining to leading a WG, and identifying areas in which EUROCAE Secretariat could provide further support.

Read for yourself what some of them say when asked what the best parts of being a WG chair are:

Stephane Dubet

Oliver Savin

Chair of WG-44 ‘Aeronautical Databases’, and DP Editor in WG-105 SG-3 ‘UTM’:

Chair of WG-80 ‘Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Systems’:

"As our sector is more reliant on data than ever, standards developed within WG-44 on aeronautical databases or WG-105 SG-3 on data provision and exchange for UTM are key for international civil aviation or unmanned aircraft systems. Leading the corresponding EUROCAE activity is a challenge, since it is voluntary work by nature (participants also have a «daily job»), and because the expectations and objectives of all stakeholders are not always aligned.

Yet, it is also a rewarding experience, where teamwork and consensus building results is an actual outcome: a new or an updated industry standard, beneficial for the entire aviation community."

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EUROCAE WG chairs (or co-chairs) are responsible for executing the work programme and tasks sheets (TS) in line with the Terms of Reference (ToR), drafting updates to the ToR/TS as required, leading WG meetings, and representing the WG at meetings and conferences. They maintain a close coordination with the Technical Programme Manager (TPM) to ensure that the activities carried out are in line with EUROCAE processes and procedures.

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"The chair of a EUROCAE WG must strive to bring together and federate various expertise to establish the support of its active members around a common objective. They must plan and orchestrate collective efforts in order to obtain a broad consensus, the key condition for creating applicable and recognised standards, in the interest of the entire community.

For this, the structure that supports them must be fully committed to their side: strategic support, facilitation and link building, contribution to the work itself, communication, etc. On a personal level, contributing to the development of new technologies for aviation through my role as chairperson of a EUROCAE WG is very rewarding. This positioning also allows me to have a unique visibility on the activities of my peers and to multiply the links and connections with them, while improving my technical knowledge of the subjects every day."

LEA D ERSH IP SUMM I T 2022

As we celebrate World Standards Day on 14 October 2022, EUROCAE brings leaders of many of our WGs together to discuss matters of common interest, exchange views and learn from each other. Every year, it is a great opportunity for WG leaders to engage with each other and with the EUROCAE Secretariat team.

EUROCAE Secretariat would like to acknowledge the crucial role played by our WG chairs and secretaries (and co-chairs/co-secretaries) and thank them for their support. We are pleased to see a growing number of experts contributing to the development of

EUROCAE standards within this voluntary framework – almost 5000 today.

We would therefore like to thank every WG leader, volunteer, and participant for their efforts – we would not be able to do it without you!

Hannes Griebel

Olivier Fourcade

Chair of WG-118 ‘Crashprotected and Lightweight Flight Recorders’:

Chair of WG-97 ‘Interoperability of Virtual Avionic Components’:

"Aviation has brought immeasurable benefits to mankind by bringing people, ideas, and cultures together. To make this work, we need to agree on standards that ensure worldwide interoperability.

EUROCAE allows us to accomplish this challenging task. As WG-118 chair, I am both happy and proud to contribute to this process. The many different ideas and views expressed by world-leading experts are often challenging to align, yet the reward outweighs the effort many times. Both professionally and personally."

"There are no guidelines nor training path as it exists for project leader, but at the end, there is a tangible outcome: the standard. Achieving a revision means understanding each member’s interest while preserving the goals stated in the terms of reference.

Doing so requires balance between channeling exceptional talents and targeting a suitable solution.

In the end it’s up to the chair to imagine the industrial leverage a widely adopted document brings."

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Major Milestone for WG-59 ED-133A in Open Consultation

EUROCAE Working Group 59 Flight Data Processing (FDP) Interoperability has reached a major milestone. On 26 July 2022, Revision A of ED-133 ‘Flight Object Interoperability Standard’ was submitted to Open Consultation. This step concludes a multi-year effort by a significant number of manufacturers and users. The work was based on the original version of the standard, ED-133, which was published in 2009, and it therefore was outdated and no longer fit for purpose. The revision of the document was kicked off in October 2013 in Brussels.

During the determination of the use cases and requirements to be published in the standard, EUROCAE maintained a close link to the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU). The SJU executed several largescale exercises to prove the feasibility of the concepts and to derive the actual requirements to be complied with in the exchange of the Flight Object.

ED-133A defines the interface between different instances of Flight Data Processing Systems (FDPS) and between Air Traffic Control (ATC) Units, providing enroute and TMA (Terminal Monitoring Area) operations.

This interface has been defined to ensure a consistent view of flight data across all FDPSs. It is intended to satisfy current operational needs including the European Commission Regulation No 1032/2006 and its amendment No 30/2009 relating to notification, coordination, and transfer of flights between ATC Units, as well as to provide the basis for future operational concepts including:

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MTCD (Medium Term Conflict Detection) across system boundaries.

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Distribution of time constraints Manager AMAN applications.

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Negotiation of downstream units.

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In its work, WG-59 had to consider differing opinions on how Flight Object Interoperability should be achieved. It took a long time and significant effort by individual WG members to overcome these differences and to build consensus on how the future exchange should be performed. A big role in this process was played the creation of two subgroups, one working on operational requirements, and the other one working on technical requirements. These two groups, working hand-in-hand, ensured that not only the operational users were considered but that also the feasibility of the technical implementation was addressed appropriately, which is of particular importance for an interoperability standard.

Originally, ED-133A was part of the Common Project 1 (CP1) and therefore all relevant stakeholders were kept informed about the progress of the document drafting. In any case, development continued at a steady pace leading up to the Open Consultation.

Following the Open Consultation and the subsequent comment resolution, WG-59 is focusing on finalising ED-133A for publication, which is expected in early 2023.

Since some functionalities (e.g., the interface to the Network Manager) are not yet described in the standard, a discussion about future work for the WG will take place within the WG in the coming months, together with the Secretariat and TAC.

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WG-72 New Activities Initiated on Aeronautical Systems Security

On 17-21 October 2022, WG-72/SC-216 met to initiate a new set of activities to reflect the major change in regulation with the publication of EASA Part-IS. In October 2018, WG-72/SC-216 started working on three documents: 

ED-206 ‘Guidance on Security Event Management’, published in June 2022 This document provides guidance on security event management for various actors in the aviation environment to develop processes and procedures for identifying and reporting security events and to initiate response with respect to continuing airworthiness.

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ED-204A ‘Information Security Guidance for Continuing Airworthiness’, published in September 2020 The guidance for continuing airworthiness was updated based on regulatory developments and ED-203A update.

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ED-201A ‘AISS Framework Guidance Document’, published in December 2021 ED-201 provides the framework for linking the various portions of security in aviation together.

As the relevant standards are being updated and new ones generated, ED-201 was updated to capture these changes. In addition, EASA is in the process of generating a set of regulations across all aviation domains (“horizontal rule”) to introduce an Information Security Management System and shared risk across organisations.

At the meeting, WG-72/SC-216 kicked off work on the following topics:

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Information Security Management System for Aviation Organisations

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Data Information Security Minimum Operational Performance Standards

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ED-206A ‘Information Security Event Management’

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ED-202B ‘Airworthiness Security Process Specification’

The physical meeting held at EUROCAE in October 2022 is the first face-to-face meeting since 2019.

Shortly followed by:

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ED-205A ‘Process Standard for Security Certification and Declaration of ATM ANS Ground Systems’, published in July 2022 ED-205A has been updated to integrate the latest regulatory work including the new basic regulation and the Part-IS.

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WG-97 Interoperability of Virtual Avionic Components

Physical test benches are complicated platforms with significant initial and ongoing expenses in aircraft development. Virtual testing, a potential technology that has already proved its benefits in other industries, is one way to ease these issues. However, it presents unique obstacles in the avionics business, such as sophisticated distributed systems, hardware heterogeneity, and different supplier infrastructures. There is currently no aeronautical industry standard that formalises the flow of information between virtual avionic components.

The goal of this working group (WG) is to develop a standard that will standardise the integration of virtual avionic components and enable the production of "plug and play" virtual and hybrid test benches based on the results of the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) joint project.

The first deliverable which was developed by WG-97 and published in 2019, ED-247A ‘Technical Standard for Virtual Interoperable Simulation for Tests of Aircraft Systems in Virtual or Hybrid Bench’, addresses

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certification credits through the accumulation of industry experience verifying the representativeness and reliability of this virtualisation strategy for verification and validation operations.

The scope of ED-247A was to standardise:  The virtual and hybrid testing method by integrating virtual and hybrid test bench components.  The interfaces between virtual and hybrid components (virtualisation rules for various aircraft signals and buses, instructions, and so on).  The hybridisation (the combination of real and virtual components).  The interchange of components between provider and integrator.

The draft deliverable, ED-247B, attempts to update ED-247A to fully cover the perimeters established by the Council at the outset and will address major avionics interfaces and functionality. Publication of ED-247B is expected in Q2 2023.

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ED-301 Supporting UAS Operations through Standardisation

EUROCAE has published ED-301 titled 'Guidelines for the Use of Multi-GNSS Solutions for UAS Specific Category - Low Risk Operations SAIL I and II', which was developed by WG-105 UAS SG-6 SORA. WG-105 SG-6 addresses topics pertaining to Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

This document was initiated to improve the capability to manage external services that affect UAS operations to support safety in the specific category.

Considering that the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver is the primary navigation sensor for most UAS, the level of performance of GNSS services, and especially multi-GNSS, has a direct relation with flight safety, both in nominal and nonnominal conditions according to the operational context where it is used. The term “multi-GNSS” is used since there are several GNSS constellations that could be used to provide positioning information to UAS. This document details some specific constellations, systems, signals due to legacy reasons, global coverage, and general public accessibility. The standard will support UAS operators in achieving approval for specific operations with regard to inherent safety risks associated to the use of GNSS services in UAS operations.

ED-301 is intended for operations in Low Risk (SAIL I and II) in the specific category. Further versions of this document will deal with Medium and High Risk in the same category. SORA Operational Safety Objective (OSO) #13 ‘External services supporting UAS operations are adequate to the operation’ is also applicable to higher Specific Assurance and Integrity Level (SAIL) operations in the specific category but with different level of assurance, which may take the form of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with external GNSS service providers. This changes the approach with respect to Low Risk operations, so a new standard will be defined instead of evolving ED-301. ED-xxx titled ‘Guidelines for the Use of Multi-GNSS Solutions for UAS: Medium Risk’ has been initiated to address this.

ED-xxx is expected to be published in Q2 2024.

EUROCAE would like to thank WG-105 members for supporting and contributing to the development of this standard and would like to invite members to contribute to the development of the new standard, which will address Medium Risk!

You can download or purchase ED-301 from EUROCAE eShop, https://eshop.eurocae.net/ eurocae-documents-and-reports/ed-301.

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WG-112 Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Working Group (WG) 112 VTOL develops the necessary industry standards as Acceptable Means of Compliance to support Special Condition on VTOL aircraft, which EASA published in mid-2019. This activity is part of the EUROCAE Technical Work Programme and is being performed as a pilot project of the EUROCAE Lean process. This lean process minimises administrative efforts, whilst maintaining the core principles of EUROCAE – openness, transparency, consensus – and the goal to publish high quality standards.

WG-112, which is co-chaired by Lionel Tauszig (EASA), and Oliver Reinhardt (Volocopter), was created as an outcome of a joint EASA/EUROCAE workshop and held its first meeting on 27 June 2019. WG-112's work programme is coordinated by a Steering Committee, which comprises of the chairpersons, co-secretary, Technical Programme Manager, subgroup leaders, and invited stakeholder representatives. Currently, the Steering Committee is defining new tasks to support EASA’s priority list of Means of Compliance (MoC) complementing SC-VTOL. 19 standards are under development in WG-112.

The WG is structured in nine subgroups (SGs):

SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 2019, WG-112 HAS DEVELOPED 13 STANDARDS:  ED-278 ‘Concept of Operations for VTOL Aircraft Volume 1: General Considerations’  ED-278A ‘Concept of Operations for VTOL Aircraft Volume 1: General Considerations’  ED-289 ‘Guidance on Determination of Accessible Energy in Battery Systems for eVTOL Applications’  ED-289 Change 1 ‘Guidance on Determination of Accessible Energy in Battery Systems for eVTOL Applications’

 SG-1 Electrical Systems  SG-2 Lift/Thrust  SG-3 Safety

 ED-290 ‘Guidance on High Voltage Definition and Consideration for Personal Safety’  ED-293 ‘Concept of Operations for VTOL Aircraft – Volume 2: Commercial Passenger Air Taxi Transport’

 SG-4 Flight  SG-5 Ground infrastructure  SG-6 Avionics

 ED-296 ‘Guidance on Use of High-Voltage Electrical Distribution for eVTOL Applications’  ED-298 ‘Guidance on Minimum Primary Flight Instruments for VTOL Aircraft’

 SG-7 ConOps  SG-8 Seats (joint with SAE SEAT committee)  SG-9 Electromagnetic Hazards

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 ED-299 ‘Guidance for Vertiport Operators and Operations’  ED-300 ‘Guidance on Conducting an Aircraft Functional Hazard Analysis and Preliminary Aircraft Safety Assessment for a VTOL Using a Generic Example’

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 ED-304 ‘Technical Standard for Passenger and Crew Seats in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Aircraft’  ED-306 ‘Design Considerations for VTOL Aircraft Protection From Uncontained High-Energy Fragments and Sustained Imbalance’  ED-307 ‘Guidance on the Demonstration of Acceptable Occupant Safety - Emergency Egress’ THERE ARE SEVERAL ONGOING TASKS IN EACH SG:  SG-1 Electrical Systems

> Process Standard for crashworthiness test of battery systems for eVTOL applications > Technical Standard on rechargeable lithium batteries in eVTOL applications > Guidance on specifying random hardware failures rates of Lithium-Ion Cells for eVTOL applications > Guidance on common cause analysis of lithium ion cells  SG-2 Lift/Thrust

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Guidance on designated fire zone for VTOL

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Guidance for common mode analysis for lift thrust system for VTOL enhanced category  SG-3 Safety

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Information security guidance for VTOL and collaborative systems

> Guidance on conducting safety assessments for a VTOL aircraft  SG-4 Flight

> Guidance on VTOL flight control handling qualities verification

> Compliance methodologies for VTOL certification in “inadvertent icing” operation >

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> Guidance for the use of automated ground movement equipment to move VTOL aircraft with passengers onboard at vertiports and aerodromes > Guidance for the safe management of lithiumion thermal runaway and other fires and their effects at vertiports and aerodromes serving eVTOL aircraft  SG-6 Avionics

> Compliance methodologies for VTOL energy level information to the crew > VTOL minimum flight instruments – display of parameter trends and limitations  SG-8 Seats (joint with SAE SEAT committee)

> Guidance on crashworthy seat systems for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft  SG-9 Electromagnetic Hazards

> Additional considerations for electromagnetic hazard compliance for eVTOL and Urban Air Mobility Operations Over 500+ experts are registered on EUROCAE Workspace from organisations and institutions all over the world to support the standards development process. Whilst standards are developed with a particular view to the European legal framework, namely the EASA Special Condition SC-VTOL, it may be applied to support other regulatory frames.

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W O R K I N G GROUP R EP O R T

EUROCAE Initiatives on Aviation Spectrum Progress Report environment. WG-119 Meeting 8, which was the first physical meeting of the group, took place at RTCA HQ in September and was the occasion to launch the open consultation for the first deliverable, ED-xxx ‘Standard Guidance Document on Radar Altimeter RF Interference Rejection and Tolerance’.

WG-99, now dormant, was responsible for developing and maintaining standards for Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs). The WG updated, jointly with RTCA SC-234, two documents to address concerns on the impact of 5G for PEDs. Reactivated in November 2021, it is remarkable that in little over 6 months, the WG successfully developed ED-130B ‘Guidance for the Development of Portable Electronic Devices (PED) Tolerance for Civil Aircraft’ and ED-239A ‘Aircraft Design and Certification for Portable Electronic Device (PED) Tolerance, which was subsequently published in June 2022.

In spring 2022, EUROCAE introduced its initiatives on spectrum. Since then, various EUROCAE activities have progressed well and further expanded.

The kick-off meeting of EUROCAE Working Group (WG) 124, joint with RTCA SC-242, took place in a virtual format in March. The WG intends to provide guidance to ensure that the radio frequency (RF) characteristics of aeronautical Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) systems use the spectrum efficiently while respecting the necessary safety margins. The guidance is intended to facilitate any future evaluation of compatibility with other systems and ensure that the usage of the allocated spectrum is as efficient as possible, while fully taking the specificities of aeronautical CNS systems into account.

WG-119 Radar Altimeters, jointly with RTCA SC-239, was launched in early 2020 and is also progressing well. The purpose of the group is to develop standards ensuring radio altimeter robustness against existing and planned future radio frequency

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Finally, to go a step further in vision and promote their fruitful collaboration, EUROCAE and RTCA have joined together to host a global summit on aviation spectrum. The Global Aviation Spectrum Summit aims to bring key stakeholders and decisionmakers on spectrum allocation, regulation, and usage together for a discussion on how aviation can best prepare for the future global environment as technology moves towards more efficient and effective usage of spectrum. The two-day event, streaming live on 13 and 14 December, is fully virtual and will address current and new entrants’ needs, systems adaptability, how aviation and other industries can work together to maximise the usage, and how EUROCAE and RTCA can be responsive to the industry’s needs to create industry standards for regulators. Speakers have been invited to participate from EASA, FAA, and other regulatory bodies, as well as manufacturers and other key stakeholders.

Subscribe to EUROCAE NEWSblog for further updates and for information on how you can attend the event.

WORKIN G GROUP R EPOR T

WG-125 NGAP New Working Group To Address Future Aviation Needs EUROCAE has created a new Working Group, WG-125 Next Generation Aviation Professionals (NGAP) Programme. This follows an initiative by ICAO in 2009 to ensure that sufficient qualified and competent aviation professionals would be available to operate, manage, and maintain the future international air transport system.

acutely recognised during the ICAO Innovation Fair held in September 2022.

The EUROCAE Council approved the creation of the new WG during its 319 th meeting on 11 October 2022. Two task sheets have been approved by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).

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The first EUROCAE Report (ER) is titled ‘Best Practices for Mentoring Students and Young Professionals’.

It will describe the importance of good mentoring, important characteristics and profiles for mentors, managing expectations from mentees, indicators of a successful mentorship, ways to match mentors and mentees, benefits of formal versus informal mentoring opportunities, and list factors that could derail a successful mentorship.

 EUROCAE launched its own NGAP Programme, which was initially introduced in 2020, but was put on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This programme aims to identify ways to attract professionals into aviation and encourage students to pursue a career in this industry. The NGAP Programme addresses a diverse set of stakeholders, ranging from industries across various domains in aviation, universities, research institutes, SDOs, and regulators.

The main goal for EUROCAE is to support the European and world’s aviation community to have sufficient competent human resources to support a safe air transportation system in the future.

Therefore, EUROCAE aims to develop best practices, tools, and standards, and promote ideas required to facilitate data sharing activities to assist the aviation community in attracting, educating, and retaining talent for the next generation of aviation professionals. The pandemic has also accelerated the need for the NGAP programme due to several layoffs and early retirement schemes that were then the need of the hour. Given the fact that the industry is slowly but surely recovering, qualified and competent personnel are required to maintain and improve the air transport industry. This was also

The second ER is titled ‘Guidelines and Techniques to Foster Cooperation and Collaboration Among Aviation Stakeholders and Educational Institutions’.

It will explain the benefits of such collaboration, identify ways to encourage dialogue between these actors, provide several means to collaborate, identify ways to ensure that curriculum development is in line with technological advancements, discuss skills development, skills assessment, and skills maintenance, explain how exploratory research can be collaborative and the benefits of this method, as well as discuss the need to maintain a central place that lists educational courses and ongoing projects at organisations and offers the possibility to register interest.

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Both deliverables are expected to be published within one year after the start of the activity.

The kick-off meeting of WG-125 is planned for the second week of January 2023. In line with EUROCAE procedures, a Call for Participation was issued to allow interested parties to join the activity.

A EUROCAE membership is required to participate in the activity described above.

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Trainings Overview and Training Dates EUROCAE provides a high-quality portfolio of aviation trainings based on our published standards. Our courses are tailored for aviation professionals across the globe. It aims to acquaint trainees with EUROCAE standards, which are drafted in response to industry demand for a consistent practice and aims to provide a harmonised approach in demonstrating compliance to new aviation rules.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) With this course, trainees will obtain sufficient knowledge and a comprehensive view of the different components of a VoIP ATM system and their mutual interfaces through a full overview of the latest updated ED-136 ‘VoIP ATM System Operational and Technical Requirement’, ED-137 ‘Interoperability Standard for VoIP ATM Components - Radio & Telephone’, and ED-138 ‘Network requirements and performances for VoIP Air Traffic Management’.

Next date: 6 - 8 December | online

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airworthiness and Safety Training The course aims at encompassing the entire subject of UAS Airworthiness Certification (in EASA terminology, specific, and certified categories). At this training, participants obtain an overall idea of the field and a few distinct aspects, such as the safety assessment process and operational risk assessment. Trainees will be able to identify risks related to UAS operations and prepare inputs for risk assessments, in line with Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) methodology.

Next date: 17 - 19 January | online

EUROCA E TRA I N I N GS

Cyber Security Trainings In the first quarter of 2021, EUROCAE launched an updated cyber security training portfolio to support the industry with the implementation of cyber security aspects in all Certification Specifications.

In response to industry demand for a consistent cyber security practice for the design of aircraft and to have a harmonised approach in demonstrating compliance to new aviation cyber security rules, EUROCAE WG-72 Aeronautical Systems Security has developed three standards, ED-202A, ED-203A, and ED-204A. The documents ED-202A and ED-203A provide guidance for developing aircraft, aircraft systems, and aircraft parts from initial design to type certification. ED-204A provides guidance for maintaining airworthiness of aircraft from a cyber security perspective.

Cyber Security Management For Aviation Organisations This training gives a general overview of cyber security in aviation and teaches participants how to adopt a standards-led approach to cyber security. Trainees will be able to identify basic principles, their implementation, and effects of cyber security in the aviation environment, and describe how cyber security impacts different actors in this sector.

Next date: 12 - 13 December | online

Aircraft Cyber Security and Continuing Airworthiness The training consists of two parts, a development part, and a continuing airworthiness part, which provides detailed information and insight into the current regulatory landscape surrounding cyber security. Participants can join either or a combined training.

Next date: 21 - 25 November | online

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Aviation Software Standards Trainings EUROCAE had initially launched one software standard training programme to address the airborne and ATM world. After receiving feedback from several attendees, a decision was made to split the course into a dedicated session for each domain.

ED-12C Airborne Training EUROCAE ED-12C has been the basis for airworthiness approvals of airborne software for 30 years and is recognised by all certification authorities. Knowledge of this standard is a prerequisite for all persons involved in the development or approval of airborne software.

The objective of this course is to provide the basics to understand the principles of ED-12C and how a software design system must be built to fulfil the objectives listed therein. The target audience is anyone involved in the development or qualification of airborne software, including developers, project managers, persons in charge of quality assurance or supplier monitoring, and compliance verification engineers. A prior knowledge of software engineering is expected, however, a prior knowledge of ED-12C is not required.

Next date: 29 - 30 November | online

Aviation Software Standards Training -

ATM Training

The purpose of this training is to provide participants with an overview of relevant EUROCAE standards to apply for systems and software development in aviation (ED-109A, and ED-153). This course allows participants to identify basic principles, their implementation, and consequences of good software engineering practices in the aviation domain. Furthermore, a detailed description of how software safety regulations, standards, and certification affect different actors in aviation is provided, which allows participants to understand how standards can enable the effective management of software development costs in safety critical systems.

Next date: 15 - 16 November | online

How to book trainings Places are limited, so interested persons are advised to book a spot as soon as possible using the registration forms that are available on our website www.eurocae. net/training.

For further information or requests, please contact us at trainings@eurocae.net.

Additional information on all trainings can be found on the EUROCAE website.

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EUROCA E SYMPOSIU M 2023

EUROCAE Annual Symposium 26 - 27 April 2023

2023 will mark EUROCAE’s 60th anniversary.

The 2023 EUROCAE Symposium will therefore take place in Paris, France, on 26 and 27 April 2023.

The event will feature a varied programme over two days and will be attended by top industry leaders and regulators from Europe and around the world. It aims at gathering strategies and priorities from relevant stakeholders, which will assist in shaping and guiding EUROCAE’s strategy to support development in aviation and contribute to achieving overall targets.

The EUROCAE 60th General Assembly will take place on 26 April 2023.

Looking forward to meeting you at the Symposium!

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New Publications EUROCAE Documents (ED) are developed by Working Groups bringing together renowned experts in their area, and following a well-established process. They are often developed jointly with our international partners and recognised worldwide for their high quality and as state of the art technical specifications.

These EDs can be system or equipment performance specifications, safety and performance requirements, interoperability requirements, technical specifications or guidance material. Some documents are dedicated

to the airborne side, others to the ground side (mainly CNS and ATM), while others cover common air and ground requirements.

EDs are widely referenced as a Means of Compliance to regulatory documents by EASA, the European Commission, and ICAO.

You can find all EUROCAE publications at https://eshop.eurocae.net/

ED reference

ED TITLE

PUBLICATION DATE

ED-306

Design Considerations for VTOL Aircraft Protection From Uncontained High-Energy Fragments and Sustained Imbalance

21.10.22

ED-304

Technical Standard for Passenger and Crew Seats in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Aircraft

07.10.22

ER-023

Development Assurance Principles for Aerospace Vehicles and Systems

07.10.22

ED-243C Ch.1

MOPS for Avionics Supporting Next Generation Satellite Systems (NGSS)

26.09.22

ED-301

Guidelines for the Use of Multi-GNSS Solutions for UAS Specific Category Low Risk Operations SAIL I and II

01.09.22

ED-260A

MASPS for Coexistence of Wireless Avionics Intra-Communication Systems within 4 200-4 400 MHz

26.07.22

ED-205A

Process Standard for Security Certification and Declaration of ATM ANS Ground Systems

18.07.22

ED-130B

Guidance for the Development of Portable Electronic Devices (PED) Tolerance for Civil Aircraft

29.06.22

ED-239A

Aircraft Design and Certification for Portable Electronic Device (PED) Tolerance

29.06.22

ED-206

Guidance on Security Event Management

28.06.22

ED-223A

Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for the Aeronautical Mobile Airport Communication

24.06.22

ED-302

Considerations for Aeronautical Data Alteration

24.06.22

ED-75E

Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards - Required Navigation Performance for Area Navigation

24.06.22

ED-299

Guidance for Vertiport Operators and Operations

22.06.22

ED-271 Corr 1

MASPS for DAA (Traffic) for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems in Airspace Classes A-C under IFR

01.06.22

ED-296

Guidance on Design Assurance for High Voltage Standards and Power Quality for VTOL Applications

30.05.22

ED-285 Change 1

Minimum Operational Performance Standard for offshore Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS)

18.05.22

ER-025

List of standardisation needs for Hybrid Electric Propulsion

11.05.22

ED-271

Minimum Aviation System Performance Standard for Detect and Avoid (Traffic) in Class A-C airspaces

11.05.22

ED-87E

MASPS for A-SMGCS including Airport Safety Support Service Routing Service and Guidance Service

11.05.22

ED-261-3

Safety and Performance Requirements Standard for a Generic Surveillance System (GEN-SUR SPR) - Volume 3

12.04.22

ED-261-2

Safety and Performance Requirements Standard for a Generic Surveillance System (GEN-SUR SPR) - Volume 2

12.04.22

ED-261-1

Safety and Performance Requirements Standard for a Generic Surveillance System (GEN-SUR SPR) - Volume 1

12.04.22

ED-103B

Minimum Operational Performance Standard for In-Flight Icing Detection Systems

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Membership News Full Members: ADSE B.V.

Netherlands

AID GmbH

Germany

AirHub Consultancy

Netherlands

APUS Zero Emission GmbH

Germany

Archer Aviation

United States

Aviator.KZ

Kazakhstan

Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University

Germany

Droniq GmbH

Germany

Embention Sistemas Inteligentes SA

Spain

EuroDragons

Austria

Flyvercity

Israel

Fondation Luxembourg Air Rescue

Luxembourg

FuVeX Civil S

Spain

IGA Havalimani Isletmesi A.S.

Turkey

Joby Aviation

United States

Meggitt (UK) Limited

United Kingdom

Menapia Ltd

United Kingdom

Neuron Innovations Ltd

United Kingdom

Odys Aviation

United States

Phoenix-Wings GmbH

Germany

Robots Expert Finland Oy

Finland

Universität der Bundeswehr München

Germany

Volant Aerotech

China

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Limited Members: ACES INC

United States

Cobham Aerospace Communications

France

DELAIR

France

dSPACE

Germany

Eve Air Mobility

United States

Evolito Ltd

United Kingdom

Genesys Aerosystems

United States

Heron Technology Pte. Ltd.

Singapore

Hitachi Europe

Germany

MT Aerospace AG

Germany

ParaZero Technologies Ltd

Israel

Politecnico di Torino

Italy

Weibel Scientific

Denmark

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EUROCA E MEMBER SHI P

Membership benefits AS FULL MEMBER OF EUROCAE, YOUR COMPANY WOULD RECEIVE:

AS FULL MEMBER OF EUROCAE, YOUR COMPANY WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO:

 Privileged access to all the EUROCAE publications (ED an ER) relevant to your business today (ATM, Systems, Avionics). The value of this standardisation material is over 15.000 €.

 The work that leads to the introduction of new industry standards.  The planning for new activities, potentially leading to new standards.

 Regular information keeping you up to date with all the activities in standardisation from Europe and beyond.

 The future direction of industry standards.

 An invitation to and special rates for the EUROCAE Annual Symposium as well as information from other regional and global players in aviation.

 The governance of EUROCAE and be elected as Council member.

 The leadership of new activities under the EUROCAE banner.

AS FULL MEMBER OF EUROCAE, YOUR COMPANY WOULD BE PART OF:

AS FULL MEMBER OF EUROCAE, YOUR COMPANY WOULD BENEFIT BY:

 The only European aviation standardisation body representing your interests and supporting you business opportunities today and tomorrow.

 Having a clear understanding of the context behind relevant standards and the knowledge to exploit them to best effect.

 Developing the Means of Compliance with European and global regulations.

 Being able to adjust and adapt your company’s investments and developments early with well-informed knowledge of the latest trends.

 A network of partners - private and public that are the key actors of future aviation changes (the European Commission, SESAR JU, EASA, EUROCONTROL, RTCA, SAE, SDM, ICAO,...)  A trusted group of professionals with a global reputation for setting the standard and leading developments, rather than following and living with the decisions of others.

 Achieving industry.

significant

influence

within

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 Maintaining a reputation with my customers and suppliers as a leader in my field.  Being better prepared to respond customer’s and regulator’s expectations.

to

 Establishing a value for money investment both for now and for the future.

LIMITED MEMBERSHIP Limited Membership may interest companies or organisations wishing to participate in a single Working Group, as far as they have the right competence. They are not entitled to be WG Chairperson or Secretary (except upon decision from the Council or the Director General). Limited Members are informed about ongoing activities of the specific WG, in which they participate, and benefit from free soft copies of any EUROCAE Document developed by this particular WG. They also benefit from 30% discount for the purchase of any EDs of the EUROCAE catalogue.

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EUROCAE TEAM

EUROCAE Secretariat Director General Anna von Groote +33 1 49 46 19 71 anna.vongroote@eurocae.net

Administrative and Accounting Assistant Madhvee Jha +33 1 49 46 19 65 madhvee.jha@eurocae.net

Technical Programme Managers Abinaya Kannan +33 7 62 06 18 95 abinaya.kannan@eurocae.net Alain Vallée +33 6 07 52 77 69 alain.vallee@eurocae.net

Office Support Manager

Alex Milns +33 6 67 16 91 46 alex.milns@eurocae.net

Raphaël de Courrèges +33 1 49 46 19 70 raphael.decourreges@eurocae.net

Anna Guégan +33 1 49 46 19 67 anna.guegan@eurocae.net

Communication and Training Manager

Tri Thuc Nguyen +33 6 68 58 69 16 trithuc.nguyen@eurocae.net

Yago Grela +33 1 49 46 19 77 yago.grela@eurocae.net communication@eurocae.net

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EUROCAE Liaison Alexander Engel +32 (0) 2 729 33 55 alexander.engel@eurocae.net

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