Project number
27042
Organization
Acron Aviation
Offering
ENGR498-F2026-S2027
This project will support Acron Aviation’s new Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast In (ADS-B In) application, SURF-A (SURFace Alerting). This application, which runs on the aircraft’s collision avoidance radio (TCAS), provides situational awareness and alerting for potential conflicts in taxi, takeoff, and landing phases of flight. Data will be recorded any time a SURF-A safety threshold for the aircraft is crossed. When incidents or events happen in the field, airline customers will reach out to Acron to understand their data from the encounter: whether certain alerts were valid, or should be considered nuisance alerts. This process supports and improves safety of operation for the airlines and their passengers.
This project will create a tool to quickly analyze SURF-A data from real-world aircraft encounters. The Acron Customer Support Team will need to analyze events efficiently to provide timely responses to customers, and the tool will provide Customer Support experience and guidance for how the SURF-A function should or should not operate. Additionally, the Acron engineering team needs to be able to quickly analyze events to determine whether design changes are required. The tool will be used by Acron engineering and support only (not by the airline).
Acron has a partially developed tool, but has new requirements and several new, desired capabilities to add. The tool will be able to input various data recording types, processes the data by checking it against a defined set of requirements, and then provide an analysis output confirming that the event either did or did not meet performance measurements and output requirements.
This project will create a tool to quickly analyze SURF-A data from real-world aircraft encounters. The Acron Customer Support Team will need to analyze events efficiently to provide timely responses to customers, and the tool will provide Customer Support experience and guidance for how the SURF-A function should or should not operate. Additionally, the Acron engineering team needs to be able to quickly analyze events to determine whether design changes are required. The tool will be used by Acron engineering and support only (not by the airline).
Acron has a partially developed tool, but has new requirements and several new, desired capabilities to add. The tool will be able to input various data recording types, processes the data by checking it against a defined set of requirements, and then provide an analysis output confirming that the event either did or did not meet performance measurements and output requirements.