Emergency warning system for small aircraft based on ERA-GLONASS

2023: System Development and Testing

Based on the state information system ERA-GLONASS"," used to transfer emergency calls to cars transport, tested an emergency warning system for small aircraft was developed and successfully. The company GLONASS announced this on April 11, 2023.

The decision will improve flight safety and actively develop the possibilities of using light and ultralight aircraft in Russia. The system was created on the basis of requests from airlines and involves voluntary use.

Testing of the emergency warning system for small aircraft based on ERA-GLONASS was implemented in accordance with the instructions of the Government of the Russian Federation within the framework of the action plan approved by the Ministry of Transport of Russia.

The experiment was carried out on An-2 aircraft. It used several models of production equipment satellite navigation Russian that were equipped with aircraft.

During flights information on the occurrence of an emergency situation with an aircraft from aviation trackers, it was transmitted to the ERA-GLONASS system in less than a minute and further indicating the location of the aircraft - to a single aircraft space search and rescue system (EU AKPS). Depending on the piloting altitude, the data ERA GLONASS transmission used the GLONASS JSC communication network with the maximum radio coverage of four federal operators or. satellite communication

The experiment confirmed the efficiency, high data transfer rate through ERA-GLONASS and the accuracy of positioning ships in uncontrolled airspace. This solution is another quickly realized function of the state information system, which in seconds allows you to receive information about the accident, reduce the time of search operations that previously took from several days to weeks, which means saving the lives of crews and passengers, increasing the reliability and attractiveness of this segment of the aviation business for users, - said Alexey Raikevich, General Director of GLONASS JSC.

He added that on the basis of requests from aviators, a commercial service "Aviation Monitoring" was created, which ensures the transfer of legally significant information in an uncorrected form to state departments and aircraft owners. The solution was developed taking into account the successful experience of using ERA-GLONASS as the only opportunity to continue flights of 200 aircraft when processing agricultural land during the "closed sky" in the south of the country in 2022.

The testing participants confirmed the functionality and convenience of using aviation trackers, noted the feasibility and relevance of using ERA-GLONASS to improve safety, as well as the development and expansion of the geography of small aviation flights in Russia.

The demonstrated speed of transfer of an emergency call, availability, ease of installation and replacement of various aircraft trackers of Russian production confirm the effectiveness of the technology, the possibility of its application in our work. Moreover, this solution is multiply cheaper than built-in radio stations. And, by the way, small aviation pilots often become eyewitnesses to air accidents and in the future could transmit coordinates through ERA-GLONASS, for example, starting forest fires to the rescue service, "said Konstantin Malievsky, director of the Virage aviation enterprise.