Throughout this intensive week, consortium members focused on higher levels of automation and human-automation teaming, following a structured, five-part daily plan. Scripted scenarios replicated realistic operations at major airports such as Paris Aéroport - Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Royal Schiphol Group (AMS), covering both nominal situations and unexpected events.

This session wasn’t about measuring performance, but about gathering valuable feedback from airport operations experts on three key levels: the ASTAIR concept, the AI behaviour, and the human–machine interfaces.

Toward a paperless, seamless, and connected training experience

Born from a collaboration between educational experts and engineers from ENAC’s Air Traffic Management (ATM) department, eStrip digitizes traditional paper flight progress strips. Displayed on a 27-inch 4K UHD touchscreen, the system is smooth, intuitive, and compatible with mouse, stylus, or finger input. It connects directly to ENAC’s existing air traffic control simulators (eTower), ensuring a smooth transition.

What is Airspace World?

Held from 13–15 May in Lisbon, Airspace World brings together the global ATM community — ANSPs, researchers, and innovators — to explore next-gen technologies and shape the future of aviation.

Where Our Projects Add Value?

TRUSTY – AI-driven support for remote digital towers, improving safety, resilience, and situational awareness in runway and taxiway operations.

This major international event, organized by CANSO, brings together global stakeholders in air traffic management to discuss and shape the future of airspace.

Organised with the support of key institutional and industrial stakeholders - including the European Commission, EASA - European Union Aviation Safety Agency, SESAR Joint Undertaking JU, International Air Transport Association (IATA), and

Future Chinese pilots will undergo training validated by the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) and the CAAC (Civil Aviation Authority of China). This training will enable them to obtain a dual pilot licence: a European licence and a Chinese licence, opening up career prospects both in China and internationally. ENAC stands out as the only European ATO (Approved Training Organisation) authorised by the CAAC to train Chinese cadets. This agreement reinforces ENAC's role as a world leader in aviation training.

As part of the project, user tests were conducted in simulated Remote Digital Tower (RDT) environments, with the final validation taking place at ENAC’s ACHIL simulation platform during the first two weeks of March 2025.

About the Experiment

This validation exercise brought together 17 expert ATCOs to assess how transparency and explainability properties of an AI-based system can foster trust, while monitoring a remote airfield under multiple operating mode conditions. The controllers had to manage two airfields: