1. Civil-Military coordination in France
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2. are separated and coordinated
In France :
Civil Air Traffic Services
and
Military Air Traffic Services
are separated and coordinated
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4. the Flexible Use of Airspace concept developped by EUROCONTROL
France fully adheres to :
the Flexible Use of Airspace concept developped by EUROCONTROL
the Single European Sky regulations issued by the European Commission
which foresees the implementation of three levels of ATM coordination :
* level one (strategic level)
* level two (pre-tactical level)
* level three (tactical or real time)
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5. At level 1 (strategic level) :
A national civil-military body for decision and coordination called « Airspace Directorate » has been established
This body is chaired jointly by the civil Director (DGAC/DAST) and by the military Director (DIRCAM) in charge of ATM regulatory domains
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6. At level 1 (strategic level) :
A national civil-military body for decision and coordination called « Airspace Directorate » has been established
This body is chaired jointly by the civil Director (DGAC/DAST) and by the military Director (DIRCAM) in charge of ATM regulatory domains
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7. This permanent high level strategic policy body is in charge of :
At level 1 (strategic level) :
This permanent high level strategic policy body is in charge of :
Re-assessment of current State airspace and route structures;
Planning of temporary airspace structures (TSAs, CBAs, CDRs);
Establishment of negotiation procedures and priority rules in AMC;
Establishment of periodical review mechanism;
Evaluation of national Airspace Requirements.
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8. At level 1 (strategic level) :
The « Airspace Directorate » is supported by four regional committees with permanent civil and military technical staff
For each airspace structure agreed by the « Airspace Directorate » :
* a joint regulatory text fixes limits and ICAO classification of the airspace
* a joint regulatory text fixes ATS to be provided to both GAT and OAT
* AIS publication is jointly agreed.
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9. In addition, the « Airspace Directorate » is also responsible for :
At level 1 (strategic level) :
In addition, the « Airspace Directorate » is also responsible for :
* issuing ATM orientation directives to the civil and military ATS providers;
* organising dialogue between regulators, providers and airspace users;
* harmonizing the French position on airspace regarding european proposals on airspace issues.
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10. CIPROG FMP(s) At level 2 (pre-tactical level) : CNGE
A national airspace management cell (AMC)
called “CNGE” determines
allocation of airspace structures to
civil or military users, on a daily basis.
CNGE
CIPROG
FMP(s)
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11. At level 2 (pre-tactical level),
this “Airpace Management Cell” (AMC) :
Collects and analyses all Airspace and Route Requests which may require temporary airspace segregation
Allocates, after internal negociation, the airspaces identified as TSA, CBA and CDR with a daily notification through the Airspace Use Plan (AUP)
Analyses afterwards the Use of Airspace
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12. Priorities to the General Air Traffic : To improve Air Traffic Flow ;
At level 2 (pre-tactical level)…
The rules for an optimal use of Airspace and a permanent dialogue, are :
Priorities to the General Air Traffic :
To improve Air Traffic Flow ;
To adapt capacity to demand ;
Taking into account « Black slots » when very heavy traffic (more than 130% of the capacity).
Rescue clauses :
To limit the restrictions to OAT :
limitation of the number of black slots to those which are the most penalizing ;
lateral and vertical partitioning of the areas;
limitation of simultaneously partitioning.
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13. At level 2 (pre-tactical level)… for an optimal use of Airspace and a permanent dialogue; example of a negociation at D-1
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14. At level 3 (tactical level or real time) :
Civil-Military coordination via DCCs (civilian unit of coordination in each military ATC centre)
- real-time knowledge and representation of an area activity (activation and release)
real-time coordination in favor of each GAT and OAT
Direct link between controllers with identification of the caller; two trials are in progress :
on automatic basis by computers
on direct contact by phone
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15. Synopsis of the french civil / military coordination :
x months
before day  D
D-7
D-2
D-1
H-3
ASM LEVEL 1
ASM LEVEL 2
PRE-TACTICAL
ASM LEVEL 2 STRATEGIC
ASM LEVEL 3
FMP
AMC
Détermination
of red slots
based on statistics
available for
pre defined period
OAT & GAT
priorities
CRG
DIRECTOIRE
Air space design
Criteria of management
process
AIP
LOA
DSNA-DO/DIRCAM decisions
CIPROG
First evaluation
of non-constrained
GAT slots
Manageable aeras
requests
Schémas
déposés
A M C
Airspace
allocation
Identification of red slots
50/50 sharing of GAT constraints
by application of priorities, reschedueling,segregation ,etc
AUP
D-6
2h / zone
guarantied
to Defence
Collegial allocation
of air Defence planing
UUP
Final
ajustments
Updated airspace
Allocation
Updated A T C
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16. Thank you for your attention…
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