Airbus xLS conceptAviation Electronics Europe

Munich, Germany – 20-21 April 2016

April 20&21, 2016Airbus xLS concept

Presented by

Frédéric Belloir

Navigation System Marketing

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Approaching runways

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Straight approach

• ILS look-alike functions: xLS concept

Curved approach

• RNP AR function

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Airbus xLS concept

• ILS is the reference instrument

approach system for all pilots

• xLS concept provides ILS look-alike

crew interface for all possible

sources

• Airbus introduced FLS to provide an

xLS solution for Non-Precision

Approaches with Baro-VNAV

guidance

xLS expands the ILS operational

benefits to all types of approaches

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ILS look-alike HMI

-Similar displays

whatever the function

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ILS look-alike architecture

-Similar guidance mode

and flight control laws

FMC

PRIM

FCDCDisplay

approach

capability

FCU

LOC and G/S

deviations

Display procedure

Approach

mode

arming

MMRMMR

CDS

GNSS signals

ILS

/GB

AS

sig

na

ls

ILS look-alike architecture

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xLS functions – GLS

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GLS

-Airport flexibility

enhancement

VDB antenna

GPS antenna Ground station

GBAS Landing System

• Differential GPS technology based on local ground station

• GLS CAT I with Autoland certified on all Airbus families

• Objective to achieve CAT II/III capability in the medium term

GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System

GBAS: Ground Based Augmentation System

VDB: VHF Data Broadcast

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xLS functions – SLS

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SLS

-Precision approach

service

SBAS Landing System

• Differential GPS technology based on regional infrastructure

(WAAS, EGNOS)

• To fly RNAV (GNSS) approaches down to LPV minima

• Geometric vertical guidance

• SLS certified on A350 – Feasibility study on A320 & A330

EGNOS: European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

WAAS: Wide Area Augmentation System

GPS

Geostationary

SBAS Satellite

GPS GPS

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xLS functions – FLS

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FMS Landing System

• Guidance mode to fly RNAV(GNSS) & conventional approaches

• Aircraft is guided along a virtual beam computed by the FMS

• No ground infrastructure (based on FMS NDB)

• Vertical profile corrected from temperature

• Certified on all Airbus families

FLS beam FAF

Anchor Point

Course

FAF

FLS beam

Slope

Anchor Point

NDB: Navigation Data Base

230 220

FLS

-Non-Precision

Approach

standardization

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Airbus xLS benefits

Improved operations

efficiency

• Enhanced approach capabilities Standardized way of flying

an approach

• Same cockpit interface

• Same crew procedures

• No specific training

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