Helios and NLR Develop Safety Screening Tool for System Developers

Helios and NLR have developed a new interactive safety screening tool that aims to improve safety considerations in the early stages of air traffic management systems design by identifying those changes that can positively or negatively affect safety along with their comparative importance.

The tool, which was developed as part of the SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) "Safety Regulation" work package, helps users screen projects based on 17 safety fundamentals of operational performance and management.

The screening method is able to generate rapid, high-level discussion of safety issues in the concept planning stage, which Eurocontrol project manager Oliver Straeter, says, "...should help foster a proactive and shared understanding of safety, and avoid cost-intensive recovery or delays in project delivery."

Helios was responsible for the tool's software development and the Netherlands' NLR (National Research Laboratory) for its content and project management.

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