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From the 12th to 16th of May 2025, the <\/span>ASTAIR project<\/b> carried out its final <\/span>AI validation activities<\/b> using Real-Time Simulation technique, at ENAC in Toulouse, followed by a concluding <\/span>Final Workshop on the 27th of May<\/b>. These efforts represent a significant step forward in assessing the role of <\/span>Artificial Intelligence (AI) in airport operations<\/b>, marking the transition towards the aimed maturity level of the project, (e.g. the Maturity Gate, TRL1).<\/span><\/p>\n

These activities aimed to validate <\/span>AI-supported Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs)<\/b> designed to enhance efficiency, situational awareness, and decision-making in complex airport environments, with a focus on <\/span>human-AI collaboration<\/b> and system usability.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Validation week. Simulating Human-AI collaboration in airport environments<\/span><\/p>\n

During the ASTAIR Validation Week<\/b>, a series of real-time and fast-time simulations were conducted with air traffic controllers (ATCOs)<\/b> and airport operations professionals<\/b>, testing AI-enabled tools across both nominal and non-nominal scenarios<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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  • In standard traffic simulations<\/b> at Charles de Gaulle Airport, AI assisted ATCOs with conflict detection, pushback coordination, and taxi management. The Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique (SAGAT)<\/b> was used to measure real-time situational awareness during paused simulations.<\/li>\n
  • In non-nominal scenarios<\/b>, such as emergency returns or unavailable parking stands, the AI collaborated with ATCOs to support decision-making in dynamically evolving situations.<\/li>\n
  • Participants evaluated ASTAIR with a focus on two levels of Automation – Level 2 and Level 3: one (L2)<\/b> encouraging active interaction with AI <\/b>and another (L3)<\/b> highlighting a supervisory role<\/b>, fostering reflection on trust, automation, and task delegation<\/b> in future airport systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Post-simulation questionnaires and structured debriefings<\/b> collected user feedback on AI usability<\/b>, cognitive workload<\/b>, situational awareness, trust on AI and the operational relevance<\/b> of AI support tools in realistic ground control settings.<\/p>\n

    A dedicated session with airport ground operations personnel<\/b> provided additional insights from a non-ATCO perspective. Discussions included the evolving role of profiles such as the tug fleet manager<\/b>, enabled by AI planning modules for tow and taxi operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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    Final workshop. Strategic reflection before concept definition<\/h2>\n

    Held on 27 May, the\u00a0ASTAIR Final Workshop<\/b>\u00a0gathered project partners and aviation stakeholders to review validation outcomes and discuss further on the concept and use cases details. The session served as a collaborative platform to evaluate the effectiveness and operational feasibility of\u00a0AI integration in airside operations<\/b>\u00a0and discuss potential next steps towards\u00a0digitalisation in airport environments<\/b>.<\/p>\n

    This final milestone ensures that insights from validation activities will directly inform the\u00a0validation report and concept outline deliverables<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Maturity Gate<\/b>, and reinforces ASTAIR\u2019s contribution to the evolution of\u00a0AI in air traffic management<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0future airport operations<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[41,43,46,45,47,44,35,42],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ai-in-airport-operations","tag-air-traffic-control-simulations","tag-airport-digitalisation","tag-astair-project","tag-future-airport-operations","tag-hmi-usability","tag-human-ai-collaboration","tag-validation-of-ai-systems"],"yoast_head":"\nASTAIR validation activities: final insights before concept definition - 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