A team from Lancaster University, led by Professor Guglielmo Lulli, is carrying out the SMART SECTOR project in collaboration with air navigation service providers, Eurocontrol, and academic and research institutions.

Funded by SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility programme and UKRI, SMARTS SECTOR aims at delivering the right amount of capacity at the right moment and with maximum efficiency to better serve air traffic demand. Optimising airspace capacity is key to accommodating current and future air traffic while maintaining safety, improving efficiency, and reducing aviation’s environmental impact.

This project has received funding from the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility programme under grant agreement Nº 101114686. UK participants in SMARTS receive funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee, grant numbers 10086651 (Lancaster University) and 10091277 (NATS).