Sandra flight trials - Concept, validation, and results

A new integrated aircraft communications system combining legacy and future technologies has been designed, developed and validated under real environment conditions within the framework of the EU FP7 SANDRA project. With IPv6 as unification point, this system integrates all the aeronautical service domains within a common IP-based aeronautical network as well as with legacy and non-legacy radio technologies. This paper presents the flight trial outcomes of the SANDRA system that occurred in the vicinity of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany in June 2013. The presented results will emphasize the flexibility and scalability of the SANDRA network and demonstrate the seamless service coverage of the SANDRA architecture across different airspace domains.