RT Journal Article T1 Automated optimal flight planning based on the aircraft intent description language A1 González Arribas, Daniel A1 Soler Arnedo, Manuel Fernando A1 López Leonés, Javier A1 Casado, Enrique A1 Sanjurjo Rivo, Manuel AB The future air traffic management system is to be built around the notion of trajectory-based operations. It will rely on automated tools related to trajectory prediction in order to define, share, revise, negotiate and update the trajectory of the aircraft before and during the flight, in some case, in near real time. This paper illustrates how existing standards on trajectory description such as the aircraft intent description language can be enhanced including optimisation capabilities based on numerical optimal control. The Aircraft Intent Description Language is a formal language that has been created in order to describe aircraft intent information in a rigorous, unambiguous and flexible manner. It has been implemented in a platform for a modular design of the trajectory generation process. A case study is presented to explore its effectiveness and identify the requirements and needs to generate optimised aircraft intents with higher automation and flexibility. Preliminary results show the suitability of numerical optimal control to design optimised aircraft intents based on the aircraft intent description language. PB SAGE SN 0954-4100 YR 2018 FD 2018-01-30 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32318 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32318 LA eng DS e-Archivo RD 1 sept. 2024