KNOWLEDGE BASED COCKPIT ASSISTANT FOR CONTROLLED AIRSPACE FLIGHT OPERATION

A knowledge based cockpit assistant for flight operation under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) is presented. The system is aimed at improvement of situation assessment including monitoring of the pilot crew activities and performance increase by computer aids for flight planning and plan execution. The modular system structure is described as well as the individual system modules. A first prototype of this Cockpit Assistant was tested about two years ago in a flight simulator at the University of the German Armed Forces in Munich by professional pilots under realistic IFR-scenarios. The results of these test runs proving enhancements in overall system performance are presented.