Study of SESAR implied safety validation needs

Safety validation of changes to an individual organization’s local ATM system has become common practice in Europe. However, the SESAR program is planning changes in air traffic operations in Europe that go much further than changes to a local ATM system. This paper identifies the issues on which safety validation approaches need extensions, in order to move from safety validation of changes to a local ATM system to safety validation in SESAR. Subsequently, it identifies approaches that address the identified extension needs. This way an integrated view is developed from the fragmented research results in this area. Keywords-Safety validation, ATM, SESAR.