OpenSky report 2017: Mode S and ADS-B usage of military and other state aircraft

Abstract

This paper provides up-to-date statistics on SSR Mode S and 1090ES ADS-B usage by military and state aircraft from the OpenSky Network. By analysing the large host of real-world data collected by OpenSky using more than 700 receivers, we provide insights on the equipage of these state aircraft, their capabilities, usage patterns and much more. We publish up-to-date, empirically validated numbers on the status of the ongoing ADS-B deployment based on data collected over large areas in Europe, North America, and other continents, and categorize these aircraft by incorporating publicly available data sources. Our measurements indicate that ADS-B equipage of military aircraft is 42.9%, which is considerably less than ADS-B deployment in civil aviation. While there is considerable variation between countries, our results show that there is a long way to go to for a safe and efficient integration of military and state air traffic into the next generation civil air transportation system.

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• https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3c6fc6c5-2d46-422d-9285-2c383b423153/download_file?safe_filename=dasc17.pdf&file_format=application%2Fpdf&type_of_work=Conference+item

• http://xplorestaging.ieee.org/ielx7/8093739/8101896/08102027.pdf?arnumber=8102027,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/dasc.2017.8102027

• https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8102027,

https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/publications/publication11095-abstract.html,

https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2754470449