FCDI - Future Connectivity and Digital Infrastructure

The Future Communications and Data Infrastructure (#FCDI) project’s main objective is to contribute to the delivery of the Digital European Sky, by specifying and developing the future communication technologies to support and manage operational services, for a smarter and more sustainable aviation. It will improve the communication infrastructure’s cost efficiency, by enabling a more extensive use of public networks, allowing communication infrastructure scalability and sustainability with an extended usable spectrum and the use of existing public infrastructures. In addition, FCDI will enable global communication infrastructure interoperability by allowing the use of alternative communication protocols and by accommodating specific technical, commercial and regulatory needs. Coordinated by Leonardo, the project sees the participation of 20 partners for a duration of 36 months. The FCDI project is supported by the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking and its founding members, under Horizon Europe grant agreement no. 101114729.