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The quality of Air Force capabilities is conditioned primarily by the quality of human potential, available techniques and technologies, and other material, technical and financial resources. The content and form of professional training of aviation personnel, the level of their training, and usability is therefore a current agenda and a challenge for the future. The main goal of the article is to identify and describe the initial state of training requirements of selected specializations, within the requirements for air personnel for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, as a specific air operator. The methodology of solving the problem is based on historical and content analysis of previous experience and aviation practice, induction, deduction, and synthesis of knowledge for formulating the target state of training of selected specializations for aviation. The result is the requirements and baseline for the specializations of a military pilot, air traffic controller, and technician. The partial outputs are part of a feasibility study to support decision-making processes on the way forward in meeting the strategic goal in the field of training of air personnel for the Air Force.

The specifics of the training of military pilots of military aviation system from the years of proven special training procedures and are characteristic of the said specialization. However, preparedness requirements may vary. These changes may be caused by changes in available aircraft, technology, but also by legislative changes. The main goal of the article is to present a proposal for a prospective model of education of pilots of transport aircraft for a specific air operator, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic. The methodology of solving the problem is based on historical and content analysis of previous flight training experience and transport aviation practice, induction, deduction, and synthesis of knowledge for formulating the perspective education model with support of SWOT analysis results. The result is the transport aircraft pilots ‘model of theoretical preparation and practical flight training for the Slovak Air Force. The partial outputs are part of a feasibility study to support the decision-making processes on the way forward in meeting the strategic goal in the field of training of air personnel for the Slovak Air Force.

The trend is to create the consortia of public and private sector entities for the purpose of jointly researching the practical problems and finding solutions. The aim of the paper is to identify the scientific problem, research activities and the problem solving methodology for the first consortium project focusing on an expert information portal to support the safe movement of persons in the field using ground and aerial data collection of specific spatial data. The paper on the project proposal is aimed at supporting the innovation through the multidisciplinary industrial research and experimental development within the domain of Digital Slovakia and the creative industry as well as in the field of information and communication technologies and the environment. The paper answers the pre-research questions why research is to be carried out and which are the main research activities that will determine the course of scientific work in order to identify the scientific problem and the appropriate solution methodology for creating an expert information portal to support the safe movement of people the collection of specific spatial data.

This article is devoted to the analysis and comparison of two meteorological instruments, ceilometers. The aim of the paper is to recommend a more suitable design and principle design used in the construction of two different types of ceilometers commonly used in Europe, based on the recommendations of a group of experts with more than ten years of experience in aviation weather measurement and observation. With increasing air traffic density, in some areas located below the flight paths, Cirrus clouds may form under appropriate meteorological conditions, which do not dissipate immediately but expand into layers. This artificial cloud formation changes the optical transmittance of the atmosphere, and this may affect climate change in the region. Although the ceilometer is primarily designed to detect the height of the cloud base using laser technology, after some adjustments, the raw laser output can be interpreted as the optical transmittance of the atmosphere. The data thus measured can be used to quantify climate change in the areas concerned. As part of preparing the project for the EU Horizon 2020 challenge, the team of experts decided to systematically address this issue. Identifying a suitable monitoring facility for the presence of man-made cloud due to air traffic is a crucial step in the experimental verification of climate change in a given region and the subsequent modeling of possible climate scenarios for the affected areas.

The optimizing of the National Pilot Training System for the State Operator - Air Force, is a permanent challenge. The training quality affects our future flight safety. The paper is a follow-up to the issue in the framework of the published work on the topic “Pre-Research of updated criteria for Failure status of Integrated Flight Preparation and Training”. The aim of the paper is an indicative pre-research to examine the updated criteria for identifying and describing the model recovery regimes within the Integrated Flight Preparation and military pilot training, as the part of the preparatory stage of the qualitative research of the issue. The paper focuses on defining the problem of updated criteria, the orientation analysis and the plan for further research of the issue within the preparatory stage of qualitative research. Failures of the Integrated Flight Preparation and Pilot Training System mean the identified deviations from the standard results of pilots in each subsystem. The main emphasis lies in the pre-research of updated criteria for the quantitative identification and analysis of 5 selected modes of the failure state recovery. The paper responds to a pre-research question concerning the updated criteria for the possible modes of failure recovery, it means the criteria for the corrections of deviations from the standard results of pilots in the proposed Integrated Flight Preparation and Training model of the future military pilots.

Investigating the issue of professional pilot training requires the identification and analysis of possible failures of the individual components (subsystems) of the integrated preparation and training. The aim of the paper is an indicative pre-research to examine the updated criteria for identifying the classes of states (situations) and classification of failure status of integrated training for flight preparation and military pilot training (its subsystem, element), as the part of the preparatory stage of the qualitative research of the issue. The paper focuses on defining the problem, the orientation analysis and the plan for further research of the issue within the preparatory stage of qualitative research to determine the updated criteria for basic stages of system failure. Failures of the Integrated Flight Preparation and Pilot Training System (IFPT) mean the identified deviations from the standard results of pilots in each subsystem. The paper answers the pre-research question of why research is to be carried out and which are the main factors that will determine the next course of scientific work to identify the failure phases of an integrated flight preparation and training system in a particular future pilot’s case.

The aim of the article is to create a register of risks of the aviation disaster Metrojet 9268, to identify the causes and sources of these risks. The article content is focused on the case study of The Metrojet 9268 aircraft accident, which is the starting point for searching the possibility of using state-of-the-art technology in order to deal with the terrorist threat. In case of screening and security controls even for the possibility of the fight against organized crime. The main focus is not in the review and description of the air disaster, but in the register of external and internal security risks of the selected air disaster, and in the subsequent proposal of further research of selected technologies in the framework of doctoral studies.

The “Technology-Innovation Platform for Aerospace and Environmental Engineering and Research”, as an informal science and research consortium, is looking for and identifying the new challenges for the preparation of project activities. The aim of paper is to identify the scientific problem, research activities and the problem solving methodology for the second consortium project, with a view to improving the protection of national borders and the Schengen area. The paper on the project proposal aims to support the innovation through the multidisciplinary industrial research and experimental development within the “Innovation Center for Research on Advanced and Specific Methods and Procedures in the Air Transport”, at the University Science Park UVP TECHNICOM, at the Technical University of Kosice (TUKE). The Center represents a joint research and development place of the Faculty of Aeronautics TUKE and MSM Martin, Ltd.The paper answers the questions why the research should be carried out and which are the main research activities that will determine the further course of the scientific work in order to identify the scientific problem and the appropriate solution methodology.

The aim of the paper is to identify a scientific problem for exploring the use of layered voice analysis (LVA) technology in the airport object protection processes. The content of the paper is focused on the social and professional need to find the optimal tools for the security agenda within the airport. The main focus is on the using of relevant expert tools to identify the scientific problem of LVA, to make the methodology of the comprehensive examination of the issue to its practical verification.

The aim of the paper is to examine the methods, forms and didactic means of aviation education of military pilots at the selected institutions from 1973 to the present using the analysis for the quality teaching process and the interaction of edutants (human factors) - teachers and students, based on the SWOT analysis of selected historical data. The paper is the second part of the study on the issue of aviation education, which answers the question of strengths and weaknesses, risks and opportunities for the future education quality aspects. The main motive of our pre-research and historical data analysis is to acquire the knowledge applicable to the creation of new study programs of the Faculty of Aeronautics of the Technical University of Kosice (FA) in the study field Transport according to the new descriptions approved by the Accreditation commission.

The aim of paper is to identify the risks of university aviation education of military pilots at the selected institutions from 1973 to the present using the analysis for the quality teaching process and the interaction of edutants (human factors) teachers and students. The paper is the third part of the study on the above issue of aviation education, which answers the question of the research identification of data. The main motive of our pre-research and historical data analysis is to acquire the knowledge applicable to the creation of new study programs of the Faculty of Aeronautics of the Technical University of Kosice (FA) in the study field Transport according to the new descriptions approved by the Accreditation commission. Not everything from the history of aviation education was bad and unusable for the present and the future.

Aviation education is a complex pedagogical process, which we perceive as a didactic system for the creation of personnel competencies to perform aviation professions. Increasing the quality of education requires effective use of the experience and needs of aviation practice. The aim of the article is to examine the content of aviation education of military pilots at the selected institutions from 1973 to the present using the analysis for the quality teaching process and the interaction of edutants (human factors) teachers and students. The article is the first part of the study on the issue of aviation education, which answers the question of strengths and weaknesses, risks and opportunities for quality content. The result is knowledge applicable in the creation of content for new study programs of the Faculty of Aeronautics of the Technical University in Kosice.

This paper deals with the civil aviation experience focused on the impact of global climate change on the operational and performance parameters of the Cessna Citation XLS+ aircraft and consequently on the whole aviation. The aim of this article is to do a research, study and analyze the influence of the global climate change (especially temperature changing – warming up) on this aircraft type performance and make an evaluation and conclusion for how it can affect the operation, economy and safety of the air traffic flow management. The theoretical and practical part of the article includes a system analysis of temperature changes and operational performances of the selected type of aircraft. The result and benefits of the paper is a response on the current issue: how the global climate change can influence the Civil/ Military aircraft operational parameters. This experience is also a part of the Knowledge Alliance of Aviation Education. The perspective international Expert Database of Civil and Military Aviation Experience is still in progress.