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NASA Aeronautics Research

May 14, 2014

Traditional measures of global demand for mobility— economic development, urbanization—are growing rapidly Severe energy and climate issues create enormous affordability and sustainability challenges Revolutions in automation, information and communi- cation technologies enable

• pportunity for safety critical

autonomous systems

Three mega-drivers have emerged that are shaping the future of aviation

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What vision has NASA set for aviation?

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On Demand Fast

TRANSFORMATIVE

Intelligent Low Carbon

SUSTAINABLE

Safety, NextGen Efficiency, Environment

GLOBAL

A revolution in sustainable global air mobility.

NASA Aeronautics Research Six Strategic Thrusts

Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations

• Enable full NextGen and develop technologies to substantially

reduce aircraft safety risks

Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft

• Achieve a low-boom standard

Ultra-Efficient Commercial Vehicles

• Pioneer technologies for big leaps in efficiency and

environmental performance

Transition to Low-Carbon Propulsion

• Characterize drop-in alternative fuels and pioneer

low-carbon propulsion technology

Real-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance

• Develop an integrated prototype of a real-time safety

monitoring and assurance system

Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation

• Develop high impact aviation autonomy applications

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What is the Airspace Operations and Safety Program?

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Continues Airspace Systems Program research, and the aircraft state awareness research and system wide safety research that was previously conducted within the Aviation Safety Program. Develops and explores fundamental concepts, algorithms, and technologies to increase

throughput and efficiency of the National Airspace System safely. Provides knowledge, concepts, and methods to the aviation community to manage increasing complexity in the design and

• peration of vehicles and the air

transportation system. Airspace Operations and Safety Program This program integrates the Airspace Systems Program and Aviation System-Safety work. Projects Airspace Technology Demonstrations SMART NAS—Testbed for Safe Trajectory-Based Operations Safe Autonomous System Operations

Where’s the Benefit?

Air Traffic Control Association Technical Conference

Chris Brinton Mosaic ATM, Inc.

May 14, 2014

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Orlando Int. Airport (MCO)

36R 36L 35L 35R 1 2 3 4

• “Taxi for direction [of flight]”

– Departure runway assigned based on departure fix – Independent departure runways

• “Taxi for convenience”

– Departures runway closest to parking gate – Local controllers coordinate releasing aircraft – Runway delay small when queues do not accumulate

• 10,000 ft. (~7 min.) longer

taxi from Ramp 1 to 35L than 36R

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TRCM at MCO Results

• Tradeoff between taxi time and runway delay
• Traffic recorded October 13, 2010 from 1055Z to 1155Z
• Actual runway assignment was taxi for direction
• TRCM advised taxi for convenience for entire time period
• Actual and TRCM plans simulated in Metroplex Simulation Environment (MSE)

– Taxi for convenience results in slightly longer runway delays but significantly shorter taxi times

Metric Taxi for Convenience (TRCM) Taxi for Direction (Actual) Total Delay (38 flights) 16.5 min. 41.4 min.

• Avg. Delay / Flight

26 sec. 65 sec.

• Avg. Travel Time / Flight

20.4 min. 21.1 min.

• Avg. Rwy. Delay / Flight

26 sec. 24 sec.

• TRCM saves 24.9 min.
• ver 38 flights

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Memphis Int. Airport (MEM)

18R 18C 18L

• Arrivals: 18R, 18L | Departures: 18R, 18C
• MEM uses rigid departure runway assignment rules

based on direction of flight

• Flexible arrival runway assignment
• Most mornings – predominantly westbound

departure bank, assigned to 18R, overlaps period of steady arrivals

• TRACON does not consider departure traffic;

assigns arrivals to runway closest to fix

• Arrivals assigned 18R while 18L underutilized and

departures queued at 18R

• Same situation in North flow

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TRCM at MEM – Results

– Arrival delays increased slightly (net effect of flight time and taxi time) – Departure queue / delays reduced substantially

Metric Arrival Runways Based

• n Direction of Flight

(Actual Operations) 18L is Primary Arrival Runway (TRCM) Total Delay 45.0 min. 22.6 min.

• Avg. Delay / Flight

44 sec. 22 sec.

• TRCM saves 22.4 min.
• ver 62 flights
• 62 flights from Sept. 9, 2010, 1400-1530z
• Actual operations – arrival runways based
• n direction of flight
• TRCM advised “18L is Primary Arrival

Runway” policy for entire period

Flight Counts by Direction of Flight West East Arrival 10 9 Departure 30 13

• Delay measured relative to unconstrained operation for each

flight individually

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Where is the (Largest) Benefit?

• Low Frequency x Very High Cost

= $$ X Benefit

• High Frequency x Low Cost

= $$ Y Benefit

• Which is Larger: X or Y ?

FAA Enterprise Safety: A Portfolio Management Approach

ATCA Safety Committee Presentation ATCA Technical Symposium May 14, 2014 Atlantic City, NJ

Paradigm Shifts in Transportation Pony Express - 1861

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Transcontinental Railroad - 1870

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Commercial Aviation - 1921

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Game Changer: Radar - 1961

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The NextGen Age of Aviation - 2011

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Enterprise Safety Portfolio

The First Enterprise Safety Portfolio

“If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual trial.” — Wilbur Wright, from an address to the Western Society of Engineers in Chicago, 18 September 1901

• R & D
• Flight Standards
• Facilities/ Tech Ops
• Air Traffic (Wilbur)
• Safety
• Finance
• HR
• Legal (Last Will and

Testament)

FAA Enterprise Safety Portfolio

Source: Project Management Institute, Portfolio Management

Safety and System Performance

The Business Case for Safety

Attribute Example The big-picture perspective afforded through portfolio management makes it an invaluable tool to ensure an organization’s projects sync with its strategic business goals Administrator’s Strategic Initiative Organizations can realize the full benefit of portfolio management by making it a fixed part

• f their day-to-day culture

Improved portfolio management  Increased ROI and less risk  More powerful business value

Source: Project Management Institute, Portfolio Management

A future state…

Questions?

Edward Bolton

Assistant Administrator, NextGen Federal Aviation Administration

NextGen Progress Report

May 15, 2014

NextGen Improvements

Voice Communication Ground-Based Navigation Radar Surveillance Constrained Automation Disparate Point-to-Point Systems Legacy System NextGen Digital Communication Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) Satellite-Based Surveillance Flexible Automation, Decision- Support Tools Integrated Systems and Information Distribution Delivers increased efficiency, flexibility, predictability, safety, environmental benefits.

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En Route Automation

As of: March 18, 2014

En Route Automation Modernization

Complete Final / 20th IOC September 2014 Complete Final / 20th ORD March 2015

Changes from Previous Month: Cleveland Center (ZOB): ORD – 04 Mar Fort Worth Center (ZFW): ORD – 07 Mar Memphis Center (ZME): ORD – 14 Mar

ORD 14 of 20 Cont Ops 15 of 20 IOC 18 of 20 Pre-IOC 2 of 20 41

Terminal Automation

As of March 2014

Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement

1 ARTS IIIE IOC (Dallas – D10) April 2013 Complete 3 ARTS IIE IOCs

• Sept. 2014

Final ARTS IIIE IOC May 2016

Changes from Previous Month: None Miami : (MIA): STARS IOC – 04 Mar

Kalamazoo: (AZO): IOC – 16 Mar

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ADS-B Coverage and En Route Integration

As of March 2014

Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast

Radio Infrastructure Complete March 2014 NAS-wide Pilot Advisory Services (Traffic & Weather) June 2014 Complete Final 24 of 24 En Route IOCs Sept. 2015 Complete All Term. &

• Surf. IOCs 2019

ADS-B Out Rule Compliance Jan. 2020

Service Delivery Points for ATC Separation Services

En Route 15 of 24 Terminal 53 of 159 Surface (Advisory) 30 of 44

Rule-Driven ADS-B Out Avionics Equipage: 3,817 ADS-B In Avionics Equipage: 3,216

Changes from Previous Month: 634 Radios Installed Across CONUS En Route IOCs: Kansas City – 20 Mar Indianapolis – 15 Mar

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Data Communications

Departure Clearance Tower Service As of: March 2014

Initiate DCL Tower Trials: MEM Jan.2013 & EWR April 2013 Complete DCL Tower Trials September 2014 Complete DCL Tower Service Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) Nov. 2015 DCL Tower Service IOC Key Site (SLC) March 2016 En Route Services FID October 2014 First Site IOC En Route Service 2019

Key

• Trials Sites
• Tower DCL Sites

Will deploy En Route Services to all 20 ARTCCS

Data Communications (Data Comm) Changes from Previous Month: None

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NAS Voice System

As of: March 2014

2 TRACONs 1 ATCT Linked over FTI

Flexible operational voice capability

NAS Voice System (NVS)

Achieve Gov’t Acceptance

• f two NVS Demo systems at

contractor's facility Complete Initial Demonstrations March 2014 Final Investment Decision (FID) Sept.2014 Initiate OT&E

• Dec. 2016

Begin ATC Task & Skills Analysis (TASA) Development Nov.2015

Changes from Previous Month: None

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SWIM Infrastructure Deployment

NAS Enterprise Messaging Service (NEMS) As of: March 2014

System Wide Information Management (SWIM)

Complete SWIM Terminal Data Distribution System (STDDS) Implementation June 2014 Complete Flight Data Publication IOC July 2015 Complete NextGen Capabilities Package Sep.2013 SWIM Segment 2B FID Sept.2014

Changes from Previous Month: NEMS nodes installations are scheduled for April 2014 at ZLA (Los Angeles ARTCC) and ZMA (Miami ARTCC) and for May 2014 at ZBW (Boston ARTCC) and ZMP(Minneapolis ARTCC)

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SWIM Terminal Data Distribution by TRACON

As of: March 2014

Tower Data Link System (TDLS) Runway Visual Range Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X Airport Surface Surveillance Capability Electronic Flight Strip Transfer System Changes from Previous Month: New services NOTAM Distribution Services (NDS) – 14 Mar Time Based Flow Management (TBFM) – 14 Apr

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Terminal Flight Data Manager

As of: March 2014

TBFM, TFMS, SWIM, FTI/LAN, ERAM, STARS, ASDE-X TFMS, SWIM, FTI/LAN, AOCNET/ CDMNET, DataComm

• Inefficient traffic coordination
• Inefficient inter-facility coordination
• Surface delays and congestion
• Shared surface situational awareness

displays

• Interface to Flight Operator Systems
• Tower and airport configuration

management

Contract Award April 2015 Complete Key Site IOC 2017 Final Investment Decision (FID) March 2014 Initial Investment Decision (IID) March 2014 Screening Info. Request (SIR) Release July 2014

Terminal Flight Data Manager Changes from Previous Month: IID approved by JRC 3/19/14

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Contract Award 10/14 Complete Key Site IOC 2017 Final Investment Decision (FID) 9/14 Screening Info. Request (SIR) Release 1/14

CSS-Wx/NWP

NextGen Weather Operational Overview

As-Is Weather

• Aviation Weather information limitations: inconsistencies across

domains, unique data types, fixed time, space resolution, range, and latencies

• User must mentally process multiple information sources to assess the

potential impact to their operations

All-weather Departures All-weather Approaches Efficient, Flexible Routing

External Users

FTI / SWIM

NAS Enterprise Security Gateway (NESG)

ASOS AWOS AWSS ERAM, ATOP, Micro-EARTS, DOTS+, FDP2K Canadian radar TFMS, TBFM

CSS-Wx

NOAA Data Source ADAS WMSCR

NWP

IDS-R, Wx Displays AIMM NEXRAD TDWR ASR-9 ASR-11

Initial Investment Decision (IID) 2013

To Be Weather

• Consistent weather information across domains and externally by the

implementation of a common weather exchange model (i.e., WXXM

• Improved aviation weather information
• Reduce avoidable air traffic delays and maximize available runway and

airspace usage

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NextGen Portfolios

• Performance-Based Navigation (PBN)
• Time-Based Flow Management (TBFM)
• Collaborative Automated Traffic Management (CATM)
• Improve Surface Operation (SurfOps)
• Improved Multiple Runway Operations (IMRO)
• Improved Approaches and Low Visibility Operations (LowVis)
• Separation Management (SepMgmt)
• On-Demand NAS Information (NASInfo)
• Separation Management (SepMgmt)
• System Safety Management (SSM)
• Environment & Energy (E&E)

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PBN 2nd Quarter FY14

MDW 1 RNP AR Published MEM 5 RNAV STARs Published RIC 2 RNAV SIDs Published

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Time Based Flow Management

As of: March 2014

TEB SAN LAX SFO ATL CLE BW I HPN IAD DCA

SITE PLANNED IOC

1 San Francisco (SFO) February 2012 2 Los Angeles (LAX) December 2013 3 San Diego (SAN) November 2014 4 Dulles (IAD) November 2014 5 Atlanta (ATL) November 2014

Adjacent Center Metering at

Additional Locations

SITE PLANNED IOC

1 San Diego (SAN) December 2013 2 Cleveland (CLE) December 2013 3 White Flint (HPN) December 2013 4 Teterboro (TEB) December 2013 5 Baltimore (BWI) December 2013 6 Washington (DCA) December 2013

TBFM at Additional Airports

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CATM-T Deployment

As of: March 2014

Route Availability Planning (RAPT) – WP2 Planned IOC Chicago, TRACON December 2013 New York TRACON April 2014 Philadelphia ATCT/TRACON CY2014 Potomac TRACON CY2014 CATM-T NAS- Wide

Collaborative Airspace Constraint Resolution (CACR) FY2014 Pre-departure Reroutes (PDRR) FY2015 Airborne Reroute (ABRR) FY2016 Collaborative Info Exchange(CIX) FY2015 TFM Remote Site Re-engineering (TRS-R) FY2016

NAS-Wide

• Air Route Traffic Control Centers

(ARTCC)

• Airspace Flow Program
• Re-route Impact Assessment
• Adaptive Compression
• Corridor Integrated Weather

System (CIWS)

• Unified Delay Program
• Collaborative Trajectory Options

Program (CTOP)

• Route Availability Planning (RAPT)

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Improved Surface Operations

As of: March 2014

Expansion of Surveillance

Site Planned IOC

1 San Francisco (SFO) November 2014 2 Cleveland (CLE) FY2015 3 Cincinnati (CVG) FY2016 4 Kansas City International (MCI) FY2016 5 Pittsburgh (PIT) FY2016 6 Portland (PDX) FY2017 7 Andrews Air Force Base (ADW) FY2017 8 New Orleans (MSY) FY2017 9 Anchorage (ANC) FY2017 Contract Award April 2015 Complete Key Site IOC 2017 Final Investment Decision (FID) March 2015 Initial Investment Decision (IID) March 2014 Final Screening Info. Request (SIR) Release Dec. 2014

Terminal Flight Data Manager Airlines 3rd Party

American/USAir Passur Alliance ARINC Delta Lockheed FedEX Sabre JetBlue Mosac ATM United Sensis Rockwell Veracity

External Surface Data Release

Changes from Previous Month: IID Approved by JRC 3/19/14

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Dec-13 Mar-14 Jun-14 Sep-14 Dec-14 Mar-15 Jun-15 Sep-15 Dec-15 2016+ Sep-13

Terminal Flight Data Manager

Contract Award April 2015 Complete Key Site IOC 2017 Final Investment Decision (FID) March 2015 Initial Investment Decision (IID) March 2014 Screening Info. Request (SIR) Release July 2014

En Route Automation Modernization

Complete Final / 20th IOC September 2014 Complete Final / 20th ORD March 2015

Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement

1 ARTS IIIE IOC (Dallas – D10) April 2013 Complete 3 ARTS IIE IOCs

• Sept. 2014

Final ARTS IIIE IOC May 2016

Data Communications (Data Comm)

Initiate DCL Tower Trials: MEM Jan.2013 & EWR April 2013 Complete DCL Tower Trials September 2014 Complete DCL Tower Service Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E) Nov. 2015 DCL Tower Service IOC Key Site (SLC) March 2016 En Route Services FID October 2014

NAS Voice System (NVS)

Achieve Gov’t Acceptance

• f two NVS Demo systems at

contractor's facility Complete Initial Demonstrations March 2014 Final Investment Decision (FID) Sept.2014 Initiate OT&E

• Dec. 2016

Begin ATC Task & Skills Analysis (TASA) Development Nov.2015

System Wide Information Management (SWIM)

Complete SWIM Terminal Data Distribution System (STDDS) Implementation June 2014 Complete Flight Data Publication IOC July 2015 Complete NextGen Capabilities Package Sep.2013

Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast

Radio Infrastructure Complete March 2014 NAS-wide Pilot Advisory Services (Traffic & Weather) June 2014 Complete Final 24 of 24 En Route IOCs Sept. 2015 Complete All Term. &

• Surf. IOCs 2019

ADS-B Out Rule Compliance Jan. 2020

Activity is completed Activity is in progress Activity is at risk Activity is missed Legend

First Site IOC En Route Service 2019 SWIM Segment 2B FID Sept.2014

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