Integrated Airport A NextGen Testbed

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• Integrated Airport A NextGen Testbed

Christina Recascino, ERAUDoug Sweigard, Lockheed
Martin TSSWade Lester, ERAU February 18, 2009
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Presenters

• Christina Recascino Vice President for
  Research, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Douglas Sweigard Senior Program Manager,
  Aviation Programs, Lockheed Martin Co.
• Wade Lester Director of NextGen Research,
  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Integrated Airport The History

• Nearly 800 million passengers fly each year
• On 789,000 flights
• Logging more than 60 billion miles
• On planes who have an average load capacity of
  80

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History

• Problems abound in the air transportation system
• Fewer On-time arrivals
• Mechanical delays
• Weather delays
• Lost luggage
• Near mid-air collisions
• Incursions
• Gate to Gate delays
• Fatal Mishaps

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NextGen

• To modernize the air management system in the
  United States, the JPDO was created to spearhead
  the NextGen movement
• In 2005, ERAU and Lockheed Martin began
  discussions of setting up a University-Private-Pub
  lic partnership whose mission was to tackle
  issues related to testing and implementation of
  NextGen concepts

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The Integrated Airport was born

• Mission Accelerate NextGen through technology
  demonstrations that integrate near-term NextGen
  enhancements
• Embry-Riddle and Lockheed Martin are the lead
  partners in the Integrated Airport Consortium

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• Joined by
• CSC
• Ensco
• Boeing
• Jeppesen
• Mosaic ATM
• Frequentis
• Sensis
• Harris
• Barco
• NATS UK
• Volpe Research Center

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Overview of Consortium

• Creation of non-binding MOU that all partners
  sign
• Agree to work on projects related to NextGen as
  decided by planning group
• Companies are required to contribute IRAD funds

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Accomplishments

• 2007 Establishment of NextGen Testbed at Daytona
  Beach International Airport and opening
  demonstration
• 2008 First technical demonstration creating an
  AWIM and data sharing across partner systems
• 2008 Received 2 million in federal support
  through the FAA to support the testbed and engage
  in NextGen demonstration Predictive Weather
  Integrated into the TMA systems using a SWIM
  platform

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Present and Future

• 2008 Established a contractual agreement with the
  FAA through Embry-Riddle
• Funding goes to consortium for technology
  demonstrations that accelerate NextGen concepts,
  as contracted by the FAA
• Goal is demonstration and evaluation of concepts
  providing information to the FAA that can lead to
  implementation

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Future Plans

• March 11, 2009
• Next demonstration focuses on International
  Flight Data Object Sharing
• 2009 and forward
• Working with the FAA to establish the next sets
  of demo for 2009 and 2010

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A Complex Challenge
Many Efforts Underway

• Many Existing or Emerging Solutions

Current National Airspace Systems
Emerging New Systems
An Integrated Approach is Essential But How Do
We Get There???
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Limitations of Todays Systems
Todays System Lacks Common Situational Awareness
A/P Systems
TSA
ATC
A/P Landing
TFM
Unique, Limited Flight Data Interfaces
Ramp

• Different System Information, Trajectory and
  Problem view causes uncertainty inefficiency
• Limited Interoperability Between ATC system
  domains and Airport Stakeholders
• Unpredictable Results Lead to System Delays and
  Operational Costs

System Limitations Result in Increased Passenger
Delays and Airline Costs
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FAAs NextGen Implementation Plan Makes the
Vision Happen

• High Density Airports
• Initial Surface Traffic Management
• Integrated Arrival/Departure Management

• Trajectory-Based Ops
• 4D Trajectory Management
• Capacity and Efficiency Using RNP/RNAV
• Time-Based Metering

• Flexible Terminals Facilities
• Full Surface Situation Info
• Optimized Profile Descent
• Runway Safety Alerting
• Tower Data Link Taxi Clearance
• Wind and Wake Procedures

ATC
A/P Systems
TSA
Ramp
We must enable broad access to A/P Info!!
ADS-B, Data Communications SWIM Enablers
(Weather, FDO, trajectory)
Terminal Data Distribution

• Collaborative ATM
• Flight Plan Constraint Evaluation
• On-Demand NAS Information
• Trajectory Flight Data Management

• Reduce Weather Impact
• Trajectory-Based Weather Impact Evaluation

NextGen Can Deliver Integrated Operational
Improvements and Enablers That Deliver
Operational Benefit
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IAI Planning Process

• Conduct Annual IAI Planning Activity
• Re-examine the IAI Objectives
• Objectives
• Discuss Each Members RD Goals for the year
• Relative to the IAI Activity
• Goals are evaluated for common threads
• Jointly Develop Plan
• Leverages collective RD efforts
• Produce Integrated threads that can be
  demonstrated
• Ideally look at 2-5 year activity stream
• Laboratory demos - Operational Evals/Trials
  - Leave Behind Functions
• Artifacts

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Integrated Airport Goals
Implement trajectory-based decision-making
Long-term vision
Leverage industry investment and capability
Solve near-term NAS problems
Build on FAAs OEP
NextGen Implementation Plan
Early evaluation leading to operational
implementation
Integrate stakeholders via common information
sharing
Phased Evaluation Approach
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Collaborative, Trajectory-based Flight Planning

• Recommendation
• Operational evaluation leading to near-term
  implementation of oceanic en route
  collaborative flight planning
• Approach
• Op Evaluation Phases
• 1. Airline Oceanic collaboration (A/L
  files early intent, receives oceanic constraint
  evaluation)
• 2. Airline En Route collaboration (A/L
  files early intent, receives en route constraint
  evaluation)
• 3. Accelerate SWIM to enable Oceanic En
  Route trajectory-based exchange and planning
• Demonstrations and Operational Evaluation
  leading to near-term implementation
• Airline, FAA and International ANSP Stakeholder
  participation
• Benefits Goal
• User business-preferred flight profiles
  (Schedule predictability, fuel savings)
• Ability to react to system constraint changes
  (Pre-Flight and during flight) Maintain
  Predictability
• Seamless airspace operations Enhances flow and
  reduces delays
• NextGen Enablers
• Extends FDO International FDO interoperability
• Demonstrates SWIM and Trajectory-Based Enabler
  benefits

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Why Does Anybody Care About Demo?

• Benefits
• Initial SWIM-based FDO/trajectory integration
  (En Route, Oceanic, A/L Flight Planner, Intl
  ANSP, TFM)
• User-preferred Pre-Flight Planning
  (Fuel-Efficiency, predictability) across multiple
  domains
• International flight data coordination
• Consolidate flight plan filing across multiple
  domains
• 08 lab scenarios and 09/10 Op Evaluations
  measure airspace customer benefits relative to
  baselines

• FY09 Funding Areas
• TBO - Oceanic Tactical Trajectory Mgmt
• TBO Trajectory Management Enablers
• SWIM

• Key OEP OIs
• Oceanic 4D Trajectory Management (D1)
• Full flight plan constraint evaluation with
  feedback

• Key JPDO OIs
• OI-0304 Improved Collaborative Oceanic Routing
  (2013) (D1 first phase))
• OI-0300 Improved Collaborative Pre-Flight
  Re-Routing (2012) (D1, D2)
• OI-0302 Initial Collaborative In-Flight
  Re-Routing (2013) (D1, D2)

• Related IWP Investments
• IN-0004 TBO Multiple Trajectories 09-11
  Multiple FP filed trajectories (D1)
• IN-0005 TBO Oceanic Collaborative ATM 09
  Pre-Dep, collaborative, en route evaluator, TAs
  (D1)
• IN-0073 Infrastructure Engineering for TBO (09)
  (D1)
• IN-0007 TBO Flight Object and SWIM (09) (D1)
• IN-0052 Network Facilities NextGen Development
  Environment (D1, D2, D3)

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Demo 1 International FDO Collaboration -
Transition Path
CY10 (Early Implementation)
CY08 (Lab Demo)
CY09 (Op Eval)
CY11
Aircraft
DL Coordinated FMS FP
ANSP
Joint U.S. Europe Planning
NY/Oak/Portugal (Status, FP, Amendments? D1C)
Portugal
Intl ANSP
Collaborative Oceanic Routing (2013 IOC)
Portugal Ocean SWIM/FDO Integration
NY/Oak?
D1C
NY/Oak Flight Data
ATOP (real) SWIM-enabled CDM
FAA Oceanic
ATOP SWIM/FDO Integration
NY/MIA
EDA/TMA Cross Domain Prototype
D2
D1B
D1A
Florida/LM Labs?
D1C
SWIM Infrastructure
SWIM Infrastructure (Lab)
D1E
D1D
D1A
D1B
Florida/LM Labs?
MIA/JAX
FAA En Route
ERAM SWIM/FDO Integration
ERAM (real) R2 SWIM-enabled CDM
ERAM R2 w/SWIM (Lab proto)
CATM Pre-Flt Re-Route (2012 IOC)
Florida Test Bed
Florida Test Bed
D1D
TFM CFP w/SWIM
D1A
TFM CFP w/SWIM (Lab proto)
Airline
Flt Planner SWIM/FDO Integration
KLM/AA/UAL FP (or NWA?)
Demo D1D CFPM Op Eval (3rd Q 09)
Demo D1A Cross Domain FDO / Traj (4th Q 08)
Demo D1B Oceanic Constraint Evaluation (1st Q 09)
Demo D2 EDA/TMA Cross Domain Planning (See Next
Demo 2
Demo D1C Intl FDO Exchange (ANSP) (2nd Q 09)
Demo D1E Cross Domain CDM Op Eval (3rd Q 10)

• Objectives
• Develop International FDO Approach
• SWIM-Enabled Lab integration (D1A)
• FDO Trajectory Interoperability Stds
• (FDO Study Task)
• 08 Lab Simulation (MIA Madrid)
• 08 Lab Simulation (MCO NWK)

• Objectives
• Oceanic CFP Op Eval (D1B)
• Intl FDO Exchange Op Eval
• (D1C live Feed)
• Pre-Dep ER CFP Lab/Op Eval
• (D1D w/ NY/MCO)

• Objectives (Deploy)
• Pre-Departure Oceanic ER CFP
• Objectives (OpEval)
• Oceanic CFPM to evaluate maneuvers
• (SWIM-based CDM)
• Cross Domain CFP (D1E)

Spiral 3
Spiral 2
Spiral 1
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An Integrated Systems Approach Can Lead to the
Realization of NextGen Operational Benefits in
the Near and Mid Term
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Embry-Riddles NextGen Role
Wade Lester Program Manager 600 South
Clyde Morris Blvd Daytona Beach, FL
32114 lesterw_at_erau.edu 386-226-6418
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Status
Title Task A Integration of Weather into TMA
and ERAM
Overview The 2008 demo will show the benefits
of providing graphical forecast weather
information on ERAM and TMA displays to support
the rerouting of aircraft around convective
weather.
Participants FAA, Embry-Riddle, Lockheed-Martin,
CSC, Ensco, Boeing, Volpe Center
Funding 1.81M
Status The demonstration was conducted November
18, 2008. The final research and analysis is
being conducted by ERAU. The final report will
be delivered January 31, 2009
Latest Activity Conducted the demonstration
November 18, 2008. Finishing up the last of the
research with a final report due at the end of
January, 2009.
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Status
Title Task D International Flight Data Object
Demonstration
Overview Demonstrate the exchange of Flight
Data Objects between international oceanic air
traffic control systems. The Flight Data Objects
will be passed between the Advanced Technologies
and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) and NAV Portugals
Sistema Atlântico (SATL) systems.
Participants FAA, Embry-Riddle, Lockheed-Martin
Funding 700K
Status The demonstration was conducted November
18, 2008. The final research and analysis is
being conducted by ERAU. The final report will
be delivered January 31, 2009
Latest Activity PMR/TIM 1 was conducted in
January. The meetings were held at the DBNTB.
Action items are posted on the NextGen Status
site.
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