Aeronautical Safety of Navigation - The Present and the Future

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1 Aeronautical Safety of Navigation - The Present and the Future Fran Early 15 June 2011 CNS/ATM Conference

2 NGA = Safety of Flight

3 NGA and Geospatial Intelligence NGA Mission To provide timely, relevant, and accurate GEOINT in support of national security Definition of GEOINT: The exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. GEOINT consists of imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial information. Airfield Feature Data Safety of Navigation Vertical Obstructions

4 Aeronautical Authorities USC Title 10 CJCSI B DoD Directive Service Regulations and Instructions SECDEF Memo 11 September 2000

5 Unique Tradecraft 250 Aeronautical Analysts Military and Civilian Pilots Air Traffic Controllers Navigators Flight Engineers From NGA Aero customers to NGA Aero analysts! Centuries of experience spanning every aspect of aviation

6 Aeronautical Products - FLIP Airport Information Instrument Approach Data Enroute Charts AAFIF, DAFIF Planning Books

7 Special Aeronautical Information Request (SAIR) 2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami, Pan-Arab Unrest 2010 Iceland volcano/ash cloud, Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill 2009 Haiti earthquake crisis, AFRICOM airfield request 2008 Hurricane Ike, Cyclone Nargis, Georgia-Russia conflict 2007 Peru earthquake 2006 Lebanon-Israel crisis 2005 Indonesia Earthquake/Tsunami relief 2004 Tsunami relief Time critical, one-time requests for contingencies, special operations, crisis and humanitarian relief support, etc. Layered graphics in geo-pdf format for field support

8 Humanitarian/Crisis Support Support Airfields and Fukushima Airspace Closure 15 March KM Radius 2011 DigitalGlobe, Inc

9 Flight Safety Support 19 Apr 1300Z 21 Apr 1000Z

10 Flight Safety Support Red Closed Yellow Limited Green - Open

11 Humanitarian/Crisis Support

12 Certified Quality Products FAA Type 1 Letter of Acceptance April 2011 Certifies navigation data processing NGA data complies with strict FAA data quality requirements International Standards Organization 9001 April 2007 and April 2010 First NGA production element certified to international quality standards Re-audited semi-annually

13 The Aeronautical Future Kneeboards Electronic Flight Bags ipads? Putting on time, on-demand GEOINT into the hands of the user

14 Typical Rotary Wing Cockpit (H-60, H-47, H-53)

15 New CH-47 Cockpit

16 New KC-46 Cockpit

17 NGA Aeronautical Initiatives Vertical Obstructions are the Services #1 safety requirement NGA is attacking this problem vigorously! Define the VO Strategy Milestones, Objectives, and Goals Finalize VO Specification for Co-Production and Data Exchange Expanding relationships with trusted partners is paramount We can no longer work in a vacuum! Building relationships with National System for GEOINT (NSG) and Allied System for GEOINT (ASG) Data sharing, burden sharing and co-production leverage best practices and shrinking resources Global Navigation System Aeronautical (GNS-A) is the future We are building a data architecture for the future! Enhance machine-to-machine data transfer Minimize source data entry errors Aeronautical Safety of Navigation is everybody s business; we must work issues together! 17

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