Advanced Airside Surveillance Technologies 4 October 2015 harris.com Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 0
Airside Operation Requirements Complete surveillance of aircraft and vehicles Reliable communications Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) tools Automation Reporting, post event analysis, and realistic replay Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 1
Surveillance Technologies ASDE-X Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X) provides position and identification of aircraft and vehicles on the airport movement area, and aircraft flying within 5 miles of the airport Utilizes data from: Surface Movement Radar (SMR) Multilateration sensors (Mlat) Terminal Radar ADS-B Data available to stakeholders via: SWIM Harris NextGen Data Feed Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC): ASDE-X without the SMR Deployed at SFO, with CLE in process 35 ASDE-X Airports ATL DFW IAH MEM PHX BDL DTW JFK MIA SAN BOS EWR LAS MKE SDF BWI FLL LAX MSP SEA CLT HNL LGA ORD SLC DCA HOU MCO PHL SNA DEN IAD MDW PVD STL Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 2
Surveillance Technologies ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) provides position and identification of equipped aircraft and vehicles on the airport surface, and aircraft within the US national airspace (NAS) with 99.999% availability Airport movement area data is integrated into ASDE-X and ASSC feeds (37 airports) All other data is available to airports through the Harris NextGen Data Feed Non-movement area coverage at ASDE-X and ASSC airports, surface coverage at non- ASDE-X/ASSC airports, and airborne coverage No near term plans for on-ramping ADS-B data in SWIM ADS-B National Status 658 total sites are on the air 663 total sites will be in service in 2015 (1 Alaska North Slope, 3 Mexico Gulf Coast, & 1 CLT WAM) Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 3
ADS-B Radio Station and Radar Network Harris Operates the Largest Air Traffic Control Surveillance Network in the World Harris 658+ ADS-B radio station network also receives and processes data from over 425 FAA radar systems and 36 ASDE-X/ASSC Systems. > 1,100 air traffic surveillance sensors on the NextGen surveillance data network Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 4
ADS-B Services Delivered Surveillance Services = Critical (0.99999 Availability) ADS-B UAT 1090ES ADS-R UAT 1090ES Non-Equipped Non-Equipped Radio Station Radio Station FIS-B Provider Control Station ATC FIS-B Provider Control Station ATC Surveillance of ADS-B equipped aircraft for Air Traffic Control and Aircraft Situational Awareness Cross-Linking of ADS-B data for Aircraft Situational Awareness Broadcast Services = Essential (0.999 Availability) TIS-B UAT 1090ES FIS-B UAT 1090ES Non-Equipped Non-Equipped Radio Station Radio Station FIS-B Provider Control Station ATC FIS-B Provider Control Station ATC Uplink of Surveillance Data of Non-ADSB equipped aircraft for Aircraft Situational Awareness Uplink of Weather and other Flight Information for UAT Equipped Aircraft Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 5
ADS-B Benefits Keys Benefits to Date Safety Decreased search and rescue time i.e. a decrease of 2.5 hours in Colorado by reduction of search area from 255 sq. mi to 3 sq. mi (non-radar airspace, WAM) More than 30% reduction of accident rates for equipped aircraft in Alaska 16% reduction in weather-related accidents in Gulf of Mexico due to AWOS data Environment 98 lbs. fuel savings per IFR helicopter flights in the Gulf of Mexico, and associated reduction of CO 2 emissions Efficiency Over 400% increased capacity for low altitude flights in the GOM and over 400,000 nm distance savings Increase of 4-8 arrivals/hour at Colorado WAM-supported airports Reduced delays due to weather for equipped aircraft Jet Blue flying ADS-B only routes between Miami and western US cities when weather disrupts primary routes Equipage Status Mandate finalized for 2020 equipage ~19% of tracks observed Air Carrier equipped; ~2.5% of tracks observed GA equipped FAA is incentivizing GA to equip Currently GA costs ~$4K (including install) Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 6
Surveillance Technologies ADS-B Provides complete surface surveillance Augments ASDE-X / ASSC systems by providing coverage in the movement and non-movement areas for all equipped aircraft at once a second update rates ASDE-X outage does not result in a complete loss of data as the ADS-B equipped aircraft are still visible Location and unique ID of surface vehicles equipped with ADS-B squitters (VMATs) at once a second update rates Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 7
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ADS-B Surface Coverage Maps DFW DTW Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 9
ADS-B Surface Coverage Maps BOS MDW Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 10
ADS-B Surface Coverage Maps ORD Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 11
System Wide Information Management SYSTEM WIDE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (SWIM) NextGen infrastructure and governance to allow aviation data sharing Evolved to allow aviation users external to the FAA to securely exchange information Common platform that will enable worldwide, real-time, common situation awareness Replaces unique interfaces with modern standards-based data exchange Leverages a single interface to receive multiple data products Provides users access to information without directly connecting to another system Provides enterprise security for incoming and outgoing data Establishes a single point of contact for FAA data More information can be found at: http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/swim Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 12
SWIM NEMS Producers On-Ramped SWIM Terminal Data Distribution System Time-Based Flow Management TBFM STDDS SWIM Flight Data Publication Service SFDPS NOTAM Distribution Service NDS Special Activity Airspace SAA Weather and Radar Processor WARP Enhanced WINS Dissemination EWD Integrated Terminal Weather System ITWS Aeronautical Situational Display to Industry (ASDI) Traffic Flow Management System TFMS Weather Message Switching Center Replacement WMSCR FTI N E S G - security gateway National Weather Service NWS Corridor Integrated Weather System CIWS External Consumers NEMS - NAS Enterprise Messaging Service Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 13
Current SWIM Product Portfolio Slide courtesy of the FAA Aeronautical Data Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) Special Use Airspace (SUA) Data Exchange: Provides notification and status regarding airspace SUA data, dynamically provided AIXM SUA definitions in the AIXM standard Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) Distribution Service Digital NOTAMs AIXM 5.1 Flight and Flow Data Time Based Flow Management (TBFM): Provides metering information Scheduled Time of Arrival (STAs) Airport configuration information Estimated Time of Arrival (ETAs) Satellite airport configurations Meter Reference Elements (MREs) Assignments Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS): Provides flight data and flow information Flow Constrained Area (FCA) / Flow Evaluation Area (FEA) Ground Stops (GS) Airspace Flow Program (AFP) Reroutes Aeronautical Situational Display to Industry (ASDI) Advisories Ground Delay Program (GDP) / Unified Delay Program (UDP) Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (CTOP) SWIM Terminal Data Distribution Systems (STDDS): Collects and publishes data from 100+ airports ASDE-X streaming data service and Runway visibility data Runway Visual Range (RVR) Data Surface Movement Events (SME) Tower Departure Events (TDE) SWIM Flight Data Publication Service (SFDPS): Provides flight data and updates to clients for filed and active flight plans Flight Plan information Tentative Aircraft identification Amendment Information Flight Amendment Information Tentative Flight Plan Removal Converted Route Information Tentative Flight Plan Amendment Information Cancellation Information Track Information Departure Information Drop Track Information Aircraft Identification Amendment Information Interim Altitude Information Automated Radar Terminal Hold Information System (ARTS) Flow Control Track/Full Data Block Information Progress Report Information Beacon Code Reassignment Flight Arrival Information Beacon Code Restricted Flight Plan Update Information Full Data Block (FDB) Fourth Line Information Expected Departure Time Information Point Out Information Position Update Information Inbound Point Out Information Tentative Flight Plan Information Handoff Status Airspace Data Publication Service: Sector Assignment Status Special Activities Airspace (SAA) Route Status Altimeter Setting Operational Data Publication Service: Traffic Count Adjustment Beacon Code Utilization Instrument Approach Count Adjustment Geographic Beacon Code Utilization Sign In Sign Out General Information Message Publication Service: General Information Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 14
Current SWIM Product Portfolio Slide courtesy of the FAA Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS) Data Publication: Provides specialized weather products in the terminal area Configured Alerts Tornado Detections Wind Profile Forecast Accuracy Anomalous Propagation (AP) Indicated Precipitation Forecast Contour AP Status Forecast Image Gust Front Estimated Time to Impact Gust Front TRACON Map Hazard Text 5nm Microburst TRACON Map Hazard Text Long Range Precipitation 5nm Hazard Text TRACON Precipitation Long Range ITWS Status Information Precipitation TRACON Microburst Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) Storm Motion (SM) Storm Extrapolated Positions (SEP) 5nm Runway Configuration SM SEP Long Range Storm Motion 5NM SM SEP TRACON Storm Motion TRACON Terminal Weather Text Normal Terminal Weather Text Special Tornado Alert Wind Shear ATIS Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) Data Publication*: Provides specialized 3D storm related weather information in the Enroute area Vertically Integrated Liquid (VIL) Mosaic (1km resolution) VIL Forecast Contours (Std. Mode) VIL 2-hr. Forecast VIL Forecast Contours (Winter Mode) Echo Tops Mosaic (1 km resolution) Echo Tops Forecast Contours Echo Tops 2-hr. Forecast Growth & Decay Contours Satellite Mosaic Forecast Accuracy: Echo Tops Storm Info: Echo Top Tags Forecast Accuracy: Std. Precip Storm Info: Leading Edges Forecast Accuracy: Winter Precip Storm Info: Motion Vectors Weather Message Switching Center Replacement (WMSCR) Publications: Provides NWS textual aviation weather products Transmission of Voice Pilot Altimeter settings Reports (PIREPs) to WMSCR Stored PIREPs Enhanced Weather Information Network System Current Icing Product (CIP) Weather Research and Forecasting-Rapid Refresh (WRF-RR) Model Data North American Mesoscale (NAM) Model Data Global Forecast System (GFS) Model Data Airmen's Meteorological Information (AIRMET) National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF) National Convective Weather Diagnostic (NCWD) Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) Significant Meteorological Information (SIGMET) Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP) Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) Publications Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 15
Current SWIM Consumers 171 unique Non-NAS Consumers have started the process to subscribe As of August 2015, 47 Non-NAS Consumers are receiving data from SWIM Industry for ASDE-X, TFM, RVR, Weather products Airlines (AA, JetBlue, United, FedEx, UPS) for ASDE-X Airports (ATL, BOS, SEA) for ASDE-X Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 16
Technologies Enabled from Surface Surveillance ADS-B vehicle squitters (VMATs) + mobile situational awareness (Symphony MobileVue ) VMATs transmit position, velocity and call sign once per second for display in ATC Tower, equipped a/c and ADS-B consumers - Eligible for AIP funding - Deployed at 13 airports, 4 more in process - ACI-NA to petition FAA Spectrum to allow transmission over entire airport perimeter Tablet-based situational awareness for ipads, iphones, Androids Flexible Platform for: - Real-time Flight data for Surface, Terminal and En route Surveillance - Real-time Vehicle Location - Congestion Monitoring - Textual and Graphical Weather Instant Event Playback/Analysis Customizable Maps and Displays Photo courtesy of Massport Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 17
Technologies Enabled from Surface Surveillance Deicing Management Solutions at PHL Web-hosted tools and mobile apps provide common situational awareness for all stakeholders at the airport (FAA ATC, Deicing Service Provider, Airport and Airlines) - Improved safety by visually displaying all aircraft and vehicles on the airport surface - Improved coordination through color coding of all flights requesting to be deiced - Increased efficiency through visualization of all a/c in the deicing queue and throughout all phases of the deicing process - Display of hold over times and taxi timers increases efficiency - Geofencing to monitor snow equipment movements and alert when plows enter environmental runoff spots (VMATs ID perpetrator) Process improvements to increase efficiency - Less reliance on verbal communications - Standardized reporting available immediately after an event Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 18
Summary ASD-B provides accurate, highly reliable (99.999%) position updates once per second on the airport surface which facilitates efficient airside operations - Provides complete surveillance of all equipped aircraft and surface vehicles to track all assets in real-time - Enables A-CDM tools and automation which improves coordination, increases efficiency and reduces fuel burn / CO 2 emissions - Drives post event analysis and realistic replay to support lessons learned for continuous process improvement and better operator training Advanced Airside Communications and Surveillance Technologies 19
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