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Impact of the IT Revolution on the Airspace
System
Dr. Philip Carrigan Strategic ProgramsAir
Traffic Management Systems
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The Challenge

• Significantly increase Airspace System capacity
• Maintain safety during all operational phases
• Address changing security concerns, issues
• Stakeholder requirements
• Aircraft equipage issues
• Ground side constraints
• The Human Factor
• Confidence in technological and other solutions

What do we have to work with?
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Technologies of the IT Revolution
Communication
Navigation
Surveillance
ATM
Meteorology
STARS
Primary/Secondary Surveillance
Wide Area Augmentation System
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
SATCOM
Surface Movement
AutoTrac/TracView
Integrated Terminal Weather System
Local Area Augmentation System
Air/Ground Communications
Precision Runway Monitor
CAATS
How NASA is building on these technologies
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NASA ATMSDI Program
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Bridging the gap between research and application
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• Key elements of Raytheon VAMS Terminal Area
  Concept
• Accurate 4D Trajectory Calculation
• Aircraft execution of required trajectories
• Highly reliable and secure data link
• Reduced (precision) separation
• Improved surveillance
• WAAS enhanced GPS
• Multi-sensor surface surveillance fusion
• Mode S MSSR
• Airborne self separation
• Complex finals - curvilinear, multi-aircraft
  formation landings
• Optimized taxi routing
• Integrated Terminal Area information network (all
  stakeholders)

Virtual Airspace and Modeling System
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Terminal Area Enhancement Concept
Maximize Terminal Area Throughput
Avionics
Approach
Terminal Airspace
4-D Trajectory
Final
Departure
Position Intent
LAAS

• Surveillance Data
• Local Weather
• All 4-D Trajs
• A/C Performance
• Environmentals
• Surface Status
• Gate Status

Taxi
WLAN
Operational Algorithms
Turning Goals Into Reality 2020