RTCA SC203

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AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS PANEL (ACP) 13th
MEETING OF WORKING GROUP M Montreal, Canada 18
21 November 2008
Agenda Item 1(a)
Data Communications Program Status (Presented
by Peter Muraca)
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Topics

• Program Update
• Current Program Activities
• Avionics Standards Development
• Air-Ground Communications System Acquisition
• Specifications Development
• Next Steps (towards Final Investment Analysis)
• Economic Analysis
• SIR Development
• Equipage Strategy
• Prototype and Test
• Implementation Strategy Planning

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Program Update

• Successfully completed Initial Investment
  Decision July 2008
• Entering Final Investment Analysis phase

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SC-214/WG-78 Standards Development
WWW.FAA.GOV/GO/SC214
WP1 Draft
WP2 Draft
WP1 WP2
StandardsPublication
2010
2011
2008
2009
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Air / Ground Communications System Acquisition

• Conducted bilateral meetings with potential
  vendors throughout Summer 2008
• Released Request for Comment 30 Oct 08
• Summarizes FAA's Data Communications operation
  environment
• Continue to communicate with industry on the
  details of the service acquisition
• Developing draft acquisition strategy paper to be
  released to industry for comment
• The exact scope of the service and contract are
  still under development

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Specifications Development

• Specifications development activities
• En Route SSD
• Tower SSD
• Communications Service Provider SSD
• Infrastructure SSD
• Maintenance, Monitoring and Control CONOPs/SSD

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Final Investment Analysis Activities

• Economic Analysis
• Cost estimation development for software
  development, hardware procurement, air-ground
  network acquisition, equipage incentivization,
  etc.
• Develop understanding of system benefits to
  include operational scenarios
• SIR Development
• Create acquisition documents for air-ground
  network
• Release of Request for Proposal to industry
• Proposal evaluation

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Final Investment Analysis Activities (cont.)

• Equipage Strategy
• Incentivization strategy
• Avionics targets
• Rulemaking strategy
• Coordination with overall NextGen rulemaking plan
• Prototype and Test
• Services Validation
• Security, HF
• Aircraft / Flight test capabilities
• Interoperability
• Communication Infrastructure
• Demonstrations
• Foundation for formal TE process
• Implementation Strategy Planning
• Target ARTCCs to maximize benefit
• Early stages roll out plan / trade space
  analysis

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• BACK-UP

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Program Timeline
Key Sites
Initial Investment Decision
Investment Analysis Readiness Decision
En Route
Tower
TRACON
Final investment Decision
Major Milestones
2008
10
12
14
18
2027
22
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Near Term Activities

• Develop and Release SIR- Receive and Evaluate
  proposals- Develop Interface Requirements
• Mid-term Human Factors and Standards- Finalize
  Business Case Analyses- Complete JRC 2B, Final
  Investment Decision
• Contract Awards

• Complete Service Level Agreements
• Complete Safety Assessments
• Complete Initial Requirement Documents
• Complete Initial Cost Benefit Analysis
• Develop Initial Equipage Strategy
• Complete JRC 2A, Initial Investment Decision

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System Scope
Program Scope
FAA System Scope
User System Scope
5.0
6.0
7.0
1.0 Ground
2.0 Ground
3.0 Ground
4.0 Air-
Airborne
Airborne
Airborne
User
Data
Message
Ground
Message
Data
User
Interface
Processing
Delivery
Message
Delivery
Processing
Interface
(GUI)
(GDP)
(GMD)
Delivery
Controller
Flight Crew
(AMD)
(ADP)
(AUI)
(AGMD)

• FAA System Scope
• Program funds enhancements required to perform
  data communications in
• Ground User Interface (e.g. ERAM/DSR display
  software)
• Ground Data Processing (e.g. application software
  to create clearances)
• Ground Data Delivery (e.g. wide area networking
  between ground facilities)
• Ground components of A/G Message Delivery (e.g.
  radio, ground antenna)
• User System Scope
• Users fund enhancements required to perform data
  communications in
• Airborne components of A/G Message Delivery (e.g.
  aircraft radio, antenna)
• Airborne Message Delivery (e.g. aircraft
  networking)
• Airborne Data Processing (e.g. app s/w in comm
  flight management units)
• Airborne User Interface (e.g. cockpit displays
  s/w)

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Data Comm Capabilities Globally Harmonized
2010 2015
2020 2025
Existing Aircraft Capabilities (FANS 1/A, ATN
CPDLC,
Aircraft Equipage
SC214 Equipage
Avionics Available
Avionics Standards
Segment 1
Segment 2
Segment 3
Rule
DC In Tower
DC In En Route
DC In TRACON
Operational Capabilities

• Original/Revised Departure Clearances, D-ATIS

Red Terminal Function Black En Route
Function Purple Cross Domain Function