Florida NextGen Test Bed

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Florida NextGen Test Bed
Demonstration and Prototyping Information
Exchange Briefing
Alex Nguyen, Project Manager (Support)
May 26, 2010
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Description

• Provide a platform for demonstration and
  evaluation of NextGen concepts
• Rapid integration capability for prototypes
• Allow end-to-end (multi-domain) demonstrations
• Enable interaction with existing arising NAS
  systems
• Act as open evaluation platform to analyze
  feasibility of new technologies
• Foster government / industry partnerships
• Support integrated demonstrations to validate
  large scale modeling and simulation efforts

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Test Bed Project Description

• Logically united, but physically distributed
• Daytona Beach, FL
• Atlantic City, NJ (Tech Center)
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (NASA NTX)
• FY10 Activities
• Initiate Florida planning and implementation
  activities
• Coordinate with Tech Center
• Coordinate with NASA
• Initiate coordination with our Government /
  Industry partners

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Key Players
Team Member Primary Functional Responsibilities
FAA AJP-67 Florida NextGen Test Bed Management
FAA WJHTC WJHTC NIEC/LabNet Management
NASA NTX Texas NextGen Test Bed Management
Veracity Engineering FAA HQ Program and System Engineering Support
MITRE CAASD Florida Test Bed Concepts and Strategy Development Support, System Planning, NextGen Program Alignment Support
ERAU Support Org. Florida Test Bed Daytona Project Management, System Planning, Implementation and Demonstration Support
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Major Milestones/Goals
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Accomplishments To Date

• Completed Multi-year Program Plan Project
  Schedule
• Drafted Strategy Plan Concept of Operations
• Drafted AJP-6 Demonstration schedule
• Initiated discussions with WJHTC and NASA NTX for
  Test Bed partnership
• Awarded Planning Phase for Test Bed
  Implementation
• Completed Test Bed Project Kickoff
• Completed TIM1 for planning phase

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Future Plans

• Currently drafting requirements, architecture,
  facility development plans
• Establish overall Governance model for Test Bed
• Establish partnership with WJHTC and NASA/NTX for
  integrated Test Bed
• Issue task for Test Bed Implementation Phase
• Facility build-out
• Acquire systems, install, setup
• Establish connection with RD Domain
• Coordinate with SWIM other LOBs to align plans
  with Test Bed systems architecture