Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) Modernization

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Aeronautical Information Management (AIM)
Modernization

• For DATWG

Brett BrunkArchitecture and Planning System
Operations - AIM Group
March 2009
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Topics

• Vision for Aeronautical Information Management
• AIM Modernization Architecture
• Performance, business, information and technology
• Current Activities
• Federal NOTAM System initial deployment
• SUA
• Consolidation of web sites
• Information exchange
• AIXM 5

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Topics

• Vision for Aeronautical Information Management
• AIM Modernization Architecture
• Performance, business, information and technology
• Current Activities
• Federal NOTAM System initial deployment
• SUA
• Consolidation of web sites
• Information exchange
• AIXM 5

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From AIS to AIMAIM as a core ATM enabler

• Traditional AIS
• AIS is a set of paper products and manual
  processes
• Aeronautical Information Management
• System to system exchange of aeronautical
  information
• Global interoperability
• Integrated data sets
• Single entry multiple views
• Customer Service (Civil and military)
• Flight planning and briefing
• Aircraft
• ATC automation
• Traffic management
• Notice to Airmen

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Global ATM Vision

• Provide a holistic, cooperative and
  collaborative decision-making environment, where
  the diverging expectations and interests of all
  members of the ATM community are balanced to
  achieve equity and access.
• Information management provides accredited,
  quality-assured and timely information used to
  support ATM operations.

From ICAO Doc 9854 Global ATM Operational Concept
(1.9.1)
From ICAO Doc 9854 Global ATM Operational Concept
(2.15)
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What does the Global ATM Operational Concept tell
us?

• Need a move to seamless global air traffic
  management
• Internationally harmonized and globally
  interoperable ATM system
• ATM includes seven capabilities
• Manage airspace
• Demand and capacity balancing
• Aeronautical operations
• Traffic synchronization
• Conflict management
• Airspace user operations
• ATM service delivery management
• AIM/Information Services
• Provide the information services necessary to
  support the seven ATM capabilities

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Role of AIM in supporting ATM
ATM
AIM

• Enabling flight operations

• Provide common operating picture of aeronautical
  situation
• Monitor quality
• Control quality
• Provide information sharing
• Integrate data (historical, planning and
  operational)
• Provide decision information support

AeronauticalCommonOperatingPicture
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What is missing in AIM today?
Global ATM capabilities

• Manage airspace
• Demand and capacity balancing
• Aerodrome operations
• Traffic synchronization
• Conflict management
• Airspace user operations
• ATM service delivery management

How should AIM support these ATM capabilities?
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Supporting all phases of flight
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Topics

• Vision for Aeronautical Information Management
• AIM Modernization Architecture
• Performance, business, information and technology
• Current Activities
• Federal NOTAM System initial deployment
• SUA
• Consolidation of web sites
• Information exchange
• AIXM 5

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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a one stop shop for the aeronautical
information services necessary for flight
operations
Full Flight Plan
On-Demand NAS
Flight data management
4D Trajectory
Airspace Status
Situational Awareness
Enabling NextGen Capabilities
Performance
System Operations
En Route
Terminal
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations
System Forecast
Planning
Performance
NAS ATM Support Services
Business Services
Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical
Information
Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics
Surface Evaluation
Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Collect
Evaluate
Distribute
Information
Data Management
Standards Technologies
SWIM, DataComm, FTI
Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a one stop shop for the aeronautical
information services necessary for flight
operations
Full Flight Plan
On-Demand NAS
Flight data management
4D Trajectory
Airspace Status
Situational Awareness
Enabling NextGen Capabilities
Performance
System Operations
En Route
Terminal
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations
System Forecast
Planning
Performance
NAS ATM Support Services
Business Services
Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical
Information
Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics
Surface Evaluation
Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Collect
Evaluate
Distribute
Information
Data Management
Standards Technologies
SWIM, DataComm, FTI
Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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Diverse customer community
Originators
Customers

• Airport operators
• Forest service
• Procedure developers
• Military airfield operators
• Air Traffic Control

• Dispatchers
• Pilots
• General Aviation
• Business Jets
• Military
• Military dispatch
• Air Traffic Control

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Product-driven policyChallenges facing AIM
Flight Restrictions(Flow constraint rules, SOP,
LOA)
Weather data products
National (FDC) NOTAM(IAPs, NAVAID,TFR)
Regional (Domestic)NOTAM(SID, STAR, Airport)
Special Activity Airspace (SAA) Activation
Airport Field Conditions (FICONS)
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NOTAM User Lessons Learned

• User Studies
• Dispatchers
• Pilots
• Timeliness, consistency
• Single location
• Usability issues
• Confusing Q-Codes
• Cognitive problems with free text
• Cognitive problems with UPPERCASE and ABBRV

Kelley Krokos, Ph.D., American Institutes of
Research Florian Jentsch, Ph.D., University of
Central Florida (UCF)
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Program strategic deliverables
Provide a one stop shop for the aeronautical
information services necessary for flight
operations

• Improve Safety
• Timely and accurate distribution of aeronautical
  information
• Capturing and distributing digital aeronautical
  information
• Improve efficiency
• Digital capture and delivery
• Streamlined information management
• International Leadership
• Digital AIM
• ICAO compliance
• Supporting NextGen
• Single Authoritative Source (i.e. Common
  Operating Picture)
• Infrastructure for 4D flight planning, shared
  situational awareness,

NOTAMAdvisoriesSpecial Use AirspaceAirport
Field ConditionsSNOWTAMSFlow Constraints
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Expected Benefits

• Decrease in incidents where NOTAMs are a
  contributing factor
• Decrease data collection and interpretation costs
• Approximately 2M annually for major US carriers
• Decrease system operations costs
• Approximately 4M annually for US government
• Timely, accurate and complete aeronautical
  information benefits flight operations
• Improvements for controllers and pilot
  situational awareness

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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a one stop shop for the aeronautical
information services necessary for flight
operations
Full Flight Plan
On-Demand NAS
Flight data management
4D Trajectory
Airspace Status
Situational Awareness
Enabling NextGen Capabilities
Performance
System Operations
En Route
Terminal
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations
System Forecast
Planning
Performance
NAS ATM Support Services
Business Services
Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical
Information
Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics
Surface Evaluation
Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Collect
Evaluate
Distribute
Information
Data Management
Standards Technologies
SWIM, DataComm, FTI
Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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Example of the legacy AIS challengesNOTAM entry
pathways today
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New Concept of Operations
DATALINK
Web
Web Page Service (AIXM) Legacy Formats
Web service (AIXM)
Originator
AIM Modernization System
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Digital capture and delivery
AIXM XML
Charts
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Capability roadmap
2008
2010
2012
2014
AIM Modernization Capital Investment Program
Initial
Segment 2 Final
Segment 1 Final
Digital NOTAM Concept Development
EUROCONTROL xNOTAM trials
AIMCommonOperatingPicture (COP)
FNS 2
Federal NOTAM System(FNS 1)

• TFRs

• Center NOTAMs

• ICAO

• Tower Lights

• digital

• Field Conditions

• FDCs

ADAM 2
Advanced DynamicAirspace Management (ADAM 1)

• SUA

• ALTRV (CARF)

• Create Airspace

• digital

• TFR

• ATCAA

NextGen Common Status and Structure Data (CSSD)

• Digital flow constraints

• LOA/SOP

AIS-Modernization (AIS-M)

• flight planning submission

• briefing

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Strategic Plan
Policy- ICAO compliance- Digital capture and
delivery
Technical- Future Systems- SWIM compliance-
Legacy support
AIM Modernization
Safety- Minimize stakeholder impacts- System
transitions
Outreach- Education- Human factors analysis-
Stakeholder working group
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Monday 28 January 2008 0500 UTC
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NAV CANADA FAA ICAO NOTAM Harmonization
Charles Montgomery NAV CANADA Director, AIS
Flight Operations Barry Davis, FAA Manager,
Aeronautical Information Management
Management Confidential
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FAA-NAV CANADA Workgroup Objectives

• Work together to achieve seamless ICAO NOTAMs
  between both states
• Facilitate a modernization movement from legacy
  NOTAMs to ICAO formatted NOTAMs
• Enable the transition to digital NOTAMs
• Use AIXM technology (version 5 and beyond)

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Joint System Harmonization

• Direct entry by NOTAM authority
• ICAO NOTAM format for both states
• Common Series to be used by both states
• Automation for upfront quality checks
• Continue legacy system support
• Transition activities required

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ICAO NOTAM Series/1

• Series A Aerodrome/Movement or Landing Area
• Series B ATC Facilities and Services
• Series C Special Use Airspace
• Series D Obstruction
• Series E Airspace NOTAMs
• Series F 2nd Language Translations (e.g.,
  French)
• Series G GNSS NOTAMs (GPS, WAAS, LAAS)
• Series H Chart Corrections

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ICAO NOTAM Series/2

• Series J Special Notices and Advisories
• Series L Limited Distribution NOTAMs
• Series M Military
• Series N NAVAID NOTAMs
• Series O Other Aeronautical Information
• Series P Procedural
• Series V Military Procedures
• Series W Database Corrections
• Series Y Test NOTAMs
• Series Z Airway NOTAMs

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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a one stop shop for the aeronautical
information services necessary for flight
operations
Full Flight Plan
On-Demand NAS
Flight data management
4D Trajectory
Airspace Status
Situational Awareness
Enabling NextGen Capabilities
Performance
System Operations
En Route
Terminal
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations
System Forecast
Planning
Performance
NAS ATM Support Services
Business Services
Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical
Information
Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics
Surface Evaluation
Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Collect
Evaluate
Distribute
Information
Data Management
Standards Technologies
SWIM, DataComm, FTI
Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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Digital Aeronautical Information Digital NOTAM
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Aeronautical Information Exchange Model Enabling
AIM Modernization

• Complete data model (Airport AC 150/5300-18B)
• OGC GML 3.2 Compliant
• Static and dynamic data
• Common meanings and definitions
• Eliminate free form text

Provides globally applicable conceptual model
and exchange format for aeronautical
information Models temporality
Accommodates ICAO standards and recommendations
Annex 4 and 15 Accommodates industry
requirements ARINC 424/EUROCAE ED-99/RTCA DO-272
Others
Uses XML and GML Is modular and extendable
More information at www.aixm.aero
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Web Sitewww.aixm.aero

• Design Documents
• Model Details
• AIXM 5 Forum
• Digital NOTAM

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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a one stop shop for the aeronautical
information services necessary for flight
operations
Full Flight Plan
On-Demand NAS
Flight data management
4D Trajectory
Airspace Status
Situational Awareness
Enabling NextGen Capabilities
Performance
System Operations
En Route
Terminal
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations
System Forecast
Planning
Performance
NAS ATM Support Services
Business Services
Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical
Information
Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics
Surface Evaluation
Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Collect
Evaluate
Distribute
Information
Data Management
Standards Technologies
SWIM, DataComm, FTI
Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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Federal NOTAM System SWIM architecture
Users
NOTAM/CARF Origination
NOTAM/CARF Collection
NOTAM/CARF Processing
NOTAM/CARF Distribution
FAA Facilities
User
User
CARF/NOTAMUsers
query
DOD
entry
FNS
Airports
External Systems
External Systems
System to System
System to System
Service Bus
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System Architecture

• Open Geospatial Consortium compliant
• GML, WFS, WMS
• AIXM
• SWIM Web Services
• SOAP, XML
• Extensible and Modular

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Topics

• Vision for Aeronautical Information Management
• AIM Modernization Architecture
• Performance, business, information and technology
• Current Activities
• Federal NOTAM System initial deployment
• SUA
• Consolidation of web sites
• Information exchange
• AIXM 5

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Federal NOTAM System2009 operational
demonstrations
2008
2010
2012
2014
Federal NOTAM System(FNS 1)

• Digital Entry
• AIXM Event Specifications
• SNOW, Runways and Obstacles
• Web site concepts
• Airport NOTAM summary
• NOTAM queries
• Concept validation
• Technology, Policy, Safety and Outreach
• Field studies
• Limited deployment demonstrations

Tower Operators and Airports
System and Web Interfaces
Digital NOTAM Entry
US NOTAM System Database of Record
NOTAM Query and NOTAM Summary
Legacy Users
Digital Consumers
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Direct NOTAM entry at Denver Airport

• Safety risk analysis identified no significant
  hazards associated with direct entry at Denver
  Airport
• NOTAM coordination with local ATC facilities
• Training and compliance with policies and
  advisory circulars

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Digital NOTAM Capture Demonotamdemo.aim.nas.faa.g
ov
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Field Summary Demonotams.aim.faa.gov
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System to System NOTAM Entry
Lights Out Entry
Sample Airport Entry

• Lights out NOTAM Capture (42 of all NOTAMs,
  75 of D NOTAMs)
• NavAid Capture
• Procedures Capture
• Airports Capture
• Electronic System Interface Capture for large
  airports (SWIM compliant web services)
• Web Capture as backup and other airports

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TFR and SUA web site merge

• One stop shop
• Situational awareness issues
• Explore concepts for spatial-temporal
  representation of aeronautical information

SUA.FAA.GOV
TFR.FAA.GOV
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SUA Information Exchange

• Improve scheduling
• Information dissemination
• SWIM Service Oriented Architecture

ERAM
SAMS
NASR
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
DOD

• Single authoritative sources
• Eliminate manual entries
• AIXM-compliant
• Consistent with AIM Modernization and Federal
  NOTAM System!

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AIXM/WXXM Conference

• AIXM 5 Information
• Results of the OGC test bed
• Demonstration of AIXM to the cockpit
• Keynote speakers
• David Lewtas, ICAO
• Vicki Cox, FAA VP (NextGen)
• Ken Reid (Eurocontrol)
• Many others!
• Vendor booths

May 12-14, 2009 Washington DC Register at
www.aixm.aero
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DOD Coordination

• The Value Proposition
• Well-established standards for accessing
  aeronautical data
• Digital data access
• Timeliness and quality improvements
• For your consideration
• Transition from analog to digital products
• Network enabled operations (SWIM)
• Security and Access
• Transition to military systems

• Acknowledgements DOD NOTAM office
• NGA
• US AF AMC

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Conclusions and Questions

• AIM is about
• Digital capture and delivery of aeronautical
  information
• Timely and high quality access to information for
  all customers
• Information necessary to support future ATM
• AIM Modernization
• Customer focus
• System designed for interoperability
• Key short term initiatives
• Federal NOTAM System trials Denver
• SUA
• AIXM Conference May 12-14

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Thank you

• Information on AIM modernization
• Nfdc.faa.gov/aimnews
• www.aixm.aero
• Notams.aim.faa.gov
• Notamdemo.aim.nas.faa.gov
• Contacts
• Brett Brunk
• AIM Architecture and Planning
• Brett.Brunk_at_faa.gov
• Barry C Davis
• Manager of AIM
• Barry.C.Davis_at_faa.gov

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Benefits for customersProvide new digital
capabilities while maintaining legacy support
Federal NOTAM System
Format
Benefit
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