1 Stan Pszczolkowski FAA Technical Center (609) October 19, 2005 Federal Aviation Administration

2 Next Generation Air Transportation System Congress Tasked Agencies to Form Senior Policy Committee –Secretary of Transportation, Chair –Secretary of Defense –Secretary of Homeland Security –Secretary of Commerce –Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy –Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration –Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Established Joint Planning and Development Office ( –Small and Focused Office –Close Collaboration with Experts in Government and Private Sector –Delivered “Next Generation Air Transportation System Integrated Plan” (Meet needs of 2025 and substantial near term benefits.)

3 Establish an Agile Air Traffic System (1 of 8 Strategies in NGATS Plan) Strategy –Accommodate Future Requirements –Respond to Shifts in Demand from All Users –Responsive to Market Elasticity –Flexibility to Deliver Capacity and Efficiency Improvements –Ensure Equipment and Personnel Support Wide Range and Number of Operations Tailored to Customer Needs. Some Key Capabilities –Trajectory* Based Operations –Management by Trajectory –The “Evaluator” * Trajectory is a 4 dimension prediction of aircraft position (X, Y, Z, T)

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7 Collaborative Trajectory Research – Action Plan 16 (Eurocontrol, France, FAA, NASA) Common terminology Trajectory prediction requirements survey Requirements for encoding ATC constraints (LOA/SOPs) Comprehensive sensitivity analysis of factors Evaluation of aircraft performance models Requirements for aircraft performance (source) data Comprehensive validation data set Assessment of air traffic management constraints Comprehensive assessment of intent prediction errors Note: several white papers available,