Aviation Safety Program NASA Aviation Safety Program Weather Accident Prevention Project Product Development Panel Session for User Forum Aviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation Bethesda, Maryland July 25-26, 2000 Dr. Ron Colantonio Aviation Safety Program Office NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, Ohio

Aviation Safety Program Project Goals/Objectives/Products Provide the Flight Deck, ATM & AOC with Higher Fidelity, More Timely Intuitive Graphical Information Detect & Mitigate Weather Hazards GoalObjectivesProducts 1. Aviation Weather Information (i.e. in the cockpit) technologies and system design guidelines 2. Improved aviation weather hazard characterization and graphical product developments 3. Improved Electronic Pilot Reporting/Automet technologies and design guidelines 4. Forward-looking turbulence sensor technologies and system design guidelines 5. Control system design techniques for turbulence mitigation Develop enabling technologies to reduce weather-related casual factors to accidents by 50% and eliminate turbulence injuries by 50% by year 2007.

Aviation Safety Program Presentation Weather Products Distribution Existing and Enhanced Weather Products Communications Networks and Data Links Human Factors, User Interfaces, Workload Issues AWIN System Elements

Aviation Safety Program Aviation Weather Information Products Weather Information Decision Aids Processor Position Flight Plan Navigation Information Aircraft Capabilities User Capabilities User Interface Onboard Sensors Weather Products Ground Wx System Automet Data Link Special Use Airspace TrafficTerrain Obstacles Presentation to Pilot

Aviation Safety Program Turbulence Products Decision Aids Processor Onboard Sensors Turbulence Products Ground Wx System Automet Data Link Forward-Looking Sensors: Radar and LIDAR Flight Management System A/C Controls/Mitigation Schemes Presentation to Pilot Turbulence Information

Aviation Safety Program Technology Development Process Establish Requirements Survey Current Capabilities Develop Concepts Develop Evaluation Scenarios Conduct Simulations Conduct Flight Evaluations Demonstrate Capability in Relevant Environment

Aviation Safety Program Project Schedule and Milestones FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 Initial AWIN Concept and Forward- Looking Turbulence Detection Flight Evaluation Flight Demonstration Of Forward-Looking Turbulence Warning System National AWIN Capability National Datalink Capability International AWIN Capability International Datalink Capability Turbulence Product Integrated With AWIN Turbulence Flight Management System Demo

Aviation Safety Program Product Implementation Strategy Strong Industry cost sharing through Cooperative Research Agreements (CRA) Airline/operator participation in CRAs Cost/Market assessment studies funded FAA/NASA Working Groups/Teams being established Participation in Industry/Government working groups dealing with technology and standards development: RTCA, ICAO Joint Safety Assessment/Implementation Teams, etc. Strong National Turbulence Research Coalition assisting in defining NASA direction

Aviation Safety Program Boeing Honeywell United Airlines Fed Ex Weather Accident Prevention Project. Aviation Safety Base AATT Rockwell AlliedSignal Cessna ARNAV NCAR SAIC Over 50 different companies and other organizations American Airlines American Airlines Lockheed Outside Partners NTSB FAA AF/DoD State Gov. Org. NWS Naval Research Lab Naval Research Lab RTI CTI GTRI, ODU, NCSU, MIT-LL Aerotech

Aviation Safety Program Project Accomplishments Completed AWIN Phase 1 Cooperative Research Agreements (50/50 Industry Cost Sharing) with Phase 2 Agreements ramping up. NASA 757 aircraft preparation nearly complete for Summer 2000 flight experiments of an Initial AWIN, Forward- Looking Detection and Turbulence In-Situ Systems. FAA-NASA Weather Safety Memorandum of Agreement was signed June 30, Formalized teaming arrangements is starting. NOAA/NWS-NASA formal coordination to start soon. NASA participation in FAA-NASA-Industry Joint Safety Assessment and Implementation Teams.