Federal Aviation Administration NextGen Test Bed Capabilities and Future Plans Presented by: Vince Lasewicz Laboratory Services Group Date: 11/05/09 William J. Hughes Technical Center

2 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 Outline  NextGen Test Bed Purpose  Concept and Big Picture  NextGen Integration & Evaluation Capability (NIEC)  Capability Overview  Projects / Customers  Future Plans /Ideas

3 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 NextGen Test Bed Purpose  Not just evaluate concepts and technologies…  Show that NextGen initiatives have “benefits”.  Demonstrate and understand the benefits of operational improvements (OI’s) “early on”.  Identify potential risks“early on”.  Understand integration and interoperability issues.  Fosters Gov’t and Industry partnerships in support of NAS demonstration activities.

4 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 NextGen Test Bed Concept  Provide integrated, multi-domain NAS environment.  Part laboratory…to support evaluations  Modeling and Simulation Capabilities.  Part real world…to support actual demonstrations  Use real sites, real equipment and real airspace in a non-interfering manner.  Demonstrations to validate the simulations

5 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 NextGen Test Bed - Big Picture  Three main components:  Florida Test Bed  DBIA Facility, Daytona, FL  ERAU Supported  Industry Partnerships  Texas Test Bed  NASA Facility, DFW, TX  Strong Terminal capabilities  New York Test Bed  WJHTC, Atlantic City, NJ  NextGen Integration & Evaluation Capability (NIEC) Eastern Service Area Central Service Area DFW DAL IAH HOU DAB TPA MCO MIA PBI FLL EBT LGA JFK EWR NASA Daytona WJHTC ACY PHL SDF

6 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 NextGen Integration & Evaluation Capability (NIEC)  Synergism of lab capabilities already at the Tech Center  Rapid prototyping and simulation environment anchored by a new “Display Area”  Fast Time (Modeling)  Real-Time Human-in-the-loop  NextGen technologies, concepts, and equipment can be integrated and evaluated  “Verification” operation & benefits  Prior to “validation” of benefits in real world demonstrations  Good mix of legacy systems and new technologies  Supports “transition” to NextGen

Target Generation Facility (Aircraft Simulation) Remote Cockpit Simulators - LaRC - Ames Simulated RADAR (s) ATC Simulation Consoles ATC Simulators - Florida Test Bed - Mitre - NASA Research Park NIEC Cockpit Simulator NIEC Functional Concept Diagram (Big Picture) UAS Simulation Area Tower Visualization System External Facilities ADS –B / TIS-B / FIS-B Service Delivery Simulator ERAM LabsSTARS Labs ATOP Labs Common ARTS Labs NWEC Weather Lab NNEW Services SWIM Labs (Publish & Subscribe) Data Comm Lab and Infrastructure (Segment 1 & 2 Services) ADS-B Lab Traffic Flow Management Test Area Desktop SimPilots Aviation SimNet TGF ATC Consoles NIEC Display Area Key Internal labs Weather Displays & Decision Tools TMU Displays AOCTMU Work Stations Fast Time Modeling Tools (Airspace) (Airports) Voice Comm Labs

8 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 Tower Visualization UAS Area ATC Consoles Multi-Purpose Area WX, TMU, AOC Cockpit Simulator NIEC Display Area ASDE-X Display

9 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 Test Bed support to Staffed NextGen Tower (SNT) Project Eastern Service Area Central Service Area DFW DAL IAH HOU DAB TPA MCO MIA PBI FLL EBT LGA JFK EW R NASA Daytona WJHTC ACY PHL SDF Simulation of DFW Tower in NIECActual Demonstration at DFW

10 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 Target Generation Facility (Aircraft Simulation) Simulated RADAR (s) Terminal ATC Consoles Integrated SNT Test Set-Up Example ADS –B / TIS-B / FIS-B Service Delivery Simulator Tower Visualization System Flight Data Management Tower Integrated Display System (TIDS)

11 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 Target Generation Facility (Aircraft Simulation) Simulated RADAR (s) ATC Simulation Consoles NIEC Support to UAS Simulation ADS –B / TIS-B / FIS-B Service Delivery Simulator NWEC Weather Lab NNEW Services ADS-B Lab Comprehensive Real-time Analysis of Broadcast Systems Key Internal Labs CRABS R&D Display of Surveillance and Weather information CRABS AAI Shadow-200 Control Station and Unmanned Aircraft Simulator Cockpit Display of Traffic Information CDTI R&D Display of Surveillance and Weather information STARS(s) Evaluate Ground Based See & Avoid Concept

12 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 Future Plans / Ideas  Formal NIEC Opening on January 28, 2010  Operational demonstration of capabilities  Formal simulations for UAS and SNT projects to begin in Feb 2010  Continuously Evolve  Ongoing meetings with SE’s, SSC’s and researchers to continuously refine needed capabilities  Input from Test Community  Plans for Expansion  Integrate with Other Test Beds  Determine relationship to new Aviation Research Park  Tech Center (AJP-7) to support the Demonstration Selection Group (DSG)

13 Federal Aviation Administration November 2009 Questions?