Federal Aviation Administration NextGen Integration & Evaluation Capability (NIEC) Presented by: Vince Lasewicz Laboratory Services Group Date: 01/07/10 William J. Hughes Technical Center

2 Federal Aviation Administration January 2010 Overall NextGen Test Bed  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  Understand integration and interoperability issues.  Fosters Gov’t and Industry partnerships in support of NAS demonstration activities.

3 Federal Aviation Administration January 2010 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

4 Federal Aviation Administration January 2010 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”  Supports “integration and evaluation” of new NextGen concepts & technologies  Fast time & real-time human-in-the-loop simulations  Overall NIEC is scalable with multiple levels of fidelity  NIEC Display Area - low to medium fidelity  Main labs - high fidelity  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

6 Federal Aviation Administration January 2010 Tower Visualization UAS Area ATC Consoles Multi-Purpose Area WX, TMU, AOC Cockpit Simulator NIEC Display Area ASDE-X Display

7 Federal Aviation Administration January 2010 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

8 Federal Aviation Administration January 2010 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)

Target Generation Engine Aviation SimNet (8) Reconfigurable Consoles/Displays DESIREE ERAM STARS ATOP UAS NextGen Cockpit NWEC Weather Lab Service ADS-B /TIS-B/FIS-B Service Simulator NIEC Scenario Sync Processor TIS-B/FIS-B DSR Reflectivity Data NIEC / NWEC Initial Integration Concept Detail WARP RAPT ITWS CIWS TGF Sim Pilot Work Stations CRABS Weather Displays NIEC Display Area WSI Products NWEC Area Case Files RUC Data DSR Reflectivity Data Control Start/Stop/Record Case Files Multicast RUC Data Files CIWSWARP NextGen Wx Data Cube information WSI Products Weather Displays/ Decision Tools ITWSRAPT External Facilities (e.g. cockpit simulators, & other test beds) WSI

10 Federal Aviation Administration January 2010 Looking Ahead…  Formal NIEC Opening on February 8, 2010  Operational demonstration of capabilities  Continue integration activities with NWEC  NIEC Cockpit Simulator to support Weather Technology In the Cockpit project.  Input from Weather Community on upcoming weather projects  Follow up with Kevin Johnston  Ongoing meetings with SE’s, SSC’s and researchers to determine future NIEC requirements

11 Federal Aviation Administration January 2010 Questions?