By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration NextGen Overview Storyboard 10 th Annual Verification & Validation Summit Harry William Bilicki September 24 th, 2015

Federal Aviation Administration Lead Up to Today Initially, a Topic for Main Agenda Then, Set-up Storyboard Demonstration Next, a Featured Topic for our “new” V&V Modeling & Simulation Workshop Finally, Pushed off the Workshop Agenda! 2 Yay for Harry!!

Federal Aviation Administration Second Thoughts … 3 Previous Work –ATCA Demonstration –Positive Feedback –New Programs, Capabilities, and Customers Current Progress –TBFM, ERAM, STARS –ADS-B, ASDE-X, –SWIM

Federal Aviation Administration Other Concerns … National Academy of Sciences Report ( 2015) –“That the System Architecture is not well-developed, was hard to discern…” –Assurance that Verification and Validation considerations are incorporated early in architecture –Build an Architecture Community with growing diversity of thought, perspective and knowledge 4

Federal Aviation Administration We are not Alone … Investigate What Other Folks are Doing –ITEA, IEEE Meetings & Conferences –Research DoD & Industry 5

Federal Aviation Administration All Things Considered … Message to Tell About Our NextGen Storyboard –Simplify & Communicate: “How Our Technologies Work” –Build a Community that Can: “Tell Our Story” We are taking on a difficult challenge and can lead the way! 6

Federal Aviation Administration Understanding the NAS Current Infrastructure –Old Reliable Technologies (e.g. Radar, Radios) –New NextGen Technologies & Concepts (e.g. Time Based Flow Management, TBO, UAS) –Complex, Evolving, System-of-Systems Architecture 7

Federal Aviation Administration Challenges Diagrams are Hard to Understand –NAS Simplified (Current & Future) –Operational Views (OVs) Documentation is Voluminous –Concept of Operations –Concept of Use (x Number of Programs) –Requirement, Design, Test –Implementation, etc, etc, etc … Now - How to Simplify? 8

Federal Aviation Administration Approach Layout Major Elements –Programs & Capabilities –Relevant Infrastructure (Facilities & Networks) –Phase of Flight (Surface, Terminal, En Route) Figure Out - How it Works? –Concept of Operations –Major Message Flow –Sequence of Events Make it Come to Life! –No Static Pictures!! 9

Federal Aviation Administration Solutions Low Fidelity Animation –Overview & Detail –Standardize ICONs, Eliminate Clutter!! Subject Matter Experts –Wealth of Knowledge –Every Domain, Program, Capability (2+) Test Laboratories –Conduct “Live” Scenarios of Functions, Features, and Capabilities 10

Federal Aviation Administration Storyboard Examples Overview Storyboards –ASDE-X –Weather Detailed Program Information –Text Descriptions –Deployment Maps –Video Files Detailed Storyboards –TBFM –ADS-B 11

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Federal Aviation Administration Storyboard Process Concept of Operations –“How it Works” 13 Preliminary Design Review - “Layout of Storyboard” Critical Design Review - “Sequence of Events” Code Development -“Build Animation” Independent Verification & Validation

Federal Aviation Administration Future Enhancements Finish Remaining Detailed Storyboards –TFMS, TFDM, NVS, CSS-Wx, RMLS Conduct Voice Overs –Develop Scripts Include Additional Capabilities –PBN, ATOP, etc. Expand Infrastructure Information on Canvas –Facilities and Networks 14

Federal Aviation Administration Storyboard Benefits Verification & Validation –Concepts, Design, Programs, Capabilities –Enterprise Architecture, NAS Requirements Document Training –Basic Understanding of the NAS & NextGen –Concepts, Message Flow, Sequence of Events –Develop Community that “Can Tell Our Story” Understand OUR Architecture Communicate How NextGen Works! 15

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