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Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) Modernization
For DATWG Brett Brunk Architecture and Planning System Operations - AIM Group March 2009
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Topics Vision for Aeronautical Information Management
AIM Modernization Architecture Performance, business, information and technology Current Activities Federal NOTAM System initial deployment SUA Consolidation of web sites Information exchange AIXM 5
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Topics Vision for Aeronautical Information Management
AIM Modernization Architecture Performance, business, information and technology Current Activities Federal NOTAM System initial deployment SUA Consolidation of web sites Information exchange AIXM 5
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From AIS to AIM AIM as a core ATM enabler
Traditional AIS AIS is a set of paper products and manual processes Aeronautical Information Management System to system exchange of aeronautical information Global interoperability Integrated data sets Single entry multiple views Customer Service (Civil and military) Flight planning and briefing Aircraft ATC automation Traffic management Notice to Airmen
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Global ATM Vision Provide “a holistic, cooperative and collaborative decision-making environment, where the diverging expectations and interests of all members of the ATM community are balanced to achieve equity and access.” “Information management provides accredited, quality-assured and timely information used to support ATM operations.” From ICAO Doc 9854 Global ATM Operational Concept (1.9.1) To define AIM we need to go back to fundamentals and determine how AIM supports current and future ATM business activities. To formulate the linkage between AIM and ATM we went back to ICAO Doc 9854 “Global Air Traffic Management Operational Concept.” According to the Global ATM Operation Concept, the goal of ATM is to provide “a holistic, cooperative and collaborative decision-making environment where the diverging expectations and interests of all members of the ATM community are balanced to achieve equity and access.” Furthermore Doc 9854 goes on to describe AIM by noting “Information management provides accredited, quality-assured and timely information used to support ATM operations.” From ICAO Doc 9854 Global ATM Operational Concept (2.15)
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What does the Global ATM Operational Concept tell us?
Need a move to seamless global air traffic management Internationally harmonized and globally interoperable ATM system ATM includes seven capabilities Manage airspace Demand and capacity balancing Aeronautical operations Traffic synchronization Conflict management Airspace user operations ATM service delivery management AIM/Information Services Provide the information services necessary to support the seven ATM capabilities The ICAO Global ATM Operational Concept tells us that in the future we need to evolve to a seamless global air traffic management concept. Such a system requires international harmonization and global interoperability. The ATM concept includes seven capabilities: Manage airspace Demand and capacity balancing Aeronautical operations Traffic synchronization Conflict management Airspace user operations ATM service delivery management It further defines the AIM/Information Service capability as providing the information services needed to support the seven ATM capabilities listed above.
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Role of AIM in supporting ATM
Enabling flight operations Provide common operating picture of aeronautical situation Monitor quality Control quality Provide information sharing Integrate data (historical, planning and operational) Provide decision information support Aeronautical Common Operating Picture The role of AIM according to Doc 9854 is to provide a Common Operating Picture of the Aeronautical Information situation to support flight operations. The document notes that information management needs to consider 5 activities: Monitor quality Control quality Provide information sharing Integrate data (historical, planned and operational) Provide decision informational support These core AIM services need to be applied across the seven ATM capabilities discussed on the previous slide.
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What is missing in AIM today?
Global ATM capabilities Manage airspace Demand and capacity balancing Aerodrome operations Traffic synchronization Conflict management Airspace user operations ATM service delivery management How should AIM support these ATM capabilities? ICAO Doc 9854 describes seven capabilities for the future ATM environment. How should AIM support these ATM capabilities? What is the linkage between AIM and these seven features? We use Enterprise Architecture concepts to help identify the linkages and new AIM requirements required to support Global ATM.
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Supporting all phases of flight
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Topics Vision for Aeronautical Information Management
AIM Modernization Architecture Performance, business, information and technology Current Activities Federal NOTAM System initial deployment SUA Consolidation of web sites Information exchange AIXM 5
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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS Flight data management 4D Trajectory Airspace Status Situational Awareness Enabling NextGen Capabilities Performance System Operations Terminal En Route Aircraft Global ATM Operations System Forecast Planning Performance NAS ATM Support Services Business Services Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical Information Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Surface Evaluation Charting Core Aeronautical Information Services If the information is in paper it isn’t good enough. If only one group can get it it isn’t good enough. Our customers shouldn’t have to spend effort to adapt it. Collect Evaluate Distribute Information Data Management Standards & Technologies SWIM, DataComm, FTI * Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS Flight data management 4D Trajectory Airspace Status Situational Awareness Enabling NextGen Capabilities Performance System Operations Terminal En Route Aircraft Global ATM Operations System Forecast Planning Performance NAS ATM Support Services Business Services Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical Information Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Surface Evaluation Charting Core Aeronautical Information Services If the information is in paper it isn’t good enough. If only one group can get it it isn’t good enough. Our customers shouldn’t have to spend effort to adapt it. Collect Evaluate Distribute Information Data Management Standards & Technologies SWIM, DataComm, FTI * Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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Diverse customer community
Originators Customers Airport operators Forest service Procedure developers Military airfield operators Air Traffic Control Dispatchers Pilots General Aviation Business Jets Military Military dispatch Air Traffic Control
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Product-driven policy Challenges facing AIM
Flight Restrictions (Flow constraint rules, SOP, LOA) National (FDC) NOTAM (IAPs, NAVAID,TFR) Weather data products Regional (Domestic) NOTAM (SID, STAR, Airport) Special Activity Airspace (SAA) Activation Notices about temporary changes occur through a bewildering array of temporary notices that pilots, airlines and states need to keep track of. This slide just lists some of the products that a pilot may need to consult to understand the dynamic nature of the airspace system: National (FDC) NOTAMs for temporary flight restrictions, restricted airspace, NAVAID and procedure NOTAMs Regional (Domestic) NOTAMS for SIDS, STARS and Airports Local NOTAMs for local airport conditions Military Airspace Activation (SUA) And Airport Field Conditions or FICONS These products follow different policy and often are operating in separate systems. Pilots and other users are challenged to ensure they collect and evaluate all of these products. Airport Field Conditions (FICONS)
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NOTAM User – Lessons Learned*
User Studies Dispatchers Pilots Timeliness, consistency Single location Usability issues Confusing Q-Codes Cognitive problems with free text Cognitive problems with UPPERCASE and ABBRV *Kelley Krokos, Ph.D., American Institutes of Research Florian Jentsch, Ph.D., University of Central Florida (UCF)
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Program strategic deliverables
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations Improve Safety Timely and accurate distribution of aeronautical information Capturing and distributing digital aeronautical information Improve efficiency Digital capture and delivery Streamlined information management International Leadership “Digital AIM” ICAO compliance Supporting NextGen Single Authoritative Source (i.e. Common Operating Picture) Infrastructure for 4D flight planning, shared situational awareness, … NOTAM Advisories Special Use Airspace Airport Field Conditions SNOWTAMS Flow Constraints Flight Plan goals supported: Improve safety Greater capacity International leadership
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Expected Benefits Decrease in incidents where NOTAMs are a contributing factor Decrease data collection and interpretation costs Approximately $2M annually for major US carriers Decrease system operations costs Approximately $4M annually for US government Timely, accurate and complete aeronautical information benefits flight operations Improvements for controllers and pilot situational awareness An initial benefits anaysis identified 4 key beneifts of NOTAM modernization. We expect a decrease in accidents where NOTAMS were a contributing factor. Based on historical accident data this is expected to save the US about $2M US dollars annually. Costs of data collection and interpretation should go down for US airlines with dispatcher staff. Saving is estimated at abour $2M annual. Third, we expect a decrease in our annual system operating costs of about $4M annually. Finally, we qualitatively expect that improvements in NOTAM quality and timeliness will increase the efficiency of flight and ATC operations. Pilots and controllers can use the better information to plan and execute flights more efficiency. The cost savings attributed to this benefit remaind to be determined. So we expect risk adjusted benefits to exceed $8M US dollars annually.
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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS Flight data management 4D Trajectory Airspace Status Situational Awareness Enabling NextGen Capabilities Performance System Operations Terminal En Route Aircraft Global ATM Operations System Forecast Planning Performance NAS ATM Support Services Business Services Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical Information Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Surface Evaluation Charting Core Aeronautical Information Services If the information is in paper it isn’t good enough. If only one group can get it it isn’t good enough. Our customers shouldn’t have to spend effort to adapt it. Collect Evaluate Distribute Information Data Management Standards & Technologies SWIM, DataComm, FTI * Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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Example of the legacy AIS challenges NOTAM entry pathways today
Text Entry Fax Digital Entry Phone System Interface NOTAM Databases Airport Military Forest Service Security Facilities Procedures Manual Validation Publish Distribution of NOTAM is equally complicated today!
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New Concept of Operations
DATALINK Web AIM Web Page Service (AIXM) Legacy Formats Web service (AIXM) Originator AIM Modernization System Accountable Sources Digital Capture (AIXM via templates) Validate and Publish by an FAA Authoritative Source Integrated permanent and temporary information Computer readable Electronic distribution to customers Now working on a concept of Operations for digital entry of NOTAM information using 5 airports in the U.S. as models.
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Digital capture and delivery
Entry Plain Language Effect of going digital Bandwidth increases Changes to operational concepts The United States Digital NOTAM System includes: Form based entry to validate candidate NOTAMs as they are typed in. Because NOTAM entry is form-based, it is almost impossible to make an error. The digital NOTAM information is encoded and transmitted as AIXM. We can write programs to convert the AIXM digital NOTAM into formats readable by human such as a plain language format or a chart of the affected runway. AIXM XML Charts
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AIM Common Operating Picture (COP)
Capability roadmap 2008 2010 2012 2014+ AIM Modernization “Capital Investment Program” Initial Segment 1 Final Segment 2 Final Digital NOTAM Concept Development EUROCONTROL xNOTAM trials AIM Common Operating Picture (COP) Federal NOTAM System (FNS 1) FNS 2 TFRs Center NOTAMs Tower Lights ICAO digital Field Conditions FDCs Advanced Dynamic Airspace Management (ADAM 1) ADAM 2 SUA ALTRV (CARF) Create Airspace digital TFR ATCAA NextGen Common Status and Structure Data (CSSD) LOA/SOP Digital flow constraints AIS-Modernization (AIS-M) briefing flight planning submission
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Strategic Plan Technical - Future Systems - SWIM compliance - Legacy support Policy - ICAO compliance - Digital capture and delivery AIM Modernization Outreach - Education - Human factors analysis - Stakeholder working group Safety - Minimize stakeholder impacts - System transitions
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Monday – 28 January UTC On 28 January 2008, our notice too effect. Besides redefining all legacy L NOTAMs to D NOTAMs, the system expects the text part of the NOTAM to begin with specific keywords to reduce possible confusion and identify the aeronautical attribute that is being updated. Looking forward, you can see how this begins to preposition this information towards the use of Q-Codes in ICAO Compliant NOTAMs.
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NAV CANADA – FAA ICAO NOTAM Harmonization
Charles Montgomery NAV CANADA Director, AIS & Flight Operations Barry Davis, FAA Manager, Aeronautical Information Management Management Confidential 25
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FAA-NAV CANADA Workgroup Objectives……
Work together to achieve seamless ICAO NOTAMs between both states Facilitate a modernization movement from legacy NOTAMs to ICAO formatted NOTAMs Enable the transition to digital NOTAMs Use AIXM technology (version 5 and beyond) 26
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Joint System Harmonization
Direct entry by NOTAM authority ICAO NOTAM format for both states Common Series to be used by both states Automation for upfront quality checks Continue legacy system support Transition activities required
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ICAO NOTAM Series/1 Series A – Aerodrome/Movement or Landing Area
Series B – ATC Facilities and Services Series C – Special Use Airspace Series D – Obstruction Series E – Airspace NOTAMs Series F – 2nd Language Translations (e.g., French) Series G – GNSS NOTAMs (GPS, WAAS, LAAS) Series H – Chart Corrections
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ICAO NOTAM Series/2 Series J – Special Notices and Advisories
Series L – Limited Distribution NOTAMs Series M – Military Series N – NAVAID NOTAMs Series O – Other Aeronautical Information Series P – Procedural Series V – Military Procedures Series W – Database Corrections Series Y – Test NOTAMs Series Z – Airway NOTAMs
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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS Flight data management 4D Trajectory Airspace Status Situational Awareness Enabling NextGen Capabilities Performance System Operations Terminal En Route Aircraft Global ATM Operations System Forecast Planning Performance NAS ATM Support Services Business Services Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical Information Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Surface Evaluation Charting Core Aeronautical Information Services If the information is in paper it isn’t good enough. If only one group can get it it isn’t good enough. Our customers shouldn’t have to spend effort to adapt it. Collect Evaluate Distribute Information Data Management Standards & Technologies SWIM, DataComm, FTI * Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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Digital Aeronautical Information
Digital NOTAM The solution is Digital NOTAM. We need to use AIXM to encode NOTAM information in a standard format that can be read and interpreted by computer. This will enable NOTAM information to be integrated into static aeronautical databases and allow for filtering and prioritization.
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Aeronautical Information Exchange Model Enabling AIM Modernization
Complete data model (Airport AC 150/ B) OGC GML 3.2 Compliant Static and dynamic data Common meanings and definitions Eliminate free form text Provides globally applicable conceptual model and exchange format for aeronautical information Models temporality Accommodates ICAO standards and recommendations: Annex 4 and 15 Accommodates industry requirements: ARINC 424/EUROCAE ED-99/RTCA DO-272 Others… This aeronautical information model isn’t just an abstract concept to be discussed in these few slides; It is a reality as part of AIXM 5. AIXM is the Aeronautical Information Exchange model – a comprehensive aeronautical information content model originally developed by EUROCONTROL in the 1990’s that has been considerably expanded and modernized through the collaboration of the FAA, NGA (National Geospatial Intelligence Agency), EUROCONTROL and others. With AIXM 5 we have taken the aeronautical information content model and implemented it as an international data standard. AIXM is designed to contain all the data necessary to support international air navigation with provisions to support data exchange and automated aeronautical products. We have considered the semantic requirements of geometry and temporality and adopted the ISO series of geo-spatial information standards, including the use of Geography Mark-up Language (GML). We have developed a comprehensive feature identification model and a temporality model (allowing support for encoding temporary or short-lived information.) AIXM 5 includes a comprehensive and extensible message / Aeronautical Information Transaction model. AIXM 5 incorporates ICAO, industry, military and AIS regulator/provider requirements (e.g., ICAO requirements for obstacles, terminal procedures, and airport mapping databases), to create a comprehensive aeronautical data model positioned to support current and future aeronautical products and data needs. With AIXM 5 we have a concrete way to provide computer-readable aeronautical information and deliver traditional and future products. For more information on AIXM 5 and implementation of the Semantic AI see the AIXM 5 Design Document and other materials at The Global AIS Congress, held in August 2006, recognized the global nature of the AIXM and supported the ongoing work to define a means of providing for the further evolution of the model in a managed and supported (technically and financially) way…. [It] agreed that salient to change was the adoption by ICAO of a common aeronautical information model in accordance with the recommendation 1/8/b of the 11th Air Navigation Conference as it was an essential component of change. Moreover, the Global AIS Congress recognized that the AIXM was the only candidate and recommended that V5.0 (the GML based version) should be adopted by ICAO as the global standard. (From Uses XML and GML Is modular and extendable More information at
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Web Site www.aixm.aero Design Documents Model Details AIXM 5 Forum
Please visit the AIXM web site ( Design Documents Model Details AIXM 5 Forum Digital NOTAM
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The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS Flight data management 4D Trajectory Airspace Status Situational Awareness Enabling NextGen Capabilities Performance System Operations Terminal En Route Aircraft Global ATM Operations System Forecast Planning Performance NAS ATM Support Services Business Services Common Operating Picture for Aeronautical Information Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Surface Evaluation Charting Core Aeronautical Information Services If the information is in paper it isn’t good enough. If only one group can get it it isn’t good enough. Our customers shouldn’t have to spend effort to adapt it. Collect Evaluate Distribute Information Data Management Standards & Technologies SWIM, DataComm, FTI * Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated
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Federal NOTAM System SWIM architecture
Users NOTAM/CARF Origination NOTAM/CARF Collection NOTAM/CARF Processing NOTAM/CARF Distribution FAA Facilities User User CARF/NOTAM Users DOD entry query FNS Airports External Systems External Systems System to System System to System Service Bus
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System Architecture Open Geospatial Consortium compliant AIXM
GML, WFS, WMS AIXM SWIM Web Services SOAP, XML Extensible and Modular
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Topics Vision for Aeronautical Information Management
AIM Modernization Architecture Performance, business, information and technology Current Activities Federal NOTAM System initial deployment SUA Consolidation of web sites Information exchange AIXM 5
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Federal NOTAM System 2009 operational demonstrations
2008 2010 2012 2014+ Federal NOTAM System (FNS 1) Digital Entry AIXM Event Specifications SNOW, Runways and Obstacles Web site concepts Airport NOTAM summary NOTAM queries Concept validation Technology, Policy, Safety and Outreach Field studies Limited deployment demonstrations Tower Operators and Airports System and Web Interfaces Digital NOTAM Entry US NOTAM System Database of Record NOTAM Query and NOTAM Summary Legacy Users Digital Consumers
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Direct NOTAM entry at Denver Airport
Safety risk analysis identified no significant hazards associated with direct entry at Denver Airport NOTAM coordination with local ATC facilities Training and compliance with policies and advisory circulars
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Digital NOTAM Capture Demo notamdemo.aim.nas.faa.gov
Here is the first look at our digital NOTAM entry template. Our example here is Chicago, on the left side are the various possibilities relating to the airport. If we click runways, which right now is the only area we are working on in our Concept of Operations. The event summary shows you several active NOTAMs and their numbers, along with what your working on now (in construction). The event editor is the work area that you are using to construct your NOTAM. Ignore the discrepancy of numbers in the editor, work in progress. What you do see is the layout and how the NOTAM is taking shape on the right hand side of this event editor and some of the buttons that will be used to complete any NOTAM.
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Field Summary Demo notams.aim.faa.gov
This is a new concept. We started with the SNOWTAM concept where there is a single message that showed the status of the airport and its runways. While implementing a SNOWTAM is part of our overall plan for being ICAO-compliant, what can we do with our existing tools. The concept requires breaking the problem into two, display and entry. Leveraging the keywords, we can produce a web page that mimics the data consolidation of a field condition report. A single page that shows all of the NOTAMs (information) organized by runway. In the example above 13L is highlighted in red because there is a NOTAM that contains “CLSD” (Closed). If there were a NOTAM that contained a SNOW condition it might be highlighted in pink or yellow (basically, not white). In a SNOWTAM, snow information is captured as a single message. If we think of creating a Runway SNOWTAM instead of a Field [condition] SNOWTAM, we can use our existing automation to transmit the information and the power of the keywords to organize and sort the information using a display like the one above. A runway SNOWTAM might look something like : “08/084 JFK RWY 13L SNOW XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”
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System to System NOTAM Entry
“Lights Out” Entry Sample Airport Entry “Lights out” NOTAM Capture (42% of all NOTAMs, 75% of D NOTAMs) NavAid Capture Procedures Capture Airports Capture Electronic System Interface Capture for large airports (SWIM compliant web services) Web Capture as backup and other airports This demonstration shows an example of an external user (a tower-lights monitoring company) being able to request a NOTAM directly from their existing systems. I have heard estimates that the US puts out 2 million NOTAMs a year. Assuming that would mean that we have 800K lights out NOTAMs annually. Combined, there are probably less than a dozen companies that produce 99% of these NOTAM requests. Today, these are FAXs and phone calls. Large airports have automation system they use to monitor their operations. A system that seems to come up a lot is PASSUR. We are working with PASSUR to provide the capability to allow the airport authority to do direct submission and tracking of airport NOTAMs. In the long run this is how we plan on leveraging our deployments. Once we have worked out the details with Airports division and PASSUR, we can let third-party companies like PASSUR bring the airport operations on-line. For airports that have limited local automation, we maintain our fall-back web entry solution.
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TFR and SUA web site merge
One stop shop Situational awareness issues Explore concepts for spatial-temporal representation of aeronautical information SUA.FAA.GOV TFR.FAA.GOV
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SUA Information Exchange
Improve scheduling Information dissemination SWIM Service Oriented Architecture NASR SAMS ERAM Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) DOD Single authoritative sources Eliminate manual entries AIXM-compliant Consistent with AIM Modernization and Federal NOTAM System!
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Register at www.aixm.aero
AIXM/WXXM Conference AIXM 5 Information Results of the OGC test bed Demonstration of AIXM to the cockpit Keynote speakers David Lewtas, ICAO Vicki Cox, FAA VP (NextGen) Ken Reid (Eurocontrol) Many others! Vendor booths May 12-14, 2009 Washington DC Register at
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DOD Coordination The Value Proposition For your consideration
Well-established standards for accessing aeronautical data Digital data access Timeliness and quality improvements For your consideration Transition from analog to digital products Network enabled operations (SWIM) Security and Access Transition to military systems Acknowledgements: DOD NOTAM office NGA US AF AMC
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Conclusions and Questions
AIM is about Digital capture and delivery of aeronautical information Timely and high quality access to information for all customers Information necessary to support future ATM AIM Modernization Customer focus System designed for interoperability Key short term initiatives Federal NOTAM System trials – Denver SUA AIXM Conference – May 12-14
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Thank you Information on AIM modernization Contacts
Nfdc.faa.gov/aimnews Notams.aim.faa.gov Notamdemo.aim.nas.faa.gov Contacts Brett Brunk AIM Architecture and Planning Barry C Davis Manager of AIM I would like to thank you for your time and attention. For more information about United States NOTAM modernization and outreach, please visit our web site. My contact information and Barry Davis’s contact information are attached. Finally I would ike to acknowledge the work of Kelley Krokos of the American Institutes for Research. Her work on dispatcher and pilot perspectives provides valuable insights that we can use to guide our modernization effort. Kelley’s research is funded by the FAA Human Factors Research Group.
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Benefits for customers Provide new digital capabilities while maintaining legacy support
Federal NOTAM System Format Traditional (Legacy) RWY 4/22 CLSD EXC TAXI Faster Standardized Terms Approx. 2015 ICAO QMRLC… A) B) C) D) E) F) Some filtering Following ICAO SARPS Digital (AIXM) <RUNWAY>…</RUNWAY> Graphical Data fusion Advanced filtering Computer readable Benefit End Date
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