1. By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration AIXM Conference Don Smith and Vinod Vallikat Aeronautical Information Management March 18, 2007 Digital NOTAM: Where We Are and Where We’re Headed

2. 2 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Digital NOTAM Team Introductions –Brett Brunk - AIM Architecture and Planning, FAA –Digital NOTAM Team Don Smith, CSSI Vinod Vallikat, CGH Murali Kuppoor, CGH Prakash Manglanathan, CGH

3. 3 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Why Digital NOTAMs? –Everyone here knows the current Airport NOTAM situation NOTAMs submitted via phone to Flight Services Flight Services creates NOTAMS Almost always correctly interpreted over the phone NOTAMS in Free-Form Text Format Read like Telegrams Corporations have third-party software to translate them into something useful

4. 4 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Digital NOTAM Objectives –Improve the Quality of the NOTAM Mature Data Models follow standard formats –Runway NOTAMs will ALWAYS look the same now One creator means no mistranslations, however remote –Improve the NOTAM speed from creation to distribution User creates quality NOTAM using Data Model Instant NOTAM activation means NOTAMs for temporary issues like runway icing –Provide better NOTAMs for users Mature Data Models can be translated into –AIXM –ICAO –Proprietary airline software –Vector Maps Mature Data Models mean users can filter and sort on their requirements

5. 5 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM NOTAM Formats ICAO Free-Form Text / FAA Traditional Graphical Maps (later phase) Examples –USNS RWY 4L/22R CLSD WEF 0803012230-0803101400 –ICAO: Q) QMRLC B) 0803012230 C) 0803101400 E) RWY 4L/22R CLOSED –Plain Language: Runway: 4L/22R Operating Status: Closed for all operations

6. 6 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Concept of Operations For Originator NOTAM Event Submit Change Verify Change Post Change AIM PUBLISH Enter Change

7. 7 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Concept of System Operations NOTAM EVENT (e.g., Runway closure) System Interface User Interface System Interface User Interface Graphical Text AIXM XML SUBMISSION QUERY Validate Transform Publish AIM Candidate NOTAM Data Published NOTAM USNS AIXM Digital NOTAM System AIXM

8. 8 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Digital NOTAM Submission –Website Interface Originators (Airport staff) log into Digital NOTAM using secure password They select the airport(s) they have access to and view all the current, active NOTAMs for that airport They create an Event using an AIXM-compliant message Also edit, activate and delete Events and NOTAMs After activation, the NOTAM can be viewed by the aviation users Can view canceled and expired NOTAMs via a filtered report

9. 9 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Using the Digital NOTAM System –Website Interface Public chooses airport They select an airport and view all the current, active NOTAMs for that airport They select the format to view the NOTAM (AIXM, ICAO, etc) –System Interface Third-Party software connects to Digital NOTAM Web Service Software selects NOTAM and inserts it into their system

10. 10 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Digital NOTAM System Architecture –Digital NOTAM software hosted on FAA Servers. –Airport staff have secure accounts –SOAP/XML connection to external processes –Activated NOTAMS publicly available

11. 11 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Looking Under the Hood: Technology

12. 12 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM NOTAM Stakeholders –Digital NOTAM Submission Working Group Spring 2008 meeting being planned Stakeholder input on –Business Process and Workflow –Security / Access / Integrity –Safety –Data Model(s) –Taxonomy –System Interface Specifications Contact Don Smith donaldsmith@cssiinc.com to get involveddonaldsmith@cssiinc.com Past meeting information found at http://nfdc.faa.gov/aimnews/digitalNOTAM/index.html

13. 13 Federal Aviation Administration Digital NOTAM March 2008 - AIXM Digital NOTAM: Next Steps –Spring 2008 Develop application business logic Integrate with external systems –Summer 2008 Launch and Test prototype at trial airports Validate application Analyze existing NOTAMs to create fully-digital NOTAM templates –FY09 Continue to enhance and deploy capability.