FAA Air Traffic Organization Mission Support Services Federal NOTAM System Presented by: Diana Young, Chief Engineer, FAA Aeronautical Information Management Vinod Vallikat, Chief Technology Officer, CGH Technologies, Inc. PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM – AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Agenda • FNS History – Framing the NOTAM problem – Federal NOTAM System - Concept of Operations – FNS Current Status • FNS Demonstration – – – – FNS Origination Services FNS Management Services FNS Distribution Services FNS Graphical NOTAMS • Q&A PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Framing the NOTAM problem NOTAM Users experience an overload of information that is not easily managed to provide them with the critical real time information on the NAS relevant to their needs NOTAM Originators experience significant delays between the time they observe and report the hazard condition and when the NOTAM is issued to the aviation community PIB PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM – AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Analog (text) vs Digital NOTAM • Analog NOTAM – Text string distributed by telecommunication • Limited validation • Limited sorting/searching capability ACY RWY 13/31 CLSD • Digital NOTAM – Data set made available through digital services • Validate against baseline data • Translate/Graphically Display NOTAM Information • Improve data quality PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM – AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Text Based Routing • From DCA • 600 Maryland Ave SW, Washington DC Head north on S.Smith Blvd. Take the ramp onto George Washington Memorial Parkway. Take the I-395 N exit toward Washington. Merge onto US-1. Continue onto I-395N. Take the 12th St exit toward L’Enfant Promenade. Slight right toward D. St. SW. Slight Right onto D St. SW. Turn left at the 2nd cross stre onto 7th St. SW. Take the 2nd right onto Maryland Ave SW. Destination will be right PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM – AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Digital Routing PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM – AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration NOTAM Modernization Benefits NOTAM Originator – Quick and easy issuance of NOTAMs – Improved NOTAM management – Standardization of NOTAM inputs – Intuitive user interface – Instant validation feedback NOTAM End User – Improved NOTAM understanding through standardized information – Increased situational awareness – Improved decision making – Advanced capabilities Higher quality NOTAMs PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM – AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration International Collaboration • Two areas of International Collaboration – Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) – Defining Event Scenarios for Digital NOTAMs • Digital NOTAM Focus Groups – collaboration between the FAA, EUROCONTROL, ECAC Member States, airlines, and industry • Detailed description of the Event Scenarios and their encoding as a Digital NOTAM (using AIXM version 5.1) http://www.aixm.aero/public/subsite_homepage/homepage.html • Benefits – Establish a set of international standards and specifications for exchanging digital information – Efficient exchange of NOTAM information between operational systems • Goal – Enable the machines that assist the specialist to provide a common and accurate view of the aeronautical 4D environment PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Federal NOTAM System: Concept of Operation Collection Management Web Distribution Web Webservice Webservice Originate NOTAMs at the Source Integrate Permanent and Temporary Information Distribute NOTAMs to the Users Digitally Capture Temporary Hazard Information Apply Business Rules, Validate Data, Translate, and Publish Electronic Distribution to FAA customers, Computer Readable PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Federal NOTAM System: NOTAM Origination Collection Management Web Webservice Originate NOTAMs at the Source Digitally Capture Temporary Hazard Information NOTAM Manager Digital NOTAMs Distribution Direct NOTAM Submission Web WebeNOTAMII service Analog NOTAMS Flight Service Approval Integrate Permanent and Temporary Information Distribute NOTAMs to the Users Apply Business Rules, Electronic Distribution to Validate Data, customers, NOTAM OriginationFAA Service Translate, and Publish Digital NOTAMs Computer Readable Direct NOTAM Submission System-to-system interface PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Federal NOTAM System: NOTAM Management Management Airport Self-Certification Airport Registration Agreements User Training FNS Administration System Monitoring Event Scenario Management User Management Integrate Permanent and Temporary Information FNS Database Legacy NOTAM Sync Transformation Service Apply Business Rules, Validate Data, Translate, and Publish PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 FNS Dashboard NOTAM Metrics Safety Case Reports NOTAM Trends Federal Aviation Administration Federal NOTAM System: NOTAM Distribution NOTAM Search Graphical NOTAM Display Contextual Information (links) Distribution Web NOTAM Search ATC Search Preferences Assured Delivery Webservice Distribute NOTAMs to the Users FNS NOTAM Distribution Service System-to-system interface Enables Graphical Display PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Electronic Distribution to FAA customers, Computer Readable Federal Aviation Administration FNS Current Status • • • • NOTAM Manager deployed at 110 airports ENII deployed to Flight Services NOTAM Manger Tech Ops at the OCCs FNS NOTAM Origination Services supporting TLOs • FNS NOTAM Statistics: – 66% of domestic NOTAMS going through FNS – 27 % NOTAMs digitalized PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration DEMONSTRATION FAA moving to digitalized mission support safety system PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Additional Information • Web: https://notams.aim.faa.gov • Email: [email protected] • For additional information: – Diana Young, FAA • [email protected] – Vinod Vallikat, CGH • [email protected] Federal NOTAM System PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration What is a Digital NOTAM? AIXM (XML) Message • Digital NOTAM Definition – A dataset that contains NOTAM information in a structured format – Fully interpreted by an automated system without human intervention • Characteristics of Digital NOTAMs – – – – – – Geo-referenced Temporal Linked to static data Transformable Query enabled Electronically distributable ACY RWY 22 CLSD PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Information Exchange Model • AIXM is designed to enable the management and distribution of Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) data through the use of a common exchange model • Developed by the FAA and EUROCONTROL with support from the International Community www.aixm.aero PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration Benefits to using AIXM • Achieve neutrality against applications and their local views of the data – Display customized for end user • Improved safety – Reduce data inconsistencies, computer readable data means fewer errors for pilots and other users – Automated processing of information – Ensure the quality of the Aeronautical Information required by modern air navigation and ATC systems • Represents both static and dynamic data • International Digital Harmonization – Establish a set of international standards and specifications for exchanging digital information PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM FAA –AIM AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration FNS Software Stack… • PostgreSQL/PostGIS (Database) • IBM Websphere (J2EE Application Server) – FNS software is application server agnostic) • F5 Big IP (Load balancer) • Oracle Web cache (Proxy Server) • Sun Solaris Operating System – FNS Software is OS agnostic • Apache CXF, ActiveMQ (Message Broker), Camel PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM – AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration FNS Infrastructure… • High Available Architecture – – – – Replicated database for fault tolerance Clustered Application Servers Load balances Redundant Proxy servers (NATing/Security) • Real time Monitoring – Nagios Monitoring system – Integrated Feedback (Jira) PMO – Industry Forum 2012 – AIM – AJV-2 Federal Aviation Administration
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