Federal AviationAdministration

FAA Labs in a Distributed and Collaborative Environment to Support V&V

William J. Hughes Technical Center

October 10, 2012

NextGEN 2FAA

Target Generation Facility (Aircraft Simulation)

Cockpit Simulators- NASA LaRC- NASA Ames

Simulated RADAR(s)

ATC Simulation

- Florida TB- NASA NTX- Research Partners - e.g Boeing

Cockpit Simulator

Tech Center Labs (Big Picture)

UAS Simulation

Tower Simulator

External Facilities

ERAM STARS

Oceanic Common ARTS

Weather

SWIM

Data Comm

NextGenSurveillance

(Live ADS-B Data)

Traffic Flow Mgmt

NIEC Display Lab

R&D Domain

External Enclave

High Fidelity NAS Labs

Weather Displays TMU Displays

AOCDispatchPosition

TMU Work Stations

Voice Comm

Specialty Labs

DoDDREN

3600 Tower Simulator

NAV Air

NextGEN 3FAA

FAA Existing

Networks

NextGen R&DPrivate IP Cloud

(Networx)

Partner NextGen R&D Laboratory VRFs

(Industry/Academia/Gov”t)

Florida Test BedLaboratoriy VRFs

NASA NTX Laboratory VRFs

Aviation Research and Technology Park

WJHTC NextGen R&D ASR Secure Gateway

(FAA Demarc)

DoD Research and

Engineering Network (DREN)

FAA Enterprise Networks

NIEC Display LabUAS

JPDO Net Enabled Test Environment (NETE)Cockpit Sim Facility

Aviation SimNetNASquest

NAS Archived DataDNSNMS

Storage

FirewallCSMC IDS

20 Gbps

30 Mbps /1 Gbps

10 Gbps

Partner Firewall

DREN Firewall

Partner Firewall

Florida NextGen Test BedASR)

NASA NextGen Test BedASR

FAA TrustedPartners

MTIPS

T3

FAA NextGen R&D Laboratory VRFs

FAA NextGen R&DServices VRFs

FAA NextGen R&D Laboratory VRFs

Partner NextGen R&D Laboratory VRFs

JPDO Interagency Test Bed (IATB)

JUAS

NextGen R&D Laboratory VRFs

Warren Grove Gunnery Range

T1

30 Mbps /1 Gbps

NextGen R&D Domain External Enclave

WJHTCARTP

NTX FTB

NextGEN 4FAA

Distributed Simulation Demonstration

• Distributed testing environment demonstrated in August, 2012.• Multiple aircraft simulators (located at 5 different facilities) flying

within common airspace simulated by the NIEC Display Laboratory • NIEC Display Lab

• Tower Simulator - DFW Center Tower• ATC Simulator – DFW TRACON

• Five Individual Cockpit Simulators• NASA AMES Boeing 747• DoD NavAir Pax River RQ7 Shadow• Boeing Palmdale Boeing 737• Boeing Philadelphia V22 Osprey• FAA WJHTC Airbus 320

NextGEN 5FAA

Successful Collaboration

• Shows “we can” have a more integrated Government and Industry platform to perform T&E activities • Tech Center Labs are integral part of that platform

• Shows “we can” overcome:• technical challenges of data exchange using different IT frameworks.• cultural challenges of working with different organizations outside FAA

• Multiple tools & protocols used to share data & voice• DoD’s Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)• Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC)• Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA)• Aviation SimNet• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Plexsys equipment

NextGEN 6FAA

Show Video

NextGEN 7FAA

Lessons Learned

Mostly Administrative / Cultural• Need to get agreements in place ahead of time• Learned that some organizations need to figure out

employees charge their time • Learned about approval processes (e.g. OK to show

video of each others capabilities)• Intellectual Property Concerns

Some Technical• IT Security• Different networks and databases

• Ways to address latency issues

NextGEN 8FAA

Going Forward

• Keep momentum going by setting up future CRDA’s and possibly regular working groups

• Identify the key ATC and aircraft/avionics issues this capability could address• Can this capability can be leveraged across the whole

acquisition lifecycle?

• Address intellectual property and security concerns