Integrating information towards Digital ATM

Aircraft Access to SWIM

Presented By: Jon Standley, ANG-C53Paul Jackson, ANG-B2

Date: August 28, 2013

“SWIM in the Sky”

What is AAtS?• Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS)

– Establishes airborne component of ground based System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

– Facilitates exchange of aeronautical information between pilots and other National Airspace System (NAS) users

– Facilitates a commonly sourced/shared aviation information environment for collaborative decision making

– Leverages existing air/ground network service providers’ infrastructure and technologies

– Supports global interoperability/harmonization with similar systems/capabilities

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DMS = Data Management SystemDMS = Data Management System

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Why AAtS?• Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS)

– Determines the level of service necessary to exchange information with FAA SWIM

– Identifies the quality of service on the piece of information/information packages available

– Develop recommendations for NAS operators to understand what is required for implementation

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AAtS Logical Relationships

NAS Boundary Protection Services

Weather Information

Sources

Aeronautical Information

Sources

Flight Information

Sources

AOC/FOC

AAtS Data Management

Service

Air Traffic Management

Systems

Air Traffic Management

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Air Traffic Management

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SWIM SOA Messaging Infrastructure

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AAtS vs. Data Comm• AAtS provides advisory information to aircraft for

strategic planning purposes. It is NOT critical to safety of flight.

• Data Comm provides command and control instructions to aircraft over a secure data link

• AAtS evaluates services rendered when accessing specific FAA SWIM information packages.

• AAtS demonstrations identify recommendations from the FAA to industry participants of the items/resources necessary to receive SWIM information

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Current AAtS Activities• Concept definition:

– AAtS Concept of Operations Update (Uplink/Downlink)– Revised AAtS Technical Concept to include Uplink and Downlink of

Information

• Technical investigations:– Security aspects, Data priority and preemption, etc. – OWS-9 (Open Geospatial Consortium Web Services)Sponsorship

• AAtS Operational Demonstrations– Conducting live operational flight demonstrations of information uplink

• Corporate/business aircraft• Domestic/commercial aircraft

– Live operational flight demonstrations of information uplink AND downlink will begin in FY14

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Some General Terms

• DMS – Data Management Service• DLSP – Data Link Service Provider• EFB – Electronic Flight Bag• AOC/FOC – Airline Operations Center / Flight Operations

Center• AIS – Aeronautical Information Services• MET – Meteorological Information Services• AIM – FAA Aeronautical Information Management• CSS-Wx – FAA Common Support Services - Weather

NetJets AAtS Operations• First Demonstration –

March 21, 2013– 3 Flights

• DMS – Honeywell• DLSP – Aircell • Aircraft – Gulfstream

200• EFB – Apple iPad (2nd

Generation)• EFB Application - ERAU• AOC – ERAU

Aircraft OperatorWeb Interface

External Access

Web InterfaceFlorida NextGen Test Bed

Demonstration Suite

External Access Client

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Ethernet

Ethernet

MPLS Cloud

Honeywell Lab

Data Management

Service

Aircell Datalink

VPN VRF VPN VRF Internet

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ATG-4000 CTR EFB (iPad)

EthernetWi-Fi

WMSCR

NEXRAD

NAS Operations (WJHTC)

R&D Security Gateway(WJHTC)

NEMSNEMS

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Virgin America AAtS Operations• First Demonstration – July 18,

2013 (Two Phase Flight)– San Francisco (SFO) to Las Vegas

(LAS) – LAS to SFO

• Second Demonstration – August 12, 2013 (Two Phase Flight)

– San Francisco (SFO) to Seattle (SEA)

– SEA to SFO• DMS – ERAU• DLSP – GoGo • Aircraft – A319• EFB – NavAero (Windows XP

OS)• EFB Application – ERAU • AOC/FOC – Virgin America OCC

ERAU NEAR Lab

Shadow User

Interface

External Access Function

AOC Server

Data Management

Service Function

GoGo

Internet(SSL)

CTR EFB

Ethernet

Secure

Wi-Fi

R&D Domain (WJHTC)

FAA R&D Security Gateway(WJHTC)

Virgin America Aircraft

MPLS

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NOC

NAS Thread Capability

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OCC UserInterface

Internet(SSL)

Data Link(SSL)

CSS-Wx

RemoteLocation

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FAA ImplementationDevelopment

Network(WJHTC)

AIM ACS

Web Service

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NEMS

NEMS

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Untrusted DMZ

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Security Controls

Other Related Activities• AAtS is involved and/or coordinating with other

similar efforts to deliver information to aircraft– Developing operational concepts/technical aspects to

create a seamless sharing/exchange information environment between providers and users of NAS information

– Examples include:• RTCA SC-206 – AIS and MET data link (developing

recommendations and standards for use by the FAA)• AEEC 830 – Air Ground Information Exchange (developing an

aviation industry standard)• SESAR – SWIM Air Ground (the European version of AAtS)

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• The Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS) Working Group (AWG) will act as an operational and technical discussion forum for AAtS concepts

• Establishing an understanding of how the industry envisions AAtS and its uses is a key element

• The AWG meets quarterly at locations hosted by industry participants– September 12, 2013 from 1300-1600

• The Boeing Company, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia– January 23, 2014 from 1300-1600, TBD– May 15, 2014 from 1300-1600, TBD

AAtS Working Group

AAtS Working Group Goals• Develop and share ideas which contribute to

the evolution and validation of AAtS• Identify use cases and operational scenarios

for AAtS activities• Enhance the utility of AAtS in providing an

efficient use of the NAS and increased global interoperability with other SWIM systems

AAtS Implementation Guidance• Use:

– Implementation Guidance Document is:• Not a draft working paper (i.e., can be referenced)• Available publicly now in addition to the previous limited

release– (http://www.aircraftaccesstoswim.com/sites/default/files/documents/AAtS%20Implementation

%20Guidance%20Doc%20V1.0.pdf)

• Being reviewed by AEEC 830/839, Data Link Users Forum, and SAI Subcommittee as well as ICAO

– Implementation Guidance Document allows:• Operators and implementers to begin planning their

implementations• FAA Aviation Safety to plan future guidance work• RTCA Special Committee-206 to reference the document’s

concepts

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AAtS Technical Research

Presented By: Paul Jackson, ANG-B2

Technical Research Areas

• Information exchange challenges• Interoperability/Standards Harmonization

AAtS Information Exchange

• Areas of research interest– Security / subnet– Wired vs wireless– Priority / preemption– Uplink / downlink

• Tasked to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University– Develop overall test environment/strategy– Identify mitigation/implementation recommendations

Interoperability/Standards Harmonization

• Objective – Evaluate the industry standards applicable to AAtS air/ground information exchange – Identify requirement similarities/gaps/integration points – Create a framework to recommend and test a harmonized architecture to address both

domestic and international interests

• Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Led Team– AGIE/MAGIC– RTCA SC-206– OGC

• Approach– Engaging the community in the process– Performing a deep dive into relevant standards– Recommending a harmonized architecture– Prototyping high-priority aspects of the architecture using community-provided assets

Interoperability/Standards Harmonization

• Preliminary schedule

Date Milestone

Sep 23, 2013 Request for Information (RFI) Released

Oct 1, 2013 Information Session (via webinar)

Oct 15, 2013 RFI Due date

Week of Nov 4, 2013 2-day community workshop

Dec 31, 2013 Draft harmonization assessment report

Jan-May 2014 Prototyping Phase

June 2014 Final findings

Questions?Points of Contact:

Jon Standley, AAtS Demo Program Manager

Paul Jackson, NAS Information Architect/AAtS Technical Lead

Angel Morales, AAtS Concept Development Lead

Have a Question for us?

Email: 9-ANG-AAtS@faa.gov

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