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CAASD Fact Sheet Compilation File (3MB)
May 2, 2008
airspaceToolsuite
January 15, 2008
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Airspace design is the process of creating sector
boundaries and routes to support the safe and
expeditious flow of aircraft. This job has
historically been performed by air traffic controllers
acting as local airspace experts who identify problems,
consider options, and propose solutions multiple times
to refine the design. This is a mixture of art and science
that has worked well in the past, however it requires
significant time and staffing resources. Also, due to the
interconnectedness of the national airspace system,
controller solutions to local problems may have
unintended effects elsewhere in the system.
Airport
January 15, 2011
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The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviaition Systems Development (MITRE/CAASD), a federally funded research and development centers sponsored by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has extensive experience supporting efforts throughout the global aviation community in addressing many of the issues facing the planners and designers of tomorrow's airports. In our state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, we analyze problems and propose solutions to meet customer requirements.
Airport Operational Security Assessment
January 25, 2011
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The Dynamic Security Model is a MITRE-Funded agent-based simulation designed to enable operational assessments of airport security against potential adversary attacks. The model was developed with the collaboration of the Director of Security at a major United States international airport. The model consists of a series of interactions between a potential attacker agent and the defense agent:
Airspace Management
January 25, 2011
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Modern, effective airspace is the foundation for modern, effective air travel. Airspace design and management are critical functions in providing a robust system that meets the demands of current and future air commerce. The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development (MITRE/CAASD) is working with the aviation community to ensure the airspace that underlies and supoorts it, continues to operate at the highest levels of safety, security, and effeciency.
Analyzing Current and Future National Airspace System Performance
January 15, 2011
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The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviaitoiin System Development (CAASD), the Federal Aviaiton Administration's (FAA) Federally Funded Research and Development Center, analyzes current and future demand and capacity needs for airports and airspace. In performing these analyses, CAASD works with the FAA and aviation stakholders and applies a wide range of simulation tools.
AviaitionSimNet
January 15, 2011
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Widely acknowledged as an effective way to study many air traffic management (ATM) issues, real-time human-in-the-loop simulaitons can now be greatly enhanced with a fexible laboratory networking system that allows faster, easier, and more productive collaboration.
Aviation Security
January 15, 2011
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Since the terrorist attacks of Septermber 11, 2001 the efforts to manage and secure the air transportation system in the United States has become progressively complex. Threats can take many forms and occur on the sircraft, in cargo areas, airports, airspace, and areas adjacent to aviation facilities as well. Providing aviaiton security requires a nulti-layered, adaptive approach that starts with an integrated understanding of the total treat vector, followed by securty of airports, people baggage, cargo/mail, airspace, and aircraft.
Closely-Spaced Parallel Operations (CSPO) Roadmap Summary
January 15, 2011
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is analyzing a number of Closely-Spaced Parallel Operations (CSPO) enabling activities to permit revised runway spacing and airport design standards. These revisions are based on new research and analysis and are possible through the application of advanced technology and performance based procedures. Enabling activities include wake analysis, deviations during simultaneous independent approached, data collection and analysis ("blunder analysis"). Performance Based Navigation (PBN), enhanced surveillance (ground and airborne), advanced avionics, and new procedures (based on PBN, surveillance, and avionics enablers). Each activity will contribute unique capacity benefits while maintaining on acceptable level of safety in reduced visibility conditions. The local effect of increasing capacity will ripple through the National Airspace System (NAS) as reduced delay. A number of airports could immediately benefit from the reduced runway spacing standards, increasing capacity without needing new infrastructure, surveillance, or advanced aircraft avionics. New runway spacing standards might also allow the construction of new closely-spaced runways in the future, within the airport's existing boundaries.
CNS/ATM Master Plan
January 15, 2008
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A Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/
Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) master plan
is a plan for a needs-driven, economically
justified, evolutionary system and modernization. The
Plan must: (1) sustain systems necessary to maintain
existing level of service; (2) introduce new operational
procedures, technologies, and automation concepts
necessary to meet user and operator needs; and (3)
introduce appropriate program management structures
for successful implementation of the Plan. Development
of the Plan is shown in the Planning Process figure.
Collaborative Air Traffic Management (ATM)
January 15, 2008
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The United States air transportation system is a
complex environment in which the actions of
thousands of people, combined with acts of
nature, ultimately determine the behavior of the system
as a whole. Human decision making is involved in
system operations at all levels, from the piloting of
individual aircraft to the planning and management of
air traffic flows regionally and nationally. In making
decisions and taking the appropriate actions, decision
makers draw on their own knowledge and expertise, as
well as on information available to them on the current
and predicted state of the air transportation system.
Collaborative Airspace aCongestion Resolution (CACR) Benefits Analysis
January 15, 2011
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Severe en route weather is one of the major challenges for both Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airspace managers and for airline and other airspace users. Uncertainty associated with changing weather patterns and severity, coupled with uncertainty in how airlines and other aircraft operators will react to the change weather creates a significant challenger for traffic managers (TMs). TMs must decide, with limited information, how best to handle likely imbalances between available airspace capacity that will change over time due to dynamic weather conditions and air traffic demand for that airspace which also is changing over time as different aircraft operators seek to best meet their respective business needs. A planned enhancement to the traffic management automation system, the Collaborative Airspace Congestion Resolution (CACR) capability allows TMs to effectively and efficiently manage airspace congestion in a tactical time frame (0-2) hours). CACR has four key components: it predicts sector demand and its associated uncertainty; it predicts sector capacity including the impact of weather; it identifies the problem; and, it generated congestion resolution plans. The purpose of analysis was to determine the benefits of using the CACR capability.
Collaborative Routing Coordination Tools (CRCT)
January 15, 2008
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Collaborative Routing Coordination Tools (CRCT)
is an integrated collection of automation
functions that traffic flow management can use
to monitor traffic flows, develop strategies to alleviate
congestion and avoid severe weather, and analyze the
impact of proposed strategies. Using CRCT, a traffic
manager can visualize the impact of a proposed
strategy on sector loading or on individual aircraft.
Eventually, the traffic manager will be able to share this
information not only with traffic managers from other
facilities, but also with airspace users. Thus, CRCT
capabilities will help National Airspace System (NAS)
stakeholders develop strategies for meeting their
respective operating objectives when constraints in the
NAS require traffic flow management action.
Collaborative Routing Coordination Tools (CRCT)
January 15, 2011
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Collaborative Routing Coordination Tools (CRCT) in an integrated collection of automations function that traffic flow management can use to monitor traffic flows, develop strategies to alleviate congestion and avoid severe weather, and analyze the impact of proposed strategies. Using CRCT, a traffic manager can visualize the impact of a proposed strategy on sector loading or on individual aircraft. Eventually, the traffic manager will be able to share this information not only with traffic managers from other facilities, but also with airspace users. Thus, CRCT capabilities will help National Airspace System (NAS) stakeholders develop strategies for meeting their respective operating objectives when constraints in the NAS require traffic flow management action.
Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Master Plan
January 15, 2011
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A communications, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) master plan is a modernization plan for a needs-driven, economically justified, evolutionary air transportation system. The Plan must: (1) sustain systems and infrastructure necessary to maintain existing level of services; (2) introduce new operational procedures, technologies, policies, and automation concepts necessary to meet users and operator needs; and (3) introduce appropriate program management structures and controls for successful implementation of the Plan. Development of the Plan is shown in the Planning Process figures.
Cyber Security
January 15, 2011
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With the continued growth of the internet, expanded use of commercial off-the-shelf software, and government use of commercial networks the threat environment to all networked infrastructures has been increasing steadily. These threats comprise both maliciously directed attacks against organization and unintentional release and spread of viruses and worms within a network. There is particular concern that critical infrastructure within the United States which are dependent on network technology, have been targeted by foreign governments and terrorist organizations.
End-Around Taxiways
January 15, 2011
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Why "End-Around Taxiways". In response to increased air traffic, airports are construction additional parallel runways to expedite the flow of landing and departing aircraft. In a typical parallel runway configuration, departing aircraft use the inboard departure runways which can result in delays and risks of runway incursions. To reduce both the delays and risk of incursions, airports are proposing construction of taxiways that go around the end of the runway often referred to as "End-Around Taxiways" (EATs). These EATs are intended to allow aircraft to taxi around the end of the runway without interfering with operations on the runway (as would be required when crossing the runway). Because most cases involve EATs that would allow arrivals to taxi beyond the end of a departure runway, the initial focus was issues associated with allowing aircraft to depart over those taxing aircraft.
End-Around Taxiways
January 15, 2008
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Why "End-Around Taxiways". In response to
increased air traffic, airports are constructing
additional parallel runways to expedite the flow
of landing and departing aircraft. In a typical parallel
runway configuration, departing aircraft use the inboard
runways and arriving aircraft use outboard runways.
Arriving aircraft need to cross the inboard departure
runways which can result in delays and risks of runway
incursions. To reduce both the delays and risk of
incursions, airports are proposing construction of
taxiways that go around the end of the runway often
referred to as "End-Around Taxiways" (EATs). These
EATs are intended to allow aircraft to taxi around the
end of the runway without interfering with operations on
the runway (as would be required when crossing the
runway). Because most cases involve EATs that would
allow arrivals to taxi beyond the end of a departure
runway, the initial focus was issues associated with
allowing aircraft to depart over those taxiing aircraft.
Enhancing the FAA's Airport Safety Analysis Capability
January 15, 2011
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As new operational procedures, equipment, and aircraft capabilities become available, the need for a more robust, efficient, and easier way of conducting complex safety analyses has been identified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Such a capability is needed to address the demand for safety analyses as the FAA transitions to new types of operations in all phases of flight.
Flight Deck-Based Merging and Spacing
January 15, 2008
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A concept termed Flight Deck-Based Merging and
Spacing (FDMS) is under development by a joint
government/industry team led by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) Surveillance and
Broadcast Services Program Office. With participation
from the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), the Air Line Pilots Association
(ALPA), Aviation Communication & Surveillance
Systems (ACSS), UPS, Boeing, Honeywell, MITRE,
and others, the team is conducting collaborative
research and development to ensure the viability and
safety of the FDMS concept. Based on past research
and development done in the U.S. and Europe, FDMS
gives flight crews the ability to use speed management
derived from on-board equipment to achieve and
maintain in-trail spacing. This operation is intended to
reduce the need for air traffic control (ATC)
interventions and provide for the delivery of accurate,
low-variance spacing for merging and arriving aircraft.
Flight Management Systems (FMS) 4D Trajectory Downlink to Enable Continuous Descent Arrivals
January 15, 2011
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Conventional approached typically involve one or more level segments at constant speed, and usually occur due to Air Traffic Controllers trying to achieve the necessary spacing between aircraft arriving into terminal areas.
Flight Validation
January 15, 2011
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Flight Validation (FV) amends the traditional flight inspection process for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) instrument flight procedures and provides a finaly quality assurance step in the development of any GNSS Performance Based Navigation (PBN) instrument flight procedures. FV allows FAA certified users to perform obstacle verification and flyability checks on PBN instrument flight procedures. This can greatly reduce the implementation time for a PBN instrument flight procedure while maintaining an equivalent level of safety.
Future AIr Traffic Estimator
January 15, 2011
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The MITRE Corporations Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD0, the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Federally Funded Research and Development Center , develops forecast of future passenger demand and traffic operations in the National Airspace System using the Future Air Traffic Estimator (FATE) model.
Global Positioning System for Civil Air Navigation
January 15, 2011
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In December 1993 the Department of Defense declared initial operational capability for a new high-technology radio navigation system, the Global Positioning System (GPS). Based on studies done by The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD) and the aviation community recognize that while GPS provides a beneficial operational capability to many users, aviators operating under instrument flight rules require augmentation.
Hazarfd Analysis
January 15, 2011
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The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD) supports the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Federally Funded Research and Development Center, in meeting its Safety Management System (SMS) guidelines. MIMTRE/CAASD is involved in evaluating safety risks associated with proposed changes to National Airspace System (NAS) automation, procedures, airspace, and facilities and conducts Operational Safety Assessments (OSAs) to define the safety requirements associated with those proposed changes. Bow-tie models, are used to identified and assess the safety risks of all potential operational hazards. Hazards are identified based on a detailed description of the change and the environmental conditions under which the application will be operating.
Implementing TFM Reroutes: An Integrated Approach
January 15, 2011
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In order to promote improved information exchange situation al awareness, decision making, and strategy implementation between traffic flow management (TF), air traffic control (ATD), and the airspace users, The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD) has developed and operational concept for how TFM-derived reroutes can be integrated between TFM, ATC, flight planning, and flight deck capabilities.
Integrated ATM Laboratory
January 15, 2011
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To enable improvements to today's air traffic management systems, and to envision the needs and possibilities for tomorrow, analysts need an experimental setting in which concepts can be matured and vetted with key stakeholder groups. This environment must be robust enough to handle a range of exploratory concepts, and yet realistic enough to provide a quality user experience. It is with these needs in mind that The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD) developed its Integrated Air Traffic Management (ATM) Laboratory. The Integrated ATM Laboratory is and extensible, scalable, real-time distributed simulation environment based on an open, layered architecture. It brings together a broad set of integrated air traffic management capabilities for human-in-the-loop simulation and visualization.
Integrated Equivalent Visual Operations
January 15, 2011
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Air traffic operations at United States airports depend heavily on visual operations. When pilots or controllers acquire traffic visually and provide visual separation for he operations, the throughput of the airport is higher than when visual separation in not used. Conversely, when visual operations cannot be supported the operations in the National Airspace System degrade enormously. This results in significant delays throughout the system.
Integrating Common Flight Data Processing in the National Airspace System
January 15, 2008
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To address the future needs of the Federal Aviation
Administration's (FAA) National Airspace System (NAS)
infrastructure, The MITRE Corporation's Center for
Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD) has
employed a standardized architecture analysis technique to
define a potential evolution of NAS Flight Data Processing (FDP)
capabilities. Taking advantage of its broad aviation expertise,
MITRE/CAASD analyzed and documented the current FDP
architecture encompassing major FDP systems across the
domains of the NAS, assessed the impact of future concepts on
this architecture, and is taking steps to define a more costeffective
and efficient integrated Air Traffic Management system
for handling future air traffic demands.
Integration of Advanced Simulation Technologies into Controller Training
April 2, 2008
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Faces the challenge of training approximately 12,000 new enroute and terminal air traffic controllers over the next decade to fill the void left by retiring controllers. In addition, evolution of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) will require training innovations to effectively transition to new Air Traffic Control (ATC) capabilities and operational procedures. Currently, training and certifying a controller is a lengthy and subjective process that requires significant human resources. The current system cannot effectively meet the near-term or the mid-to-far-term training needs.
Intelligent Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Situation Awareness and Information Delivery
January 25, 2011
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In a scenario where a UAS has lost its command and control data link and is flying automonously, surrounding pilots and air traffic controllers may be unaware of the flight intent of the aircraft which will typically be preprogrammed to follow some prescribed directions in such a situation. This can make it difficult for controllers to predict werhe the UAS is going and to clear traffic along its intended course. The goal of this research is to investigat emore robust methods for maintaining situational awareness in such a lot scenario.
International Aviation Safety Assistance Program
January 15, 2008
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All nations are concerned for the safety of their
traveling citizens. This concern has manifested
itself in increased oversight of civil aviation
authorities (CAAs) by various foreign and international
agencies. International programs, such as the
International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO)
Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program, the
European Union Safety Assessment Foreign Aircraft
Program, and the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) International Aviation Safety Assistance (IASA)
Program, are designed to evaluate the adequacy of
CAA's safety oversight of its operators. Audits and
assessments carried out to date indicate many states
are having difficulty fulfilling their safety oversight
obligations, which can have far-reaching economic and
political consequences for the country, the CAA, and
the airlines. Starting in 2004, ICAO will expand its
safety oversight program to include Air Traffic Control
(Annex 1, 11), Aerodromes (Annex 14), and Accident
Investigation (Annex 13).
Lightweight Beacon System for UAS and Other Aviation Applications
January 15, 2011
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The introduction of samll Unmanned AIrcraft Systems (UAS) and a growing population of light sport aviation aircraft pose an increasing safety risk to other airspace users. These aircraft and many other small, low-altitude users. THese aircraft and many othe small, low-altitude airspace user operate in visual meteorological conditions independently of Federal Aviation Adminstration (FAA) air Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is a surveillance technology available to address the safety risk. The FAA is investing heavily in ADS-B in medium and high density airspace. ADS-B can also benefit civil, publicand military users in low density airspace, various emergency response scenarios, andnumerous other specialized operatoins. TH MITRE Corporation is researchingthe miniturization and protability of ADS-B technology and the many aviation-related applictions.
MITRE Aviation Institute (MAI)
January 15, 2008
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The MITRE Aviation Institute (MAI) provides
professional development opportunities to the
global aviation community. Synthesizing a broad
spectrum of aviation expertise, the MAI draws on
almost 50 years of worldwide corporate knowledge in
aviation research and engineering to deliver a unique
learning experience. The MAI helps to cultivate an
industry-wide collaborative culture via interactive
hands-on courses in key areas. MAI courses are
designed to help the global aviation community bring
the best it has to bear on future challenges.
NAS Performance Analysis
January 15, 2008
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The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced
Aviation System Administration (MITRE/CAASD)
has developed an array of innovative diagnostic
tools to help assess the performance of the National
Airspace System. The two examples above detail the
progress of thunderstorms around Chicago O'Hare
airport over the course of a day. The Federal Aviation
Administration uses this information to help optimize
system performance especially during severe weather.
NAS Performance Analysis
July 15, 2011
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THe MITRE Corporatoin's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITE/CAASD) has developed and array of innovative diagnostic tools to help assess the performance of the National Airspace System (NAS) such as the Airport Specific Analysis Page (ASAP) and the All NAS Display.
Performance-Based Air Traffic Management: Validation Activities Toward OEP/NextGen
January 15, 2008
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Aviation is a critical part of the U.S. economy.
Increases in air traffic volume and complexity,
combined with projected budget constraints over
the coming years, will create challenges for our nation's
Air Traffic Management (ATM) system. The safety,
capacity, and productivity of the National Airspace System
(NAS) can be significantly improved through the
Operational Evolution Partnership (OEP) that comprises
an integration of enhanced ground and air automation
technologies and procedures, enabling operational
demands on the NAS to be met in a safe and more
efficient manner.
Portable Aviation Visualization Environment (PAVE)
January 15, 2008
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The Portable Aviation Visualization Environment
(PAVE) is a 3D rendering system used to
visualize multiple data sets in real-time. The
basic environment is a collection of digital terrain, aerial
photography, and AutoCAD surveys, that are combined
to create a realistic 3D representation of an airport and
its surroundings.
Prevention of Runway Incursions
January 15, 2008
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In response to FAA's Flight Plan Objective 4 and
NTSB safety recommendations, The MITRE
Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System
Development (MITRE/CAASD), in cooperation with the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln
Laboratories, is developing operations concepts and a
ground movement safety system designed to provide
direct warning to pilots on the flight deck that a runway
incursion threat exists. The system consists of six
components, passive, low technology elements, and
active, surveillance-driven elements, which in
combination provide pilots with enhanced situation
awareness regarding runway proximity and both actual
and predicted runway occupancy.
RNAV RNP Procedure Simulation
January 15, 2011
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Traffic in our Natioanl AIrspace System (NAS) moves from origin to destination using defined paths referre to as routes and procedures. As new technologies become available, airspace, routes, adn procedures ar emodified to leverage the benefits enabled like efficiency.
RNP RNAV Arrival Coordination
January 25, 2011
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The current terminal area airspace design philosophy centers on defining poin-to-plint Area Navigation (RNAV) routes. As terminal area facilities continue to implement RNAV voice communicaiton and increased predictability due to reduced vectoring. These benefits will arccrue only if aircraft stay on their RNAV routes. For arriving aircraft, maintaining these benefits for mergining traffic can be difficult, because merge conflicts are often addressed through vectoring.
RNP RNAV Route Coordination
January 15, 2008
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The current terminal area airspace design
philosophy centers on defining point-to-point
area navigation (RNAV) routes. For arriving
aircraft, these routes extend the Standard Arrival
Routes (STARS) farther into the terminal area with the
routes terminating on the downwind or at an initial
approach fix-a benefit which takes advantage of the
predictability and repeat ability of RNAV equipped
aircraft flying the routes, resulting in a reduction of
needed controller vectoring of aircraft aidless required
air-to-ground communications. This results in increased
safety and efficiency in the terminal area.
Runway Safety Simulation
January 15, 2008
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Through its Integrated Air Traffic Management (ATM)
laboratory capability, MITRE's Center for Advanced
Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD) has
combined the newest information technology with
systems engineering, modeling, and simulation to produce
results that are operationally viable. MITRE/CAASD is
dedicated to improving aviation system safety, security,
and performance and has created a cockpit simulation that
incorporates several runway safety technologies that have
been fielded or are currently being researched. This
simulation provides users the ability to interact with these
systems and includes many runway safety technologies
(including the Ground Marker Beacon System).
spectrumProspector
January 15, 2011
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Managing the scarce and valuable frequency resources of a nationwide air/ground (A/G) radio system is an immensely complex task. High-altitude airborne radios are mutually visible at very long ranges, increasing their exposure to co-channel interference and hindering frequency reuse. Gournd-based A/G radios often share crowded sites where the threat of co-site interference greatly reduces the supply of usable frequencies.
TARGETS Noise Screening Tool
January 15, 2008
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The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development, under sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has developed the Terminal Area Route Generation, Evaluation and Traffic Simulation (TARGETS) Noise Screening Tool that integrates noise impact screening directly into the design process for procedures and airspace. By enabling procedure designers to consider noise impacts early in the design process, the TARGETS Noise Screening Tool saves time and money. The tool uses the Integrated Noise Model (NIM) noise computation engine, which is the FAA and internetional standard for assessing noise impacts in the vicinity of airports.
Terminal Area Route Generation, Evaluation, and Traffic Simulation
January 21, 2011
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The Terminal Area Route Generation and Traffic Simulation (TARGETS) tool offers a unique comvination of capabilities for the design, analysis and operational assessment of procedures adn airspace. Developed by the MITRE Corporationls Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE?CAASD) under sponsorship of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the tool is being used by a variety of FAA and non-governmental users spupporting the implemenationa of area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP) operatrions within the United States and internationally.
The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development
January 15, 2008
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The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced
Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD)
is a federally funded research and development
center (FFRDC) sponsored by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA). The MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit national resource provides systems
engineering, research and development, and
information technology support to governments around
the globe. MITRE/CAASD supports the FAA and other
civil aviation authorities from its facilities in McLean,
The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development
January 15, 2011
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The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD) is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). MITRE/CAASD supports the FAA and other civil aviation authorities from its facilities in McLean, Virginia, about 20 minutes from Washington, D.C.
Unmanned Aircraft Spectrum Analysis Tool
January 25, 2011
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Unmanned aircraft (UA) are critically dependent on the command and control (C2) radio links that enable pilots to operate them. Those links are susceptible to radio -frequency (RF) interference (RFI) from other systems operating in the same frequency bands. Under certain operational conditions, degradation of c2 link reliability could result, with possible safety implications. Anticipated growth in commercial, govermental, and recreational use of small UA systems s9UAS) in the National Airspace System is apt to increase the likelihood of such outages unless adequate mitigation measures are implemented. In order to estimate the likelihood of sUAS C2 link outages resulting from unintentional RFI, CAASD has developed the UA Spectrum Analysis Tool (UASAT) with support from the Unmanned Aircraft Program Office of the Federal Aviaition Administration (FAA)
User Request Evaluation Tool
January 15, 2008
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The User Request Evaluation Tool (URET) is a
system developed by The MITRE Corporation's
Center for Advanced Aviation System
Development (MITRE/CAASD). It provides decision-support
capabilities for en route air traffic control,
including aircraft trajectory modeling, aircraft and
airspace conflict detection, flight data management, and
strategic planning capabilities. Under the Federal
Aviation Administration's Free Flight Program, URET
has been deployed to several Air Route Traffic Control
Centers and will complete National deployment by
Using RTA for Arrival Sequencing
January 15, 2011
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As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) heads towards the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS), aircraft will be assigned to Required Navigation Performance (RNP) area navigation (RNAV) routes and have modern avionics that include Flight Management Computers (FMCs) that are capable of executing Required Time of Arrival (RTA) instructions. The FMCs will also be able to downlink Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) and 4D Intent information.
WakeViewer Data Visualization Tool
January 15, 2008
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The WakeViewer Data Visualization Tool,
developed at The MITRE Corporation's Center for
Advanced Aviation System Development in
collaboration with The Volpe National Transportation
Systems Center, is a data analysis and scenario
presentation software application that plots and visually
queries wake turbulence data collected by the Federal
Aviation Administration. By combining several plots of
measured pulsed lidar data with associated weather
and operating environment data, it enables a
multidimensional illustration of these factors and a
better understanding of wake turbulence behavior. This
tool assists the user in developing and responding to
research questions in identifying and analyzing outlier
data.
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