Aviation Safety Program NASA Aviation Safety Program Weather Accident Prevention Project Product Development Panel Session for User Forum Aviation Weather:

Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program

NASA Aviation Safety ProgramWeather Accident Prevention Project

Product Development Panel Sessionfor

User ForumAviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation

Bethesda, Maryland

July 25-26, 2000

Dr. Ron ColantonioDr. Ron ColantonioAviation Safety Program OfficeAviation Safety Program OfficeNASA Glenn Research CenterNASA Glenn Research Center

Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio


Project Goals/Objectives/Products

Provide the Flight Deck, ATM & AOC with Higher Fidelity, More Timely

Intuitive Graphical Information

Detect & Mitigate Weather Hazards

GoalGoal

ObjectivesObjectives

ProductsProducts

1. Aviation Weather Information (i.e. in the cockpit) technologies and

system design guidelines

2. Improved aviation weather hazard characterization and graphical product developments

3. Improved Electronic Pilot Reporting/Automet technologies and design

guidelines

4. Forward-looking turbulence sensor technologies and system design

guidelines

5. Control system design techniques for turbulence mitigation

Develop enabling technologies to reduce weather-related casual factors to accidents by 50% and eliminate turbulence injuries by 50% by year 2007.


PresentationWeatherProducts

Distribution

Existing andEnhancedWeatherProducts

CommunicationsNetworks and

Data Links

Human Factors,User Interfaces,Workload Issues

AWIN System Elements


Aviation Weather Information Products

WeatherInformation

DecisionAids

Processor

Position

Flight Plan

NavigationInformation

Aircraft Capabilities

User Capabilities

UserInterface

OnboardSensors

WeatherProducts

Ground WxSystem

Automet

Data Link

Data Link

Special Use Airspace

Traffic Terrain

Obstacles

Presentation to Pilot


Turbulence Products

DecisionAids

Processor

Onboard Sensors

Turbulence Products

Ground WxSystem

Automet

Data Link

Data Link Forward-Looking Sensors: Radar

and LIDAR

Flight Management System A/C Controls/Mitigation Schemes

Presentation to Pilot

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-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

TurbulenceInformation


Technology Development Process

Establish Requirements

Survey Current Capabilities

Develop Concepts

Develop Evaluation Scenarios

Conduct Simulations

Conduct Flight Evaluations

Demonstrate Capability in Relevant Environment


Project Schedule and Milestones

FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04

Initial AWIN Concept and Forward-

Looking TurbulenceDetection Flight

Evaluation

Flight DemonstrationOf Forward-LookingTurbulence Warning

System

National AWIN CapabilityNational Datalink Capability

International AWIN CapabilityInternational Datalink Capability

Turbulence Product IntegratedWith AWIN

Turbulence Flight Management System

Demo


Product Implementation Strategy

• Strong Industry cost sharing through Cooperative Research Agreements (CRA)

• Airline/operator participation in CRAs

• Cost/Market assessment studies funded

• FAA/NASA Working Groups/Teams being established

• Participation in Industry/Government working groups dealing with technology and standards development: RTCA, ICAO Joint Safety Assessment/Implementation Teams, etc.

• Strong National Turbulence Research Coalition assisting in defining NASA direction


BoeingBoeing

HoneywellHoneywell

United AirlinesUnited Airlines

Fed ExFed Ex

Weather Accident Prevention

Project

.Aviation Safety

Base

AATT

RockwellRockwell

AlliedSignalAlliedSignal

Cessna

ARNAVARNAV

NCAR

SAICSAIC

• Over 50 different companies and other organizations

AmericanAirlines

AmericanAirlines

LockheedLockheed

Outside Partners

NTSB

FAA

AF/DoD

State Gov. Org.State Gov. Org.

NWSNWSNaval

ResearchLab

Naval Research

Lab

RTIRTI

CTICTIGTRI, ODU,

NCSU, MIT-LL AerotechAerotech


Project Accomplishments

• Completed AWIN Phase 1 Cooperative Research Agreements (50/50 Industry Cost Sharing) with Phase 2 Agreements ramping up.

• NASA 757 aircraft preparation nearly complete for Summer 2000 flight experiments of an Initial AWIN, Forward- Looking Detection and Turbulence In-Situ Systems.

• FAA-NASA Weather Safety Memorandum of Agreement was signed June 30, 2000. Formalized teaming arrangements is starting. NOAA/NWS-NASA formal coordination to start soon.

• NASA participation in FAA-NASA-Industry Joint Safety Assessment and Implementation Teams.

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