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Federal AviationAdministration
William J. Hughes Technical Center
Presented by: Deborah Germak
To: FLC National Meeting
Date: April 29, 2010
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The Federal Aviation Administration
Our mission is toprovide the safest, most efficient
aerospace system in the world.
Our vision is to improve the safety and efficiency of aviation, while
being responsive to our customers and accountable
to the public.
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Current Aviation Outlook
• The FAA operates the National Airspace System (NAS)
• The volume of air travel and cargo is expected to increase
• Aviation plays a large role in the U.S. economy
– In 2006, civil aviation activity within the overall economy contributed:• 11 million jobs,• $1.2 trillion in economic activity, and• 5.6 percent of the gross domestic product
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William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Nation’s leading aviation and air traffic management Federal laboratory
• Fully integrated network of specialized labs
• Only laboratories in the world where it is possible to simulate an end-to-end scenario (non-operational environment)
• Recognized aviation expertise – automation, communications, navigation, and surveillance
• Five decades of air traffic management test and evaluation achievements
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WJHTC Activities and Programs• Provides world class facilities to perform research,
engineering, development, test, evaluation, and maintenance for air transportation systems
• Airport and Aircraft Safety• Engineering Development Services• Systems Engineering and Safety• Communications, Flight Service and Weather• Aviation Weather• Surveillance and Navigation• System Engineering and Support Services• Human Factors• Modeling, Simulation and Analysis
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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs)
• You’re flying, look at the window and see:
(Global Hawk)
• Industry wants to fly in the NAS
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How do you do that and be NAS Safe??!!
• Numerous technical, regulatory, and safety challenges and considerations, such as:– Collision avoidance
– Command and control
– Airworthiness
– Certification of aircraft, operators, traffic management
• Industry came to the federal laboratory – WJHTC (Reaper)
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Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
• Entered into three CRDAs in 6/09:– AAI Corporation
– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
– General Electric – Aviation Systems LLC.
• Objective– Support integration of UASs
into the NAS using:• Modeling and simulation• Four-dimensional trajectory-
based operations (4DT)• Flight demonstrations
(NIEC Lab)
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Latest Developments
• GE, AAI, FAA and U.S. Army performed the first “proof of concept” flight demo of 4DT operations
• Demonstrated approach for safe integration of UAS into the NAS
• Conducted three-hour demo for more rigorous testing
• Conducted simulation with U.S. Marines to fly DOD-UASs through commercial airspace
• More to come, CRDAs have 2 year period of performance
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Point of Contact
Deborah Germak, Program ManagerFAA Technology Transfer Program
Technical Strategies and Integration Group, AJP-7C3
Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405(P) 609-485-9862(F) 609-485-4558
[email protected] – for lab profiles
