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Integrated Flight
Information System
(IFIS)
Weather products
Mary Beth Lapis
(319) 295-3045
Dan Gienger
(319) 295-7038
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IFIS
Major Focus Areas
Improved Situational Awareness - Enhanced Safety
Electronic Charts – Aircraft Symbol Overlaid
Real-time Strategic Weather
FMS maps with geopolitical boundaries, geographical features, Airways, and Airspace
Improved Cockpit Efficiency
Eliminate Paper from the cockpit
Intelligent Integration of Information
Charts and weather on forward displays
FMS flight plan integrated with charts and weather functions
User Interface evaluated, modified, and approved by pilots
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Product Capabilities
Uplink Graphical Weather (On MFD)
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System Architecture
L-MFD
R-MFD
L-CCP
L-CCP
R-CCP
R-CCP
Upgraded Display
File Server Unit
Cursor Control Panel
FSU
IAPS
Electronic Charts
Graphical Weather
Enhanced Map Overlays
(Geopolitical, Airways, Airspace)
Upload Capabilities
ARINC 615-A: FSU Software
and Databases
XMWR-1000
(XM Weather)
= A429
= Ethernet
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Hardware
Software
CPAS
CMU-4000
Datalink for
Universal
Weather
User Interface CCP-3000
Dedicated Chart Controls (CHART, ROTATE)
Pan (Joystick) and ZOOM (Charts and XM)
Programmable Quick Access Keys
Menu controls
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MFD - Split Window Formats
Upper Window
Lower Window
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OFF
Checklist
FMS text window
Rose (Seldom Enabled)
Arc (Seldom Enabled)
PPOS Map
PLAN Map
GWX Only
Enhance Map Overlay
TCAS only
Universal Weather - Graphical Weather
Graphical Weather
Information Service
Provider is Universal
Weather
Ground-based data
services provided on
a request/reply basis
Subscriptions
handled by Collins or
Universal Weather
Offering 3
Subscription plans
for textual and
graphical weather
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Universal Weather - Graphical Weather Products
NEXRAD
Turbulence
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Winds/Temps
Icing
Tops/Movement
Wx Depiction
North Atlantic Winds/temps – FL 390
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European turbulence forecast
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Northern Pacific Turbulence forecast- FL300
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UV Wx International Regions
Winds/temps, Graphical METARS, icing,
turbulence available for:
•USA and 6 sub-regions
•North and South America
•North and South Atlantic
•North and South Pacific
•Africa
•India
•Australia
•Europe
•Asia
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XM Weather - Graphical Weather
XM Graphical Weather
Ground-based data services
provided by Baron on a
broadcast basis
Continuous Feed
All Products Broadcast Every
12 Minutes
Full CONUS Coverage
Automated/Unlimited Updates
(No Request Necessary)
Geosynchronous Satellites
In Air/On Ground Reception
XM Radio Services (Satellite
Provider)
Single “GPS Like” Antenna
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XM Weather - Graphical Weather Products
NEXRAD (1 NM Resolution)
Echo Tops
Graphical and Textual METARs
Graphical and Textual SIGMETs
Textual AIRMETs
Textual TAFs
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XM Weather - Graphical Weather Features
Integrated User Interface Consists of CCP and AFD (No CDU
Required)
Pan (Similar to Electronic Charts)
3 Zoom Levels
System Utilization Integrated With Collins FMS
NEXRAD Animation (5 frames)
NEXRAD Overlay on PLAN Map
Flight Info Overlay on GWx formats
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Enhanced Map Overlays
Example Format With
EIS Displayed
Upper Window
Checklist
Lower Window
PLAN Map
Geopolitical
NEXRAD
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