Transcript Document 7350696

Aviation Safety Program
NASA Aviation Safety Program
Weather Accident Prevention Project
Product Development Panel Session
for
User Forum
Aviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation
Bethesda, Maryland
July 25-26, 2000
Dr. Ron Colantonio
Aviation Safety Program Office
NASA Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Project Goals/Objectives/Products
Aviation Safety Program
Goal
Objectives
Develop enabling technologies to reduce weather-related casual factors to
accidents by 50% and eliminate turbulence injuries by 50% by year 2007.
Provide the Flight Deck, ATM & AOC
with Higher Fidelity, More Timely
Intuitive Graphical Information
Detect & Mitigate
Weather Hazards
1. Aviation Weather Information (i.e. in the cockpit) technologies and
system design guidelines
2. Improved aviation weather hazard characterization and graphical
product developments
Products
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
AWIN System Elements
Aviation Safety Program
Weather
Products
Existing and
Enhanced
Weather
Products
Distribution
Presentation
Communications
Networks and
Data Links
Human Factors,
User Interfaces,
Workload Issues
Aviation Weather Information Products
Aviation Safety Program
Presentation to Pilot
Aircraft Capabilities
User Capabilities
User
Interface
Decision
Aids
Processor
Data Link
Automet
Ground Wx
System
Onboard
Sensors
Position
Weather
Information
Navigation
Information
Weather
Products
Data Link
Traffic
Special Use Airspace
Terrain
Obstacles
Flight Plan
Turbulence Products
Aviation Safety Program
Flight Management System A/C Controls/Mitigation Schemes
Decision
Aids
Presentation to Pilot
Processor
Onboard Sensors
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4
Automet
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Data Link
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Turbulence
Information
Turbulence Products
Ground Wx
System
Data Link
Forward-Looking
Sensors: Radar
and LIDAR
Technology Development Process
Aviation Safety Program
Establish Requirements
Survey Current Capabilities
Develop Concepts
Develop Evaluation Scenarios
Conduct Simulations
Conduct Flight Evaluations
Demonstrate Capability in Relevant Environment
Project Schedule and Milestones
Aviation Safety Program
National AWIN Capability
National Datalink Capability
Turbulence Product Integrated
With AWIN
FY00
FY01
Initial AWIN
Concept and ForwardLooking Turbulence
Detection Flight
Evaluation
FY02
FY03
Flight Demonstration
Of Forward-Looking
Turbulence Warning
System
FY04
Turbulence Flight
Management System
Demo
International AWIN Capability
International Datalink Capability
Product Implementation Strategy
Aviation Safety Program
• 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
Outside Partners
Aviation Safety Program
Boeing
• Over 50 different companies and
other organizations
Honeywell
AATT
United Airlines
Aviation Safety
.
Base
Fed Ex
Cessna
Rockwell
NTSB
Weather
Accident Prevention
Project
FAA
AF/DoD
AlliedSignal
ARNAV
SAIC
.
State Gov Org.
American
Airlines
NWS
Naval
Research
Lab
Lockheed
NCAR
RTI
GTRI, ODU,
NCSU, MIT-LL
Aerotech
CTI
Project Accomplishments
Aviation Safety Program
• 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, ForwardLooking 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.