Transcript FANS 1/A over Iridium (FOI) Status Presented to: SOCM/2

FANS 1/A over
Iridium (FOI)
Status
Presented to: SOCM/2
By: Tom Kraft
[email protected]
Date: 8-10 February 2012
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Introduction
• Mar 08 – FOI project plan
• May-Jul 2010 – FOI operational evaluation
• 17 Sep 2010 – PARC submits FOI and
Performance Based Concept
Recommendations to FAA
• In June 2011, the FAA responded to the
PARC, agreeing with the recommendations
in the report
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Why the spotlight on Iridium?
• Iridium promotes FANS 1/A expansion
– Lower cost solution than other alternatives
– Draws less power
– Lighter in weight
– Global coverage, including the Polar Region
Iridium enables
applications –
Passenger (APC)
Company (AAC, AOC)
FANS 1/A (ATS)
• FANS 1/A enables
– Reduced ADS-C-based separations
– More efficient operations
FANS 1/A
enables ATM
benefits
– Reduced CO2 emissions minimizing environmental impact
– Reduced effects of operational errors/pilot deviations
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PARC FOI & PBC recommendations
• PARC submitted letter to FAA in Sep 2010
“RECOMMENDATION 1. Expedite the steps
necessary to remove restrictions on current
FOI operations to realize immediate gains in
efficiency and safety benefits.”
“RECOMMENDATION 2. In the near and mid
terms, plan for and implement a performancebased framework for RCP and surveillance
performance specifications.”
(See PARC CWG presentation for PBC update)
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FAA responded in June 2011
“ With proven benefits in operational efficiency,
environmental impact, and safety, the FAA has
identified FANS 1/A as an enabler for NextGen. …
The FAA agrees FOI will promote FANS 1/A
expansion, and accepts FOI as a viable means for
air traffic service (ATS) communications,
particularly in accordance with performance
specifications for reduced oceanic separations
based on automatic dependent surveillance –
contract (ADSC).”
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FOI planning and implementation
• Remove airspace restrictions – to apply reduced
ADS-C-based separations to eligible FOI aircraft
– In Oakland Flight Information Region (FIR)
– FAA will advocate removal of any restrictions imposed by other
air navigation service providers
• FAA has been and will continue to approve FOI
installations and operations
– Design approval of FOI installations per FAA Advisory Circular
(AC) 20140A
– Data link operational authorizations via A056 Ops Spec per
FAA AC 12070B & FAA Order N8900.66
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Potential for FOI growth
in the NAT Region (1 of 2)
•
Approximately 1,400 flights daily in the NAT, 48% fleet currently
equipped with FANS 1/A CPDLC & ADS-C
•
All aircraft shall operate FANS 1/A CPDLC & ADS-C
(outside VHF data link coverage)
a) from 7 February 2013, on specified tracks and flight levels within the NAT
organized track system (OTS); and
b) from 5 February 2015, in specified portions of NAT minimum navigation
specifications (MNPS) airspace.
•
Current thinking, initially
– No more than 2 specified tracks in the OTS, FL360 to FL390, inclusive
– No exemptions in the applicable airspace
– Beyond 2015 to be determined
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Potential for FOI growth
in the NAT Region (2 of 2)
• Other operational improvements being investigated
in the NAT for implementation 2015 and beyond
– Transition Minimum Navigation Performance Specification
(MNPS) to Performance-Based Navigation (PBN)
– NAT Required Communication Performance (RCP) and
Required Surveillance Performance (RSP) Operations
Implementation Plan (for Feb 2015) – applies to FANS 1/A
– Reduced (5-min) Longitudinal Separation Minimum (RLongSM)
(in trials March 2011) – will require FANS 1/A
– Reduced (25 NM) Lateral Separation Minimum (RLatSM) – will
require FANS 1/A
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Potential for FOI growth
Elsewhere
• Polar Region – FOI provides “true” global
coverage
• PACOTS – FOI can increase equipage rates
– Increasing the number to opportunities to apply
reduced separations when more aircraft are
FANS 1/A capable
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FOI recognition
• NAT SPG planning to formally acknowledge FANS 1/A over
Iridium Short Burst Data and Inmarsat I3 Classic Aero as
eligible for NAT data link operations
– Based on PARC CWG FOI Project and Report
– Expected to occur in June 2012 (NAT SPG/48)
• At IPACG, JCAB still trialing FOI, need more time
– However, similar to FAA systems, JCAB systems have no operational
means to determine the type of media the aircraft is using for FANS
1/A operations in the Fukuoka FIR
– Reduced separations can be applied (or mis-applied) to FOI aircraft
that indicate RNP4 in their flight plan
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FANS 1/A aircraft definition
• GOLD definition of FANS 1/A aircraft  an aircraft
with a data link system that has been certified in
accordance with the requirements specified in
RTCA DO258A/ EUROCAE ED100A (FANS 1/A
INTEROP Standard), or previous version
• DO-258A/ED-100A includes provisions for use of
VHF, satellite and HF sub-networks that are
compatible with the ACARS network.
– it does not require or specify any specific sub-network(s) that
an aircraft must use for FANS 1/A operations
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Current FANS 1/A configurations
• Throughout the world, operators with
FANS 1/A aircraft use CPDLC and ADS-C
services
– over a variety of subnetworks, including VHF
(Mode 0/A and Mode 2), Inmarsat Classic Aero over
the I3 and I4 satellites, Iridium SBD, and HFDL
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FAA means of compliance (1 of 2)
• The FAA certifies FANS 1/A aircraft in accordance
with AC 20-140A
• The FAA authorizes operational use of data link, i.e.
CPDLC and ADS-C, in accordance with AC 120-70B
and FAA Order 8900.1
• For FANS 1/A aircraft, these FAA documents
recognize DO-258A/ED-100A or previous version,
as acceptable means of compliance
– consistent with the GOLD definition
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FAA means of compliance (2 of 2)
• Further, these FAA ACs recognize a number of subnetworks and associated standards as acceptable
means of compliance for FANS 1/A aircraft
– Means of compliance for Iridium’s SBD services is
RTCA DO-262A, Normative Appendix, section 2
• The FAA have certified and continue to certify
FANS 1/A aircraft that use the Iridium SBD subnetwork in accordance with applicable ACs and
Orders
• Other appropriate authorities have also issued
design approvals and authorized operational use of
FOI aircraft
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FOI aircraft – More than 100 by 2013
Operator
September 2010
13 Boeing 747-400s to over 60
Cargolux
flight destinations worldwide
6 Boeing 737-800s and 4 Boeing
Continental
737-700s in and out of Guam
Hawaiian
UPS
participating in pre-FOI data
collection and are planning to
participate in FOI in the near
future
Delta
participating in pre-FOI data
collection and are planning to
participate in FOI in the near
future
Qantas
Totals
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23 FOI aircraft
February 2012
10 B747s worldwide
(+3 Inmarsat)
18 B757s in North Atlantic
8 B767s in the Pacific
4 B747s, 39 B767s active
42 B767s by October 2011, Crew
training has begun, Significant use
by May 2012
+17 B767s by November 2013
8 B757s and 15 B747s planned for
significant use in 2012-2013.
Currently, 23 B757s, 15 B747s and
3 B737s do Iridium voice/AOC data
1 B737 in the Tasman
80 FOI aircraft
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ICAO provisions
• Standards and Recommended Practices
(Annex 10), PANS/ATM (Doc 4444) and
Regional Supplementary Procedures (Doc
7030) and other ICAO guidance material
(e.g., ICAO Doc 9925)
• FOI is a viable means for conducting ATS
communications and FOI aircraft are eligible
for CPDLC and ADS-C operations anywhere
in the world
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Summary
• FANS 1/A over Iridium (FOI) is now being
accepted as a means of compliance to
CPDLC and ADS-C airspace requirements
– U.S.
– NAT
– Other States/regions may be pending further
evaluation
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