NOTAM Modernization at the FAA Presented to Digital

NOTAM Modernization at the FAA Presented to: Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 By: Shaelynn Hales, CNA Date: October 19, 2010 Federal Aviation Administration

NOTAM Modernization at the FAA • NOTAM Modernization – The Big Picture • Experiences at the FAA – Approach & Lessons Learned • Goals Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 2

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NOTAM Transformation Business Services to deliver Annex 15 products (AIP, NOTAM, PIB…) Business Transformation Information Services enabling decision support and situational awareness Activity Collect, Process, Publish Process Reengineering • Current – Varying collection methods – Non-standard NOTAMs Collect, Process, Distribute • Future – Digital Collection of NOTAM information – Standardized NOTAMs validated against business rules – Digital Delivery – Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) – System Wide Information Management (SWIM) Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 4

New Concept of Operations Federal NOTAM System DATALINK Web AIM Originator Web Service (System Interface) Originate NOTAMs at the Source Digital Capture (Automated rules) Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal NOTAM System Web Page Direct Digital Interface Legacy Formats Validate and Publish by FAA Integrated permanent and temporary information Computer readable Electronic distribution to customers Federal Aviation Administration 5 5

Digital NOTAMs • Digital NOTAM Definition: – A dataset that contains NOTAM information in a structured format – Fully interpreted by an automated system without human interpretation • Digital NOTAM Characteristics: – – – Geo-referenced Temporal Linked to static data Transformable Query enabled Electronically distributable Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 6

How Digital am I? • Concept of Music CDs – Recording / Mixing / Transfer • AAD / ADD / DDD • Concept Applied to Aeronautical Information – Collection / Storage / Distribution • Analog: a list of remarks • Digital: features, attributes, and status … AIXM! Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 7

Multiple Views of Data View A Plain Language NOTAM Format View B View C Data enables Functions Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Query Filter Transform Alert Federal Aviation Administration 8

ICAO Formatting • ICAO Formatting is really just another view of the digital data – Translation is documented in the scenario document features attributes status Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 • The FAA FNS policy is being updated – the foundation for ICAO Compliance A 0667/10 NOTAMN Q) KZAU/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/4158 N 08754 W 005 A) KORD B) 10902141700 C) 10902141800 D) E) RWY 04 L/22 R CLSD F) G) Federal Aviation Administration 9

NOTAM Modernization at the FAA • NOTAM Modernization – The Big Picture • Experiences at the FAA – Approach & Lessons Learned • Goals Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 10

Scenarios/Event Specifications • What is a scenario? – A scenario describes the NOTAM condition or event that is being reported – A scenario is applied to a feature – The purpose is to capture the rules that are specific to each category of aeronautical information events Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 11

Components of Scenarios • Each scenario documents the following: – Identification of the individual elements of the NOTAM – Mapping of each element to AIXM – Translations between the digital encoding to FAA legacy, ICAO, and Plain Language – Business Rules • Template Business Rules • Policy Business Rules • Digital Encoding Business Rules – Sample AIXM Messages Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 12

FNS Status: Applications and Interfaces NOTAM Activity Origination Distribution Technical Interface System Web NOTAM Manager Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 NOTAM Search Prototype Application Currently undergoing Airports Field Test Available to the Public: http: //notams. aim. faa. gov/nota m. Search/ NOTAM Search ATC Prototype Application To Be Tested: Target February 2011 FNS Origination Interface FNS Distribution Interface Under Development and Testing: Target Fall 2010 To Be Developed: Target Spring 2011 Federal Aviation Administration 13

NOTAM Origination Web Interface • NOTAM Manager Application – Provides web based tool for direct-entry digital NOTAM origination • Demonstration – http: //notamdemo. aim. nas. faa. gov/dnotam/ Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 14

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NOTAM Distribution Web Interface • NOTAM Search ATC Application – Provides web based tool for NOTAM distribution, notification, and query • Demonstration – http: //notamdemo. aim. nas. faa. gov/atc. Search. Qa/Not am. Search. html Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 27

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FAA Field Experience • Began NOTAM Origination field test for 24 hour towered airports in April 2010 – – – – Atlantic City International (ACY) Fort Wayne International (FWA) Denver International (DEN) Fairbanks International (FAI) Richmond International (RIC) Norfolk International (ORF) Reagan Washington National (DCA) Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 32

A Few FNS Digital NOTAM Stats… • Since the start of the Airport Field Test • NOTAM Distribution by Keyword – April 20, 2010 through October 4, 2010 • Total NOTAMs issued through NOTAM Manager ~ 1250 – – – ACY FWA DEN FAI ORF RIC 201 53 900 42 6 46 Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 33

FAA Field Test Experience Feedback • Feedback from the participating airports has been very positive and useful • Feedback is regularly reviewed and addressed • Feedback has included: – Technical issues – Feature suggestions – Ability to capture additional scenarios Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 34

ACY Statistics (Over ~6 Months) Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 35

ACY … in their own words “immediately on-board and proactively giving their support” “faster than waiting for legacy” “an immediacy of response” Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 36

RIC … in their own words “replacement of in-house software is anticipated” “[in house software] needed improvements” “NOTAM process efficiency improved” Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 37

NOTAM Modernization at the FAA • NOTAM Modernization – The Big Picture • Experiences at the FAA – Approach & Lessons Learned • Goals and Next Steps Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 38

Next Steps: Goals • The FAA’s Digital NOTAM goal: – NOTAMs will be digitally collected / processed / distributed • How will we get there? – Approach the goal based on several factors related to NOTAM stakeholders management • Safety Impact • NOTAM Production • Approach to Digital Capture • Readiness Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 39

Stakeholder Management • Engaging with NOTAM Stakeholders to determine the best methods of NOTAM Origination # of Identified Event Scenarios Airport Authority 32 55 Commercial Towers 21 2 OCC/Tech Ops 16 7 completed ~30 identified Military 15 ~2– 5 identified focus on Airspace Other Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Stakeholder % of Total NOTAMs 16 TBD Federal Aviation Administration 40

FNS Plan for Airports 250 Airports create 70% of all Airport issued NOTAMs Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 ACY Federal Aviation Administration 41

For Further Information… • FAA Federal NOTAM System – http: //notams. aim. faa. gov/ – fns@faa. gov • Barry Davis, FAA – AIM Manager – barry. c. davis@faa. gov – 202 -267 -9400 • Shaelynn Hales, CNA – NOTAM Project Manager – shaelynn. ctr. hales@faa. gov – 202 -580 -7519 Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Federal Aviation Administration 42

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AIM Transformation Aeronautical Information Service Aeronautical Information Management Roadmap As-is Model To-be Model Performance ATM Integration Safety Business Services to deliver Annex 15 products (AIP, NOTAM, PIB…) Business Transformation Process Reengineering Automation Modernization Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 Service-Oriented Architecture, Database Management, Workflow Management, Rule Engines Standards Publishing Specifications, SARPs Collect, Process, Distribute Information Electronic Files and paper support systems Information Services enabling decision support and situational awareness Activity Collect, Process, Publish Safety, Efficiency, Capacity Service Standardization AIXM, WXXM, ISO, Business Process Management (BPM), Web Services, SARPs Federal Aviation Administration 44

Distribution Electronic versus Digital distribution • Paper – Legacy mechanism to deliver AIS products • Electronic [Transmission Mechanism] – Transmission of products using electronic systems (i. e. , PDF of a scanned image) – A PDF is an electronic version of a piece of paper • Digital – Distribution of information in a pre-parsed manner that allows it to be used for query, filter, alert, and transformation (graphics) – Data can be fused to create new information Digital NOTAM Workshop #6 October 2010 45 Federal Aviation Administration 45

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