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6. Separation responsibility will remain shared between air traffic services and flight crews. In high density operations the airplane will provide a separation monitoring function. The report discusses the human factors issues that lie at the heart of most of the proposed system modernization initiatives, and makes recommendations regarding the nature and extent of the human factors involvement in the system evolution. A detailed overview of current and emerging communication, navigation and surveillance technologies is included in the report, along with an overview of aviation weather technology. The current lack of consensus in the industry on the details of the NAS modernization path are discussed in the report. The need for a disciplined systems engineering approach to the NAS evolution is detailed, with a particular focus on preliminary design activity that is essential to focus the effort on the critical mission needs. The report calls for a collaborative development and validation of the operational concept, and of the system architecture, to ensure consideration of total system performance and minimize political risk. iv

Table of Contents 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................1 1.1 Objectives..............................................................................................................1 1.2 Context..................................................................................................................2 1.3 Scope.....................................................................................................................2 1.4 Report Overview....................................................................................................3 2 The NAS ATM System Development Process...............................................................5 2.1 Air Traffic System Modernization Mandate............................................................5 2.2 Consensus Future System Development Needs.......................................................6 2.3 Systems Engineering and Preliminary Design..........................................................6 3 The ATM System Functional Structure .......................................................................26 3.1 Air Traffic Management Objectives......................................................................26 3.2 A Functional View of the Current Concept...........................................................28 3.3 A Functional View of the Proposed Concept........................................................35 3.4 Proposed CNS/ATM Technology Improvements..................................................42 3.5 Airspace and Airways...........................................................................................42 3.6 Airports ...............................................................................................................43 3.7 Flight Service Stations .........................................................................................44 4 Human Factors ...........................................................................................................45 4.1 The Search For Greater Throughput And The Demands On The Human ..............45 4.2 The Role Of Human Factors In Enabling Change .................................................45 4.3 Human Factors Issues Affecting Tactical Control .................................................48 5 Available and Emerging Technology ...........................................................................55 5.1 Introduction.........................................................................................................55 5.2 Communication....................................................................................................65 5.3 Navigation ...........................................................................................................75 5.4 Surveillance .........................................................................................................80 5.5 Aviation Weather.................................................................................................87 6 ATM Concept Baseline.............................................................................................102 6.1 Concept Transition Methodology .......................................................................102 6.2 Capacity Driven Concept Baseline......................................................................106 6.3 Concept Validation Needs..................................................................................114 v

Table of Contents<br />

1 Introduction..................................................................................................................1<br />

1.1 Objectives..............................................................................................................1<br />

1.2 Context..................................................................................................................2<br />

1.3 Scope.....................................................................................................................2<br />

1.4 Report Overview....................................................................................................3<br />

2 <strong>The</strong> NAS ATM System Development Process...............................................................5<br />

2.1 <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Traffic</strong> System Modernization Mandate............................................................5<br />

2.2 Consensus Future System Development Needs.......................................................6<br />

2.3 Systems Engineering and Preliminary Design..........................................................6<br />

3 <strong>The</strong> ATM System Functional Structure .......................................................................26<br />

3.1 <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Traffic</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Objectives......................................................................26<br />

3.2 A Functional View of the Current <strong>Concept</strong>...........................................................28<br />

3.3 A Functional View of the Proposed <strong>Concept</strong>........................................................35<br />

3.4 Proposed CNS/ATM Technology Improvements..................................................42<br />

3.5 <strong>Air</strong>space and <strong>Air</strong>ways...........................................................................................42<br />

3.6 <strong>Air</strong>ports ...............................................................................................................43<br />

3.7 Flight Service Stations .........................................................................................44<br />

4 Human Factors ...........................................................................................................45<br />

4.1 <strong>The</strong> Search For Greater Throughput And <strong>The</strong> Demands On <strong>The</strong> Human ..............45<br />

4.2 <strong>The</strong> Role Of Human Factors In Enabling Change .................................................45<br />

4.3 Human Factors Issues Affecting Tactical Control .................................................48<br />

5 Available and Emerging Technology ...........................................................................55<br />

5.1 Introduction.........................................................................................................55<br />

5.2 Communication....................................................................................................65<br />

5.3 Navigation ...........................................................................................................75<br />

5.4 Surveillance .........................................................................................................80<br />

5.5 Aviation Weather.................................................................................................87<br />

6 ATM <strong>Concept</strong> <strong>Baseline</strong>.............................................................................................102<br />

6.1 <strong>Concept</strong> Transition Methodology .......................................................................102<br />

6.2 Capacity Driven <strong>Concept</strong> <strong>Baseline</strong>......................................................................106<br />

6.3 <strong>Concept</strong> Validation Needs..................................................................................114<br />

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