Aeronautical Federal Aviation

Administration
Information
Management (AIM)
Modernization

For DATWG

By: Brett Brunk

Architecture and Planning
System Operations - AIM Group

Date: March 2009

Topics

• Vision for Aeronautical Information

Management
• AIM Modernization Architecture
– Performance, business, information and technology
• Current Activities
– Federal NOTAM System initial deployment
– SUA
• Consolidation of web sites
• Information exchange
– AIXM 5

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Topics

• Vision for Aeronautical Information

Management
• AIM Modernization Architecture
– Performance, business, information and technology
• Current Activities
– Federal NOTAM System initial deployment
– SUA
• Consolidation of web sites
• Information exchange
– AIXM 5

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From AIS to AIM
AIM as a core ATM enabler
• Traditional AIS
– AIS is a set of paper products and manual
processes

• Aeronautical Information Management

– System to system exchange of aeronautical
information
– Global interoperability
– Integrated data sets
– Single entry multiple views

• Customer Service (Civil and military)

– Flight planning and briefing
– Aircraft
– ATC automation
– Traffic management
– Notice to Airmen

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Global ATM Vision
• Provide “a holistic, cooperative and collaborative
decision-making environment, where the diverging
expectations and interests of all members of the ATM
community are balanced to achieve equity and
access.”
From ICAO Doc 9854 Global ATM Operational Concept (1.9.1)

• “Information management provides accredited,

quality-assured and timely information used to
support ATM operations.”

From ICAO Doc 9854 Global ATM Operational Concept (2.15)

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What does the Global ATM
Operational Concept tell us?
• Need a move to seamless global air traffic management
– Internationally harmonized and globally interoperable ATM system

• ATM includes seven capabilities

– Manage airspace
– Demand and capacity balancing
– Aeronautical operations
– Traffic synchronization
– Conflict management
– Airspace user operations
– ATM service delivery management

• AIM/Information Services
– Provide the information services necessary to support the seven ATM
capabilities

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Role of AIM in supporting ATM

ATM AIM
• Enabling flight • Provide common
operations operating picture of
aeronautical situation
– Monitor quality
– Control quality
Aeronautical – Provide information sharing
Common – Integrate data (historical,
Operating planning and operational)
Picture – Provide decision information
support

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What is missing in AIM today?

Global ATM capabilities

– Manage airspace
– Demand and capacity
balancing
How should AIM
– Aerodrome operations
– Traffic synchronization
support these
– Conflict management ATM capabilities?
– Airspace user operations
– ATM service delivery
management

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Supporting all phases of flight

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Topics

• Vision for Aeronautical Information

Management
• AIM Modernization Architecture
– Performance, business, information and technology
• Current Activities
– Federal NOTAM System initial deployment
– SUA
• Consolidation of web sites
• Information exchange
– AIXM 5

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 The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations

Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS

Flight data management 4D Trajectory
Airspace Status Situational Awareness

Enabling NextGen Capabilities

Performance
System Operations
Terminal En Route
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations

System Forecast Planning Performance

NAS ATM Support Services
Business
Common Operating Picture Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Services
for Aeronautical Surface Evaluation Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Information
Collect Evaluate Distribute
Information
Data Management

SWIM, DataComm, FTI

Standards &
Technologies
* Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated

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 The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations

Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS

Flight data management 4D Trajectory
Airspace Status Situational Awareness

Enabling NextGen Capabilities

Performance
System Operations
Terminal En Route
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations

System Forecast Planning Performance

NAS ATM Support Services
Business
Common Operating Picture Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Services
for Aeronautical Surface Evaluation Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Information
Collect Evaluate Distribute
Information
Data Management

SWIM, DataComm, FTI

Standards &
Technologies
* Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated

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Diverse customer community
Originators Customers
• Airport operators • Dispatchers
• Forest service • Pilots
• Procedure developers • General Aviation
• Military airfield • Business Jets
operators • Military
• Air Traffic Control • Military dispatch
• Air Traffic Control

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 Product-driven policy
Challenges facing AIM
Flight Restrictions
(Flow constraint rules, SOP, LOA)

National (FDC) NOTAM Weather data products

(IAPs, NAVAID,TFR)

Regional (Domestic) Special Activity Airspace

NOTAM (SAA) Activation
(SID, STAR, Airport)

Airport Field
Conditions (FICONS)

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NOTAM User – Lessons Learned*
• User Studies
– Dispatchers
– Pilots

– Timeliness, consistency
– Single location

• Usability issues
– Confusing Q-Codes
– Cognitive problems with free
text
– Cognitive problems with
UPPERCASE and ABBRV *Kelley Krokos, Ph.D., American Institutes of Research
Florian Jentsch, Ph.D., University of Central Florida (UCF)

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Program strategic deliverables
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations

• Improve Safety
– Timely and accurate distribution of aeronautical
information
– Capturing and distributing digital aeronautical
information
• Improve efficiency NOTAM
– Digital capture and delivery Advisories
– Streamlined information management Special Use Airspace
• International Leadership Airport Field Conditions
– “Digital AIM” SNOWTAMS
Flow Constraints
– ICAO compliance
• Supporting NextGen
– Single Authoritative Source (i.e. Common
Operating Picture)
– Infrastructure for 4D flight planning, shared
situational awareness, …

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Expected Benefits
• Decrease in incidents where NOTAMs are a
contributing factor

• Decrease data collection and interpretation costs

– Approximately $2M annually for major US carriers

• Decrease system operations costs

– Approximately $4M annually for US government

• Timely, accurate and complete aeronautical

information benefits flight operations
– Improvements for controllers and pilot situational awareness

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 The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations

Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS

Flight data management 4D Trajectory
Airspace Status Situational Awareness

Enabling NextGen Capabilities

Performance
System Operations
Terminal En Route
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations

System Forecast Planning Performance

NAS ATM Support Services
Business
Common Operating Picture Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Services
for Aeronautical Surface Evaluation Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Information
Collect Evaluate Distribute
Information
Data Management

SWIM, DataComm, FTI

Standards &
Technologies
* Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated

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 Example of the legacy AIS challenges
NOTAM entry pathways today

Text Entry
Fax
Digital Entry
Phone
Airport System Interface Manual NOTAM Publish
Military Validation Databases
Forest Service
Security
Distribution of NOTAM is
Facilities
equally complicated
Procedures
today!

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New Concept of Operations

DATALINK

Web
AIM
Web Page
Service (AIXM)
Web service (AIXM)
Originator Legacy Formats
AIM Modernization System

Accountable Sources Validate and Publish by an FAA

Authoritative Source
Digital Capture
(AIXM via templates) Integrated permanent and temporary
information
Computer readable
Electronic distribution to customers

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 Digital capture and delivery

Entry

AIXM XML
Charts
Plain Language
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Capability roadmap
2008 2010 2012 2014+

AIM Modernization “Capital Investment Program”

Initial Segment 1 Final Segment 2 Final

Digital NOTAM Concept Development

EUROCONTROL xNOTAM trials

Federal NOTAM System FNS 2

(FNS 1) •TFRs •Center NOTAMs
•Tower Lights •ICAO •digital
•Field Conditions •FDCs
AIM
Advanced Dynamic ADAM 2 Common
Airspace Management (ADAM 1) •SUA
Operating
•ALTRV (CARF) •Create Airspace •digital Picture (COP)
•TFR •ATCAA

NextGen Common Status and Structure Data (CSSD)

•LOA/SOP •Digital flow constraints

AIS-Modernization (AIS-M)
•briefing •flight planning submission

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 Strategic Plan

Technical Policy
- Future Systems - ICAO compliance
- SWIM compliance - Digital capture and delivery
- Legacy support
AIM
Modernization

Outreach Safety
- Education - Minimize stakeholder impacts
- Human factors analysis - System transitions
- Stakeholder working group

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Monday – 28 January 2008 0500 UTC

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 Federal Aviation
Administration
NAV CANADA – FAA
ICAO NOTAM Harmonization

Charles Montgomery
By: NAV CANADA Director, AIS & Flight Operations

Barry Davis, FAA Manager, Aeronautical Information Management

Date:
Management Confidential 25
FAA-NAV CANADA Workgroup
Objectives……
• Work together to achieve seamless ICAO NOTAMs
between both states

• Facilitate a modernization movement from legacy

NOTAMs to ICAO formatted NOTAMs

• Enable the transition to digital NOTAMs

• Use AIXM technology (version 5 and beyond)

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Joint System Harmonization

• Direct entry by NOTAM authority

• ICAO NOTAM format for both states
• Common Series to be used by both states
• Automation for upfront quality checks
• Continue legacy system support
• Transition activities required

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ICAO NOTAM Series/1

• Series A – Aerodrome/Movement or Landing Area

• Series B – ATC Facilities and Services
• Series C – Special Use Airspace
• Series D – Obstruction
• Series E – Airspace NOTAMs
• Series F – 2nd Language Translations (e.g., French)
• Series G – GNSS NOTAMs (GPS, WAAS, LAAS)
• Series H – Chart Corrections

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ICAO NOTAM Series/2

• Series J – Special Notices and Advisories

• Series L – Limited Distribution NOTAMs
• Series M – Military
• Series N – NAVAID NOTAMs
• Series O – Other Aeronautical Information
• Series P – Procedural
• Series V – Military Procedures
• Series W – Database Corrections
• Series Y – Test NOTAMs
• Series Z – Airway NOTAMs
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 The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations

Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS

Flight data management 4D Trajectory
Airspace Status Situational Awareness

Enabling NextGen Capabilities

Performance
System Operations
Terminal En Route
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations

System Forecast Planning Performance

NAS ATM Support Services
Business
Common Operating Picture Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Services
for Aeronautical Surface Evaluation Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Information
Collect Evaluate Distribute
Information
Data Management

SWIM, DataComm, FTI

Standards &
Technologies
* Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated

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Digital Aeronautical Information
Digital NOTAM

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Aeronautical Information Exchange Model
Enabling AIM Modernization
•Complete data
model (Airport
AC 150/5300-18B)
Provides globally applicable conceptual •OGC GML 3.2
model and exchange format for aeronautical
information
Compliant
Models temporality •Static and
Accommodates ICAO standards and dynamic data
recommendations: Annex 4 and 15
•Common
Accommodates industry requirements: meanings and
Others… ARINC 424/EUROCAE ED-99/RTCA DO-272 definitions
Uses XML and GML
Is modular and extendable •Eliminate free
form text
More information at www.aixm.aero

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Web Site
www.aixm.aero

••Design
Design Documents
Documents
••Model
Model Details
Details
••AIXM
AIXM 55 Forum
Forum
••Digital
Digital NOTAM
NOTAM

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 The AIM Modernization Concept
Provide a ‘one stop shop’ for the aeronautical information services necessary for flight operations

Full Flight Plan On-Demand NAS

Flight data management 4D Trajectory
Airspace Status Situational Awareness

Enabling NextGen Capabilities

Performance
System Operations
Terminal En Route
Aircraft
Global ATM Operations

System Forecast Planning Performance

NAS ATM Support Services
Business
Common Operating Picture Airport Evaluation Airspace Design Geodectics Services
for Aeronautical Surface Evaluation Charting
Core Aeronautical Information Services
Information
Collect Evaluate Distribute
Information
Data Management

SWIM, DataComm, FTI

Standards &
Technologies
* Requirement to be validated and/or reallocated

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 Federal NOTAM System SWIM architecture

NOTAM/CARF NOTAM/CARF NOTAM/CARF NOTAM/CARF Users

Origination Collection Processing Distribution

FAA Facilities
User User
DOD entry query CARF/NOTAM
FNS Users
Airports

System to System to External Systems

External Systems System System
Service Bus

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System Architecture
• Open
Geospatial
Consortium
compliant
– GML, WFS,
WMS
• AIXM
• SWIM Web
Services
– SOAP, XML
• Extensible and
Modular

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Topics

• Vision for Aeronautical Information

Management
• AIM Modernization Architecture
– Performance, business, information and technology
• Current Activities
– Federal NOTAM System initial deployment
– SUA
• Consolidation of web sites
• Information exchange
– AIXM 5

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Federal NOTAM System
2009 operational demonstrations
2008 2010 2012 2014+

Federal NOTAM System

(FNS 1)

• Digital Entry Tower Operators and Airports

– AIXM Event Specifications System and Web Interfaces

– SNOW, Runways and Obstacles

Digital NOTAM Entry
• Web site concepts
– Airport NOTAM summary
– NOTAM queries US NOTAM System
• Concept validation Database of Record

– Technology, Policy, Safety and

Outreach
NOTAM Query and
• Field studies NOTAM Summary
• Limited deployment
demonstrations Legacy Users
Digital Consumers

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 Direct NOTAM entry at Denver Airport
Passur
DEN Airport Systems
DEN Airport
Operations Phone
Internet Airline/Public
eNOTAMS
Airport personnel IDS4
Passur
NOTAM Position
FSN
Phone/fax/
••Safety
Safetyrisk
riskanalysis
analysis
eNOTAM Coordination
Internet or
identified
identifiednonosignificant
significant
Phone

Back up to FNS
FNS Digital ATCT Air Traffic
hazards
hazardsassociated
associatedwith with
protopype
Flight Services Phone/fax

direct
directentry
entryat
atDenver
Denver Internet TRACON

FS21
Airport
Airport FTI OPS IP
NADIN ARTCC

ERIDS
••NOTAM
NOTAM USNS FTI OPS IP
AIS-R, etc

coordination
coordinationwith
with
NOTAM Desk

local
localATC
ATCfacilities
facilities https
FTI MS IP

https
••Training
Trainingand
and FNS Server

compliance
compliancewithwith
policies
policiesand
andadvisory
advisory
circulars
circulars

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Digital NOTAM Capture Demo
notamdemo.aim.nas.faa.gov

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Field Summary Demo
notams.aim.faa.gov

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System to System NOTAM Entry
“Lights Out” Entry Sample Airport Entry

• “Lights out” NOTAM Capture (42% of all NOTAMs, 75% of D NOTAMs)

• NavAid Capture
• Procedures Capture
• Airports Capture
– Electronic System Interface Capture for large airports (SWIM compliant web services)
– Web Capture as backup and other airports

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TFR and SUA web site merge
•• One
One stop
stop shop
shop
•• Situational
Situational awareness
awareness issues
issues
•• Explore
Explore concepts
concepts for
for spatial-temporal
spatial-temporal
representation
representation of
of aeronautical
aeronautical information
information

TFR.FAA.GOV SUA.FAA.GOV

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SUA Information Exchange
• Improve scheduling
• Information dissemination
• SWIM Service Oriented Architecture

NASR SAMS ERAM

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

DOD
• Single authoritative sources
• Eliminate manual entries
• AIXM-compliant
• Consistent with AIM Modernization and
Federal NOTAM System!

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AIXM/WXXM Conference

• AIXM 5 Information
• Results of the OGC test bed
– Demonstration of AIXM to the cockpit
• Keynote speakers
– David Lewtas, ICAO
– Vicki Cox, FAA VP (NextGen)
– Ken Reid (Eurocontrol)
– Many others!
• Vendor booths May 12-14, 2009
Washington DC
Register at www.aixm.aero

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DOD Coordination

• The Value Proposition

– Well-established standards for accessing aeronautical data
– Digital data access
– Timeliness and quality improvements

• For your consideration

– Transition from analog to digital products
– Network enabled operations (SWIM)
– Security and Access
– Transition to military systems
Acknowledgements:
DOD NOTAM office
NGA
US AF AMC

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Conclusions and Questions
• AIM is about
– Digital capture and delivery of aeronautical information
– Timely and high quality access to information for all customers
– Information necessary to support future ATM
• AIM Modernization
– Customer focus
– System designed for interoperability
• Key short term initiatives
– Federal NOTAM System trials – Denver
– SUA
– AIXM Conference – May 12-14

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Thank you
• Information on AIM modernization
– Nfdc.faa.gov/aimnews
– www.aixm.aero
– Notams.aim.faa.gov
– Notamdemo.aim.nas.faa.gov
• Contacts
– Brett Brunk
• AIM Architecture and Planning
• [email protected]
– Barry C Davis
• Manager of AIM
• [email protected]

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 Benefits for customers
Provide new digital capabilities while maintaining legacy support

Federal NOTAM System

Format Traditional (Legacy) ICAO Digital (AIXM)

RWY 4/22 CLSD EXC TAXI QMRLC… A) B) C) D) E) F) <RUNWAY>…</RUNWAY>

Benefit Faster Some filtering Graphical

Standardized Terms Data fusion
Advanced filtering
Computer readable

End Date Approx. 2015 Following ICAO

SARPS

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