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Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
NASA Aviation Safety ProgramWeather Accident Prevention Project
Product Development Panel Sessionfor
User ForumAviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation
Bethesda, Maryland
July 25-26, 2000
Dr. Ron ColantonioDr. Ron ColantonioAviation Safety Program OfficeAviation Safety Program OfficeNASA Glenn Research CenterNASA Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
Project Goals/Objectives/Products
Provide the Flight Deck, ATM & AOC with Higher Fidelity, More Timely
Intuitive Graphical Information
Detect & Mitigate Weather Hazards
GoalGoal
ObjectivesObjectives
ProductsProducts
1. Aviation Weather Information (i.e. in the cockpit) technologies and
system design guidelines
2. Improved aviation weather hazard characterization and graphical product developments
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
Develop enabling technologies to reduce weather-related casual factors to accidents by 50% and eliminate turbulence injuries by 50% by year 2007.
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
PresentationWeatherProducts
Distribution
Existing andEnhancedWeatherProducts
CommunicationsNetworks and
Data Links
Human Factors,User Interfaces,Workload Issues
AWIN System Elements
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
Aviation Weather Information Products
WeatherInformation
DecisionAids
Processor
Position
Flight Plan
NavigationInformation
Aircraft Capabilities
User Capabilities
UserInterface
OnboardSensors
WeatherProducts
Ground WxSystem
Automet
Data Link
Data Link
Special Use Airspace
Traffic Terrain
Obstacles
Presentation to Pilot
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
Turbulence Products
DecisionAids
Processor
Onboard Sensors
Turbulence Products
Ground WxSystem
Automet
Data Link
Data Link Forward-Looking Sensors: Radar
and LIDAR
Flight Management System A/C Controls/Mitigation Schemes
Presentation to Pilot
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-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
TurbulenceInformation
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
Technology Development Process
Establish Requirements
Survey Current Capabilities
Develop Concepts
Develop Evaluation Scenarios
Conduct Simulations
Conduct Flight Evaluations
Demonstrate Capability in Relevant Environment
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
Project Schedule and Milestones
FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04
Initial AWIN Concept and Forward-
Looking TurbulenceDetection Flight
Evaluation
Flight DemonstrationOf Forward-LookingTurbulence Warning
System
National AWIN CapabilityNational Datalink Capability
International AWIN CapabilityInternational Datalink Capability
Turbulence Product IntegratedWith AWIN
Turbulence Flight Management System
Demo
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
Product Implementation Strategy
• 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
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
BoeingBoeing
HoneywellHoneywell
United AirlinesUnited Airlines
Fed ExFed Ex
Weather Accident Prevention
Project
.Aviation Safety
Base
AATT
RockwellRockwell
AlliedSignalAlliedSignal
Cessna
ARNAVARNAV
NCAR
SAICSAIC
• Over 50 different companies and other organizations
AmericanAirlines
AmericanAirlines
LockheedLockheed
Outside Partners
NTSB
FAA
AF/DoD
State Gov. Org.State Gov. Org.
NWSNWSNaval
ResearchLab
Naval Research
Lab
RTIRTI
CTICTIGTRI, ODU,
NCSU, MIT-LL AerotechAerotech
Aviation Safety ProgramAviation Safety Program
Project Accomplishments
• 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, Forward- Looking 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.