ATCA Today Wednesday, May, 13/2015

ATCA TODAY
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ • RESORTS HOTEL & CASINO
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
Tech Center Tuesday Returns Bigger Than Ever
Attendees look at different booths during Tech Center Tuesday at the FAA’s
William J. Hughes Technical Center.
N
othing is as easy as it appears. Nowhere was this
more evident than the 40
exhibits and four tracks of tours offered at the William J. Hughes Technical Center, as part of the ATCA
Tech Symposium’s kick-off event
known as Tech Center Tuesday.
ATCA’s President & CEO, Pete
Dumont, introduced Tech Center
Tuesday by introducing symposium
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partner leaders, including Dennis
Filler, Director of the William J.
Hughes Technical Center, and Dr.
John Cavolowsky, Director of Airspace Systems Program Office at
NASA.
“In what has now become a tradition, [Tech Center Tuesday] is an
opportunity to see first-hand the
24/7 operational support; there
is no other facility like this in the
world,” said Fuller.
Representative LoBiondo, Chair-
Peter F. Dumont, President & CEO, Air Traffic Control Association; Ed Bolton,
FAA Assistant Administrator, NextGen; and Dennis L. Filler, Tech Center
Director, chat after they kick off Tech Center Tuesday.
man of the House Aviation Subcommittee, then took the stage to
address the crowd. “We spent the
last two years changing the model of
the FAA Reauthorization Bill to get
a true and accurate picture of what
[the aviation community would]
like to see,” said Representative LoBiondo. While LoBiondo focused
on fuding during the presentaiton,
he also presented a special award to
Gus Sarkos, head of the FAA’s Fire
Safety Branch.
Behind the Curtain
The Track 1 tour, Airport and
Aircraft Safety Research, offered
a glimpse at features that aviation
users and consumers often take for
granted – research and development. Members of the FAA’s Aviation Research Division walked the
first group through a behind-thescenes tour of the facility they call
home.
“With NextGen, you can put more
aircraft in the air, but you don’t want
your runway to be bottle-necked,”
said Navneet Garg of the FAA, who
began the tour by explaining the imContinued on page 11
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Phong Mai, Concept Solutions, Inc., and Dieter Gunter, Pragmatis, chat during
the Welcome Reception sponsored by Sunhillo Technical Services.
7:30 a.m.
Resorts Ballroom
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Thanks our Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
ATCA Technical
Symposium Committee
Diamond Sponsors
Technical Chair:
Steve Carver
Aviation Management
Associates
FAA Co-Chairs:
Carleen Genna
Paula Nouragas
Gold Sponsors
NASA Co-Chairs:
Barry Sullivan
Leslye Mogford
Committee Members:
Mike Ball,
Northrop Grumman
Katie Kondub, YAP Liaison,
Noblis
Roger Stern,
Lockheed Martin
Michael Borden,
General Dynamics
Robert Humbertson,
Booz Allen Hamilton
Mike Hawthorne, Noblis
Ivan Bekkers,
Crown Consulting
Randy Kenagy, Raytheon
Lisa Sullivan,
Harris Corporation
Additional Sponsors
ATCA Staff
Peter F. Dumont
President and CEO
Marion Brophy
Director, Communications
Ken Carlisle
Director, Meetings and
Expositions
Ashley Haskins
Office Manager
Kristen Knott
Writer & Editor
Christine Oster
Chief Financial Officer
Paul Planzer
Manager, ATC Programs
Claire Rusk
Vice President of Operations
Rugger Smith
International Accounts
Sandra Strickland
Exhibition and Events
Coordinator
Ashley Swearingen
PR and Marketing Manager
Tim Wagner
Membership Manager
Welcome Back to Atlantic City
W
elcome to the 2015 ATCA Technical Symposium.
Yesterday, ATCA kicked off one of its trademark events
with Tech Center Tuesday. It is a truly impressive display
of what the FAA does at its one-of-a-kind facility. This year is more
comprehensive than ever before with over 40 exhibits displaying the
latest in the facility’s efforts with research and development; test and
evaluation; technology transfer; surface trajectory-based operations;
NAS systems engineering and integration; and of course NextGen
performance and outreach.
Three years ago, we decided we wanted to show first-hand what
is being done at the Tech Center labs by adding technical exchanges.
Attendees were encouraged to choose between four tracks of tours
yesterday covering everything from safety research, ATM labs, UAS,
and flight programs and simulators.
ATCA is proud of our long-standing partnership with the FAA and
NASA supporting the ATCA Tech Symposium. This year we have
also partnered with the FAA NextGen office to help promote various
Pete Dumont, ATCA’s President & CEO
ATCA member’s partnerships with the FAA that are moving NextGen
forward. It’s rewarding to see our members’ hard work get this well deserved recognition.
These partnerships are more important than ever now that NextGen is being implemented. With that in
mind, it’s crucial to communicate, talk about the issues, and tell your organization’s story. The Technical
Symposium is the perfect forum to do that.
Events like the ATCA Technical Symposium and Tech Center Tuesday are important because they allow
a real glimpse at highly technical, vital facets of our industry. They not only allow attendees to see what
role they have to play in the industry, and also to understand it on a more holistic level; for instance, after
yesterday’s Tech Center visit, many can imagine what it’s like to walk a day in the shoes of an FAA scientist.
Use this week to listen and learn – and then secure your place in the industry.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Wednesday, May 13
9 – 9:45 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Superstar Theater, Resorts Hotel
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Registration Open
Resorts Hotel Ballroom
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Speakers/Moderators Room
Open
Horizon Room, Resorts Hotel
8 – 9 a.m.
Welcome Coffee & Breakfast
Resorts Hotel Ballroom
Sponsored by:
Neil R. Planzer
Vice President, Boeing
Chairman, ATCA
Dumont
Cavolowsky
Schedule of Events
Join the FAA’s Little Flyers
Academy Daycare Center
from 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in
the Exhibit Hall as they sell
a selection of FAA-branded
merchandise to support their
child care center.
Dennis Filler
Director, William J. Hughes
Technical Center, Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA)
Filler
Planzer
Peter F. Dumont
President & CEO, Air Traffic
Control Association (ATCA)
Dr. John Cavolowsky
Director of the Airspace
Systems Program Office,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
Whitley
Davis
9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Open
Resorts Ballroom
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Resorts Ballroom
Sponsored by:
10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Session 1:
Emerging Challenges to the
National Airspace System
Superstar Theater, Resorts Hotel
Borghese
Moderator:
Pam Whitley, Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA)
Speakers:
John Borghese, Rockwell
Collins
Mel Davis, National Air Traffic
Controllers Assocation (NATCA)
Shon Grabbe, National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
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ATCA’s Technical Symposium Delves into
Remote Operations with Panel Session
A Conversation with Keith
McCrea, VSATS Executive
Director
By Kristen Knott,
ATCA Writer and Editor
A
TCA’s Technical Symposium (ACY) provides that
rare opportunity to escape
the daily grind and see your hard
work put into action. The event is
three full days at the heart of the
technology that drives the air traffic
industry.
One hot topic is remote operations – the event will feature a panel dedicated to the subject featuring
speakers from the FAA, NATCA,
Saab, and the Virginia SATSLAB,
Inc (VSATS). ATCA sat down with
Keith McCrea, Executive Director
of VSATS, to talk about the project
that’s at the forefront of his mind.
VSATS has partnered with Saab
and the town of Leesburg, VA (with
heavy involvement with the FAA)
to test the feasibility of tower services being provided remotely. The
Leesburg Executive
Airport (JYO) is set
to become the first of
its kind in the United
States. “Leesburg is
a perfect candidate.
It’s a reliever airport
to Dulles and inside
McCrea
unique airspace,” says
McCrea. “We have 66
licensed public-use airports in Virginia; all but nine don’t have any
scheduled air service. One objective
for the project is to understand the
potential for this type technology to
provide greater access for some of
the other 57 airports. The aim then
is for greater economic development potential for these airports.”
This August, the Leesburg Airport will begin a 90-day passive
trial. “We will operate the project
in various conditions,” says McCrea. “Much like with any research
project, we’ll alter, tweak, learn and
adjust with the goal of providing an
additional platform for controllers
to do their job.” Next spring, VSATS
plans to begin the next phase of the
project by going active and adding a
mobile ATC tower staffed with certified controllers. “We’re going to
have a deployed mobile tower that is
used throughout the second phase
of the project as a safety mechanism.” says McCrea. “It will run
concurrently with the remote tower
to compare remotely-accessed optical information vs. on-site optical
information.”
It helps to answer the question
if we can adequately transfer that
field of vision, adds McCrea – can
a controller do their job having this
information provided via cameras?” “Wonderful advancements in
high definition cameras have made
this all possible.” Of course, says
McCrea, the team has had controllers involved with the concept and
participating in the project.
McCrea adds that it is unlikely
we’ll find remote towers at high
traffic airports in the future. “What
I see with this technology is the ability to move the benefit of active con-
“Much like with any
research project, we’ll
alter, tweak, learn, and
adjust with the goal of
providing an additional
platform for controllers
to do their job.”
trol to lower activity airports that
would never be on any ATC service
candidate list,” says McCrea. “The
technology may allow us to bring
active control at some point to airports that warrant it without any
traditional on-site brick and mortar.”
“Time will tell if [the project]
bears fruit.” An end goal would be
to eventually deploy this type technology throughout the National
Airspace System, adds McCrea.
The Remote Operations
panel session will take place
at 1:15 p.m. this afternoon.
Technical Conference — Session Abstracts
Disaster Recovery
In business terms, disaster recovery is generally considered to comprise a combination of people, processes, and technology employed to
return a system or organization to a
state of normalcy after a catastrophic event. From the perspective of air
traffic management, we’re talking
about recovery from the operational
state known as ATC Zero. Incidents
of this magnitude can happen at the
system level or the facility level, but
the impact is the same – Air Traffic Control services are interrupted.
Last October, the aviation community worked together to respond to
and recover from an incident that
crippled Chicago ARTCC. That incident was initiated in one room,
on one floor, in one facility, but the
repercussions were NAS-wide. The
lessons learned from that disaster
serve as a foundation for this panel.
System-level visions for improved
resiliency, availability, and redundancy, including the potential of
new NextGen technologies and procedures to support them, will be discussed. The panel will also discuss
The ATCA Board of Directors pose for a photo before their meeting
Tuesday.
the roles of security (physical and
cyber) and the Business Continuity Plan (BCP), as well as the role of
research and technology development in improving service restoration, system reconstitution, and facility disaster recovery. Finally, this
panel will answer how we can best
measure success in terms of level of
service restoral versus time elapsed
during the various stages of outage
events.
Commercial Space
The commercial space transportation industry is experiencing increasing growth in the number of
operations being conducted, the
number of vehicle types being developed, and the number of locations
from which operations are taking
place. That trend is currently paced
by a number of factors, including
developments in suborbital human
spaceflight and the steps that NASA
and other government agencies are
taking to increasingly rely on commercial providers for launch and reentry services. Growth is expected to
continue into the foreseeable future
as the private sector moves further
into additional markets, such as suborbital research and beyond Earth
exploration. To keep pace with this
growth, the FAA, through the Administrator’s Strategic Initiatives,
has identified the integration of com-
mercial space launch and reentry
operations in the NAS as an agency
priority. This panel will bring together representatives from the FAA
who are responsible for working this
initiative with representatives of the
commercial space transportation industry to discuss the opportunities
and challenges that lie ahead.
Remote Operations
There is a growing emphasis on
reducing the overall FAA air traffic control operational facilities’
footprint without a reduction in
safety, efficiency, and manpower.
Employing recent global advancements in such things as remote ATC
tower technological capability could
achieve multiple positive outcomes
in regards to this growing emphasis:
reduction in the number of ATC facilities; tangible results in addressing Section 804 requirements; and
augmenting the tower capabilities
of the Mobile Asset Management
Program by providing remote tower
functionality during maintenance,
refurbishment, and crisis situations.
This panel focusses on identifying
potential paths forward for evaluating the virtual/remote facility capability for possible future use in the
NAS. This capability could provide
an alternative solution in addressing
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Wednesday, May 13
Phil Holmer, General Dynamics
Information Technology
NextGen is unleashing air traffic
management programs that will
bring operational efficiencies
to the NAS. In the future these
systems will become enablers
for new services and will quickly
support new, expanding capabilities. Starting with ERAM and
ADS-B, then continuing with
TAMR, DATACOM, NVS, SWIM,
and TBFM, this foundation of
advanced NAS systems arrives
as demands of the information
age for access and interconnectivity occur at a faster pace
of invention than our industry
has dealt with in the past. The
technology of these increasingly complex NAS information systems is matched by the
pace of aviation innovation in
UAS, 4D FMS trajectory & PBN
operations, commercial space,
supersonic flight, etc. The NAS
will face emergent challenges
including the demands for new
services while continuing a
need for safety and efficiency.
This panel will focus on the
looming challenges that NextGen progress and new aviation
technologies and services will
place on the NAS. It will also
seek to identify emerging topics whose complexities are just
coming into view, and listing
R&D projects to confront them.
Kellar
Eier
Keith
McCrea
Section 804 requirements; and
augmenting the tower capabilities of the Mobile Asset Management Program by providing
remote tower functionality during maintenance, refurbishment,
and crisis situations. This panel
focusses on identifying potential paths forward for evaluating
the virtual/remote facility capability for possible future use in
the NAS. This capability could
provide an alternative solution
in addressing such things as
future tower sustainment, modernization, replacement, and
elimination decisions.
12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Luncheon Buffet
Resorts Ballroom
Sponsored by:
1:15 – 2:45 p.m.
Session 2:
Remote Operations
Superstar Theater, Resorts Hotel
Moderator:
Rudy Kellar, NAV Canada
Speakers:
Deiter Eier, Frequentis
Andras Kovacs, FAA
James Keith, NATCA
Matt Massiano, SAAB
Keith McCrea, Virginia
SATSLAB, Inc.
Rick Koller, Searidge
Technologies
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Ice Cream Break
Sponsored by:
There is a growing emphasis
on reducing the overall FAA
air traffic control operational
facilities’ footprint without a
reduction in safety, efficiency,
and manpower. Employing
recent global advancements
in such things as remote ATC
tower technological capability
could achieve multiple positive outcomes in regards to this
growing emphasis: reduction
in the number of ATC facilities;
tangible results in addressing
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Exhibitor Listing & Descriptions
control of multiple CPUs and monitors •
Multi-screen video processing and KVM
switching.
Booth 302
Aerospace Engineering and Research Associates, Inc. is a dynamic
veteran-owned small business with
more than 25 years of service to the
aviation industry. We are headquartered in Lanham, MD, just a few minutes from the New Carrolton Metro
station. With more than 200 man
years of hands on ATC/ATM/AOC
system experience, we can bring the
right mix of expertise and software
tools to the challenges of NextGen.
Please stop by our booth (102) for a
demonstration of the SWIM connected Airspace Dynamics Lab, including
Airspace Metrics, Global Tracking
and Business Based Flow Management (BBFM). For more information,
visit www.freeflight.com.
Booth 102
Established in 1956 by a group of
air traffic controllers, the Air Traffic
Control Association (ATCA) has been
dedicated to progress in the science
of air traffic control and the preservation of a safe flight environment.
Those in the aviation community; air
traffic controllers, system architects,
manufacturers, suppliers, system
operators, and users join together
to share their collective experience,
knowledge, and efforts in pursuit
of common goals. ATCA is unique
in representing the broad spectrum
of civil-military cooperation typical of global flying activities. Its Annual Technical Meetings and Exhibits features North America’s largest
and most diverse display of aviation
related technology. These events are
attended by thousands of civilian and
military members worldwide. ATCA
also is a founding Partner in producing the World ATM Congress.
Booth 1309
Black Box technology solutions
enable users to access, control, and
share common computer resources
in a scalable, highly reliable matrix
as well as monitor and control remote mission-critical resources, and
view and manage a lot of information quickly. Black Box control room
solutions include: • Unified KVM
(Keyboard/Video/Mouse) and highdefinition video switching and extension • IP-based digital KVM and
HD video extension and switching •
Glide-and-switch keyboard/mouse
Booth 301
The Boeing Company is working
with government, industry and airline partners globally to improve the
world’s air traffic system. Boeing’s Air
Traffic Management team is at the forefront of creating the infrastructure for
a transformational air traffic management system. This transformational
system relies on precision aircraft trajectories, system-wide information
manage-ment architecture, networkenabled operations and global interoperability. By applying exper-tise in
the areas of modeling and simulation,
airspace design, systems integration
and navigation services, the success of
a modernized and efficient air traffic
management system can be realized.
Jeppesen, a wholly-owned subsidiary, provides comprehensive solutions
to airports, ANSPs and CAAs around the
world. Jeppesen is recognized as one of
the world’s foremost providers of information and business support solutions
to the transportation industry. Its mature, well established and industry validated products and services include procedure design capabilities and airspace
and airport modeling (e.g. TAAM).
TT 309
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited
university specializing in aviation and
aerospace, is a non-profit, independent
institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master’s and PhD degree programs in its college of Arts and Sciences,
Aviation, Business, and Engineering.
Embry-Riddle educates students at
residential campuses at Daytona Beach,
Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, and
through the Worldwide Campus with
more than 150 locations in the United
States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle
East. The university is a major research
center, seeking solutions to real-world
problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities, and
government agencies. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu,
follow us on twitter @embryriddle, and
www.facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos at www.
youtube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.
Booth 313
Enroute Computer Solutions, Inc.
(ECS) primes a FAA multi-task order
contract in excess of $200M, as well as
performs on multiple contracts supporting the FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 20 Air Route Traffic Control
Centers (ARTCCs), Oceanic facilities,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, NASA’s AMES Research Center
and U.S. Air Force bases. ECS, founded
in 1994, is headquartered in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, with offices in Melbourne, FL, and Washington, DC. ECS
has consistently delivered outstanding
performance while ensuring high integrity and business ethics.
Booth 307/308
The modernization of the U.S. National Airspace System is occurring
through a shift to smarter satellite-based
and digital technologies and new procedures that combine to make air travel
more convenient, predictable, and environmentally friendly. The FAA is collaborating with its NextGen partners
throughout the global aviation community to provide tangible benefits today,
while working together to ensure that
NextGen continues to enhance safety,
reduce delays, save fuel, and reduce aircraft exhaust emissions for decades to
come.
Booth 306
FAA System Wide Information Management (SWIM), one of the five transformational NextGen programs, is the
infrastructure that allows members of
the aviation community to access the
information needed to facilitate an innovative and efficiently run NAS. By
providing access to real-time or near
real-time relevant information, SWIM
increases collaboration among aviation
partners, reduces costs and increases
the agility of the air traffic system. Taxpayers, the flying public and the environment all benefit from the increased
efficiencies enabled by SWIM.
Booth 305
Founded in 1999 as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Frequentis AG. Holding
several multi-year contracts with the
Federal Government and Public Safety agencies, Frequentis USA Inc. has
consistently grown into a technology
powerhouse for mission critical communications and information systems.
The operation comprises an ISO9001
certified manufacturing plant, a spare
parts depot, repair and maintenance
center, hardware and software design,
and all support departments needed to
successfully deliver on Federal and local
Government indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) programs, as well
as compliance to various standards and
recommended practices for Government contracts.
Booth 103
Air Traffic Control requires permanent concentration. Therefore, KVM
technology from G&D offers solutions
that allow operators and computers to
be separated, moving the noisy, distracting computers into dedicated areas. G&D’s extenders and switches are
deployed in various Air Traffic Control
Centers around the world. In addition to
their efficient video bandwidth, Guntermann & Drunck’s high quality devices
offer special security features such as
redundancy concepts and preventive
monitoring providing the system safety
required in ATC. Numerous ANSPs
trust in G&D when it comes to freeing
up space and improving both working
conditions and system availability in
ATC environments.
Booth 100
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on
people, businesses, governments and
society. The world’s largest technology
company, HP brings together a portfolio
that spans services, printing, personal
computing, software and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More
information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is
available at hp.com/gov/transformation.
TT 306
Iron Bow Technologies forwards a
history of more than three decades as
a leading provider of business-aligned
and full-lifecycle IT solutions for government and industry. The company leverages strong technology and business
resources through a flexible, consultative engagement model to design, build
and manage solutions that are precisely
on target with each customer mission.
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range of automation, navigation, and
surveillance solutions. With engagement in NextGen programs such as
ADS-B and Data Comm and advanced
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SESAR, Thales assists in harmonizing efforts between the U.S., Europe,
and the rest of the world. Further, our
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Mosaic ATM offers a unique combination of technology, personnel and
industry expertise. Mosaic ATM’s professionals combine theoretical expertise with practical domain knowledge to
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competent and customer-focused talent
that meets or exceeds our customers’
wants and needs at an affordable price.
We are selective, only delivering talent
that exemplifies our highest standards
for quality, reliability and integrity,
while demanding a professional level
of performance and conduct in all work
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video extension and switching technology. Used at many of the world’s
busiest airports, Thinklogical’s ATC
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provides maximum flexibility for
establishing an environment that
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The World ATM Congress combines a large-scale exhibitions, worldclass conferences, and social events
providing premier networking opportunities and the chance to discover
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Continued from page 5
Wednesday, May 13
5 – 6:30 p.m.
Networking Reception with
Exhibitors
Resorts Ballroom
Thursday, May 14
Murray
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Session 3:
Commercial Space
Superstar Theater, Resorts Hotel
Moderator:
Mike Romanowski, FAA
Speakers:
Christopher Allison, Sierra
Nevada Corporation
Bill Khourie, Oklahoma Air and
Spaceport
Russ McMurry, Boeing
Daniel Murray, FAA
Will Pomerantz, Virgin Galactic
The commercial space transportation industry is experiencing
increasing growth in the number of operations being conducted, the number of vehicle
types being developed, and the
number of locations from which
operations are taking place.
That trend is currently paced by
a number of factors, including
developments in suborbital human spaceflight and the steps
that NASA and other government agencies are taking to
increasingly rely on commercial
providers for launch and reentry
services. Growth is expected
to continue into the foreseeable future as the private sector
moves further into additional
markets, such as suborbital
research and beyond Earth
exploration. To keep pace with
this growth, the FAA, through
the Administrator’s Strategic
Initiatives, has identified the
integration of commercial space
launch and reentry operations
in the NAS as an agency priority. This panel will bring together
representatives from the FAA
who are responsible for working this initiative with representatives of the commercial
space transportation industry to
discuss the opportunities and
challenges that lie ahead.
7:30 a.m. – 8 a.m.
ATCA/FAA
Partners in Promoting
NextGen Breakfast Roundtable
Resorts Ballroom
8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Registration Open
Resorts Ballroom
8 – 11:45 a.m.
Speakers/Moderators Room
Open
Horizon Room
8 – 9 a.m.
Breakfast
Resorts Ballroom
9 a.m.
Welcome
Superstar Theater, Resorts Hotel
Bristol
Bolton
9 - 10 a.m.
ATCA Presents a Fireside Chat
with Teri Bristol and Ed Bolton
of the Federal Aviation
Administration
Superstar Theater, Resorts Hotel
9 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Open
Resorts Ballroom
10 – 11 a.m.
Networking Break
Resorts Ballroom
Sponsored by:
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Session 4:
Disaster Recovery
Superstar Theater, Resorts Hotel
Moderator:
Kip Spurio, FAA
Speakers:
David Almeida, LS Technologies
Bill Cranor, United Airlines
Jeff McCoy, FAA
Tony Ng, Lockheed Martin
Edwin Zakrzewski, Noblis
In business terms, disaster recovery is generally considered
to comprise a combination of
people, processes, and technology employed to return a system or organization to a state
of normalcy after a catastrophic
event. From the perspective of
air traffic management, we’re
talking about recovery from the
operational state known as ATC
Zero. Incidents of this magnitude can happen at the system
level or the facility level, but the
impact is the same – Air Traffic
Control services are interrupted.
Last October, the aviation community worked together to
respond to and recover from an
incident that crippled Chicago
ARTCC. That incident was initiated in one room, on one floor,
in one facility, but the repercussions were NAS-wide. The lessons learned from that disaster
serve as a foundation for this
panel. System-level visions for
improved resiliency, availability, and redundancy, including
the potential of new NextGen
technologies and procedures to
support them, will be discussed.
The panel will also discuss the
roles of security (physical and
cyber) and the Business Continuity Plan (BCP), as well as the
role of research and technology development in improving service restoration, system
reconstitution, and facility disaster recovery. Finally, this panel
will answer how we can best
measure success in terms of
level of service restoral versus
time elapsed during the various
stages of outage events.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Luncheon Buffet
Resorts Ballroom
& Capriccio Restaurant
Bekkers
1:15 – 2:30 p.m
Session 5:
UAS/UTM
Superstar Theater, Resorts Hotel
Moderator:
John Cavolowsky, Director of
the Airspace Systems Program
Office, NASA
Speakers:
Ivan Bekkers, Crown
Consulting, Inc.
Rob Hughes,
Northrop Grumman
Rose Mooney, MAAP VT-ICTAS
John Robinson, NASA
Bob Stamm, Raytheon
Many beneficial civilian applications of UAS have been proposed, from goods delivery and
infrastructure surveillance, to
search and rescue, and agricultural monitoring. As UAS operations require interactions with a
mix of general aviation aircraft,
helicopters, and gliders, there is
a strong need to safely accommodate all of these vehicles at
lower altitudes. Currently, there
is no established infrastructure
to enable and safely manage the
widespread use of low-altitude
airspace and UAS operations,
regardless of the type of UAS. A
UAS traffic management (UTM)
system for low-altitude airspace
is needed, much like today’s surface vehicles that operate within
a system consisting of roads,
lanes, stop signs, rules, and
lights, regardless of whether the
vehicle is automated or driven
by a human. This panel will
discuss the challenges and the
research activities that are being
conducted in support of creating this unique capability.
Cavolowsky
Filler
Planzer
2.30 p.m
Symposium Summary and
Closing Remarks
John Cavolowsky, NASA
Dennis Filler, FAA
Neil Planzer, Chairman, ATCA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
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Searidge Awarded Remote Tower Project for Budapest Airport
Partnership to focus on delivery
of safe and reliable remote
services
Searidge Technologies, provider
of surface management solutions to
airports and Air Navigation Service
Providers (ANSPs), has announced
that their Remote Tower solution
has been selected for HungaroControl’s Remote Tower implementation project at Budapest Airport
(BUD).
“We at HungaroControl think
that the complex challenges inherent in the rapid increase in air
traffic can only be answered with
international cooperation and continuous innovation. The innovation
of introducing remote services can
help us tend to these future challenges even before they appear,
while mutual sharing and exchange
of knowledge and expertise with
international partners can make
all parties stronger and better,” explains Kornél Szepessy, CEO, HungaroControl. “That is why enabling
safe and reliable remote services is
a strategic focus for HungaroControl; and we have selected Searidge
as our partner because of our shared
vision for the future and their proven technology.”
The Searidge Remote Tower solution will be implemented in a
medium size airport environment,
providing controllers with a live,
panoramic stitched view of both
runways and the apron area at Budapest airport. The air traffic control information will be presented
on a customized video wall that will
INDUSTRY NEWS
incorporate a fully tailored human
machine interface. In addition, the
integration of Searidge’s advanced
video processing system and Indra
Navia’s Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System
(A-SMGCS) provides seamless radar
coverage, customized data overlays
and automated functionality such as
target auto-follow.
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Lockheed Martin facilitate thousands of journeys daily,
helping billions of passengers arrive at their destinations
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“HungaroControl is a very educated buyer. They have done much of
the work related to the development
of the concept of operations, safety
and regulatory frameworks and engagement of their controller community to ensure their perspective
and input is included in the plans
for their contingency and ultimately
remote controlled aerodrome,” says
Moodie Cheikh, Chief Executive Officer, Searidge Technologies.
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Abstracts
Continued from page 4
Emerging Challenges to the
NAS (continued)
such things as future tower sustainment, modernization, replacement,
and elimination decisions.
Emerging Challenges to the NAS
NextGen is unleashing air traffic management programs that will
bring operational efficiencies to the
NAS. In the future these systems
will become enablers for new services and will quickly support new,
expanding capabilities. Starting with
ERAM and ADS-B, then continu-
Emerging Challenges to the NAS
Panel Discussion Topics
cssi
• Super Computing ➜ Need to handle Big Data, Processing
SWIM data
• Systems of Systems (SOS) ➜ Spin-off services, Verification
& Validation (V&V) approaches, Prototyping new capabilities
in a SOS environment
• Commercial Space ➜ Transitioning to Spaceport-to-Spaceport
operations
• Supersonic flight ➜ Return of Intercontinental and domestic
flights over land
• Modeling & Simulation ➜ Techniques for cost effective R&D of
increasing complex NAS
• UAS after NAS integration ➜ Unintended and predictable uses
and impact
• Securing NAS Ops & Data ➜ Cybersecurity, A/C to A/C Comm,
Spoofing, Data Security/Encryption, Global issues
ing with TAMR, DATACOM, NVS,
SWIM, and TBFM, this foundation
of advanced NAS systems arrives
as demands of the information age
for access and interconnectivity occur at a faster pace of invention
than our industry has dealt with in
the past. The technology of these
increasingly complex NAS information systems is matched by the pace
of aviation innovation in UAS, 4D
FMS trajectory & PBN operations,
commercial space, supersonic flight,
etc. The NAS will face emergent
challenges including the demands
for new services while continuing a
need for safety and efficiency. This
panel will focus on the looming challenges that NextGen progress and
new aviation technologies and services will place on the NAS. It will
also seek to identify emerging topics
whose complexities are just coming
into view, and listing R&D projects
to confront them.
UAS/UTM
Many
beneficial
civilian
applications of UAS have been
proposed, from goods delivery
and infrastructure surveillance, to
search and rescue, and agricultural
monitoring. As UAS operations
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
require interactions with a mix
of general aviation aircraft,
helicopters, and gliders, there is a
strong need to safely accommodate
all of these vehicles at lower
altitudes. Currently, there is no
established infrastructure to enable
and safely manage the widespread
use of low-altitude airspace and
UAS operations, regardless of
the type of UAS. A UAS traffic
management (UTM) system for
low-altitude airspace is needed,
much like today’s surface vehicles
that operate within a system
consisting of roads, lanes, stop
signs, rules, and lights, regardless
of whether the vehicle is automated
or driven by a human. This panel
will discuss the challenges and the
research activities that are being
conducted in support of creating
this unique capability.
Exhibit Hall Hours
Today – 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Thursday – 9 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
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Tech Center
We’re Coming Back to the Boardwalk
Continued from page 1
portance of the FAA’s Airport Pavement Test Vehicle (APTV), Heavy
Vehicle Simulator-Airfields. It conducts performance tests on surface
layers which are a function of tire
pressure and wheel loads. Full-scale
tests at high surface temperatures
are very crucial for the success of
these projects. At 121 ft long, 16 ft
wide, and 14 ft high, the APTV is the
world’s largest and heavies Heavy
Vehicle Simulator in the world.
Gus Sarkos – recent recipient of
Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for his work reducing airliner fire hazards – then demonstrated to the group the two cornerstones
of fire safety testing, post-crash fires
and in-flight fires. Throughout Sarkos’ 40-plus year career, the probability of death in survivable accidents has been reduced by a factor
of 2 to 3.
“Our work used to be driven by accidents; now it’s driven more by new
fire threats, new technology, new
types of alloys, and environmental
constraints,” said Sarkos.
The tour concluded with a peek
inside the Tech Center’s Engine
Test Facility and Full-Scale Aircraft
Structural Test and Evaluation Re-
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ATCA’s Aviation Cyber Security Day
October 6, 2015 • Resorts Hotel
Atlantic City, New Jersey
search (FASTER) Lab. Kevin Knopp
of the FAA showed the group a sample panel that goes into the test fixture including double bonded patches to create a sound structure, all in
an effort to extend the life of aging
aircraft.
“We’re in this boat because of lead
emissions; we’re looking at materials compatibility,” said Dave Atwood of the FAA. “Our role here is
research and development, but also
test and evaluation. We need Fleetwide solutions; everything will have
an impact,” said Atwood.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
Mike Hawthorne, Noblis – “The Tech
Symposium is one of the go-to events of the
year in terms of getting to where the industry
is and getting involved with the Technical
Center.”
Melvin Davis, NATCA - “Being here is really
important. The Technical Center is an amazing
place and a one-of-a-kind opportunity. It’s a gem
in the NAS and most of the work done in the
National Airspace System is done here first.”
Roger Stern, Lockheed Martin – “The Tech
Sessions this week are real technical sessions
with real engineers and real software people
talking about real technical things.”
Michael Borden, General Dynamics – “I came to
the Tech Symposium because this is where you
can dive deep into NextGen.”
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Hughes Tech Center during Tech Center Tuesday.
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