NextGen Surveillance and Weather Radar Capability - NOAA
NextGen Surveillance and Weather Radar Capability - NOAA
NextGen Surveillance and Weather Radar Capability - NOAA
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<strong>NextGen</strong> <strong>Surveillance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weather</strong><br />
<strong>Radar</strong> <strong>Capability</strong><br />
Program <strong>and</strong> Industry Engagement<br />
Update<br />
Presented To:<br />
MPAR Working Group<br />
Presented by:<br />
Michael Emanuel<br />
Advanced Concepts & Technology Development,<br />
Aviation <strong>Weather</strong> Division, ANG-C63<br />
December 13, 2012
Outline<br />
• Acquisition Management System (AMS)<br />
Status<br />
• Industry Engagements<br />
• Planned Near-Term Activities
NSWRC AMS Lifecycle<br />
CRDR<br />
Dec 2012<br />
IARD<br />
Dec 2014<br />
IID<br />
Dec 2016<br />
FID<br />
Dec 2017<br />
ISD<br />
Sep 2023
Service Shortfalls<br />
• Inefficiencies associated with aging equipment <strong>and</strong> disparate infrastructure leading to<br />
increasing O&M costs <strong>and</strong> a large footprint leading to high O&M costs<br />
• Inability to independently determine aircraft altitude from terminal aircraft surveillance<br />
• Limited ability to detect gust fronts <strong>and</strong> microbursts (especially dry microbursts) at<br />
under-protected airports<br />
• Inability to collect weather data that falls into radar coverage gaps<br />
• Limited ability to detect <strong>and</strong> track Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAV) <strong>and</strong> other small<br />
aircraft<br />
• Limited ability to detect <strong>and</strong> track aircraft <strong>and</strong> weather in the presence of ground<br />
clutter, such as wind farm interference<br />
• Inability to effectively discriminate between different types of airborne targets (aircraft,<br />
UAVs, birds, balloons, hang gliders, etc.)<br />
• Insufficient temporal <strong>and</strong> spatial resolution of weather data to meet emerging <strong>NextGen</strong><br />
weather requirements<br />
• Inability to effectively discriminate between different types of hydrometeors (rain, ice,<br />
snow, hail, etc.)<br />
Shortfalls will be assess by the Air Traffic Organization <strong>and</strong> considered in<br />
Concept <strong>and</strong> Requirements Definition
Industry Engagement
Industry Day<br />
Objective was to foster networking <strong>and</strong><br />
information exchange between the Government<br />
<strong>and</strong> industry on MPAR concept <strong>and</strong> FAA’s AMS<br />
FAA Takes First Steps in<br />
Replacing Current <strong>Radar</strong><br />
with Phased Array<br />
Graham Warwick, 11/2/12<br />
AMELEX<br />
Architecture Technology Corp.<br />
ASRC Federal<br />
Aviation Management Associates<br />
AvMet Inc.<br />
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.<br />
Bonaros Consulting<br />
C Speed, LLC<br />
CAS<br />
Cobham Defense Electronics<br />
Coherent Solutions<br />
Cornet Technology<br />
CPI<br />
CSSI, Inc.<br />
CUMMINGS & ASSOCIATES INC<br />
Deep Water Point<br />
Deltek<br />
DIGITALiBiz<br />
DRS Technologies<br />
Engility<br />
EMC<br />
ERT, Inc.<br />
EWR <strong>Weather</strong> <strong>Radar</strong><br />
Exelis<br />
FAA<br />
FishEye Software<br />
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems<br />
Global Engineering Management Services<br />
Georgia Tech Research Institute<br />
Government Accountability Office<br />
Harris Corporation<br />
HP<br />
IAI North America/ELTA Systems<br />
ITT Exelis<br />
L-3 Communications<br />
Ladera Consulting Group LLC<br />
LockHeed Martin<br />
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc.<br />
MIT Lincoln Laboratory<br />
<strong>NOAA</strong>/National <strong>Weather</strong> Service<br />
Northrop Grumman Corporation<br />
NTSB<br />
OpCoast LLC<br />
Phoenics Corp.<br />
Pyramid-Spectrum Technologies, Inc.<br />
Raytheon Company<br />
Red Hat, Inc.<br />
Regulus-Group<br />
Saab Sensis Corporation<br />
SAIC<br />
SGT<br />
SRA International, Inc.<br />
SRC, Inc.<br />
Sunhillo Corp.<br />
SysNet Technologies<br />
Systems Enginuity<br />
Technology Service Corporation<br />
Telephonics Corporation<br />
Telvent DTN<br />
Thales ATM, Inc.<br />
University of Oklahoma<br />
Vaisala Inc<br />
V-Project Management Consulting LLC
Request For Information<br />
• Does industry think the composite requirements of the legacy<br />
sensors can be fulfilled by a single sensor<br />
• Does industry envision major deviations from the MPAR concept<br />
• What are industry’s capabilities to implement the radar postulated<br />
• Does industry envision incorporating COTS <strong>and</strong> software reuse<br />
• Describe approach to in-field alignment <strong>and</strong> calibration<br />
• How does industry anticipate meeting production schedule<br />
• What are industry’s preliminary production cost estimates<br />
• What functional requirements does industry view as cost drivers<br />
• What types of risk reduction efforts does industry recommend
Near Term Activities
Antenna Concepts & Cost Estimation<br />
• Jointly funded engineering study between<br />
FAA <strong>and</strong> NSSL<br />
• Technical evaluations complete, anticipated<br />
contract awards expected mid January<br />
• Tasking includes:<br />
– Requirement Decomposition<br />
– First Order Antenna Design<br />
– System Cost Modeling
Concept Requirements Definition<br />
CRD will identify technically feasible NSWRC alternatives
THANK YOU
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