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Integrated Air Surveillance Concept of Operations
Next Generation Air Transportation System: A comprehensive transformation and evolution
of our nation’s air transportation infrastructure, as well as how the infrastructure is developed,
operated, and maintained, primarily through new and updated:
Automation: Integrated information systems are needed that provide advanced
trajectory, separation, capacity, flow contingency and security management functions
Infrastructure: Advanced technologies are needed that provide integrated
communication, navigation, surveillance and security infrastructure services
Processes: New automation and infrastructure requires new and revised responsibilities
and integrated processes to provide increased capacities and efficiencies
Collaboration: Industry and government need to work together in new ways to define,
fund, develop, implement, govern, and operate NextGen technologies, processes, and
policies
Integrated Operations: NextGen operational processes and technologies require the
integration of safety, security and environmental requirements as core components
Information Sharing: Integrated operations require the broad sharing of information
across many organizations and systems in an open, yet secure, manner
Knowledge Development: NextGen can benefit from formal and informal networks to
enhance creation of new knowledge, resulting in more innovative problem solving.
The future of our nation’s ability to move people and goods in a safe, secure, efficient and
environmentally responsible manner depends upon successful implementation of NextGen.
NextGen will collect, integrate, fuse, analyze and disseminate cooperative and non-cooperative
aviation surveillance information and other aviation security-associated information. (6)
Non-Cooperative Active Surveillance: A type of surveillance that uses a transmitter to send a
radio-frequency (RF) field that reflects off the airborne object and is detected by a receiver
collocated with the transmitter or located elsewhere. The distance to the object is determined by
the time it takes for the RF to make the round trip and the angle is determined by the position of
the antenna. This type of surveillance works even if the airborne object has no cooperative
systems on board. (1) (6)
Non-Cooperative Air Vehicle: An air vehicle that does not act in compliance with a U.S.
agency, such as the FAA or Department of Defense. (1) (6)
Non-Cooperative Surveillance: Surveillance that does not require that vehicles be equipped
with functioning avionics that assist surveillance sensors to detect and identify the object. Noncooperative
surveillance is required for defense, security and law enforcement missions. It is
also required for ATC in high-density terminal areas and must complement other ATC needs
when the required cooperative surveillance capability is lost. (1)
Non-Normal Operations (Anomalous Operations, Off-Nominal Operations): When services,
systems and functions—such as the Broadcast Services System (BSS)—are not available and/or
operational, and all services cannot be provided, depending upon the implementation segment.
(7)
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