PMA209 2012 Core Avionics Master Plan - NAVAIR - U.S. Navy

Core Avionics Master Plan 2012 Appendix A-3the ship in all weather and all tactical conditions to minimize aircraft recovery time.Utilization of tighter patterns has already demonstrated time and fuel savings incommercial airport operations, and should provide similar benefits in CVN and multispotamphibious ship operations. JPALS precision navigation will require 24 channelGPS receiver upgrades and processing upgrades that enable procesing both L1/L2PPS GPS signals. The first platform planned to utilize JPALS for marshalling will be theUnmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS).Digital Airfield Sequencing (JPALS). (2018) Aircraft that are configured withJPALS will be able to immediately take advantage of improved approach sequencingwhen JPALS units are established at shore bases. Shore based JPALS at military airstations had planned to implement supplemental ground-based signals (Local AreaAugmentation Signal – LAAS) that would utilize one-way unique military datalinkinformation for GPS augmentation to enable precision approach capabilities, but thatinitiative and solution strategy has been deferred. Instead, JPALS equipped navalaircraft will perform GPS augmented precision approach procedures at civilian airfieldsby leveraging Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) Wide Area AugmentationSystem (WAAS) signals, which will not require a datalink to receive the correctionsignal. Air Force is the lead for this program. USAF Mobility and Combat Commandsare negotiating the necessity and prioritization of resources to enable MGUE to supportthis functionality, but it is still currently tracking as a part of the program of record foravailability to configured users in 2018.C. Information Media. This capability element refers to paper and electronicnavigation information media formats.1. Current Capabilities.Most users are still using paper charts for primary means of navigation. The NationalGeospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) generates DOD Flight Information Publications(FLIP) consisting of Enroute and terminal navigation charts, General Planning (GP),Area Planning (AP) and other flight information for military aviators in paper and digitalformats (online in PDF or other graphic formats). NGA would prefer users to utilizedigital media to cut distribution costs. The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information Files(DAFIF) is the NGA electronic navigation database for use in aircraft mission computers(MC) and Flight Management Systems (FMS). Civil derivative aircraft and some tacticalplatforms currently use a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) FMS and database to meetRNP RNAV criteria. For those aircraft that are configured with them, electronic chartmedia can be displayed on moving maps. In 2011, Commander Naval Air Forces(CNAF) provided an Interim Flight Clearance IFC) and Interim Authority To Operate(IATO) for a limited number of deployed Hornet aircraft to utilize iPad-2 tablets fordisplay of navigational charts. USMC provided similar authority to H-1 operators. Usersare reporting significant space and weight savings (up to 20 pounds and three ‘navbags’ of paper). They also reported operational efficiencies from time saved to correlatepositions (especially during expeditionary operations in areas where there are fewdefinitive landmarks) and tactical advantages by getting close air support on stationfaster or dropping troops closer to the right location.A-3 Navigation 7