NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

RNP SAAAR procedures have been proposed that have the potential to increase arrival capacity and reduce delays at
some of the busiest airports in the NAS. These procedures leverage advanced avionics and pilot capabilities to provide
precision simultaneous approaches in IMC to runways where they do not currently exist. Realizing the full operational benefits
of these new ideas will require that operators equip and train their flight crews to take advantage of the performance-based
NAS.
Author
Avionics; Flight Crews; Navigation; Approach; Flight Instruments
20060002251 Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management, Rockville, MD, USA
Future Global Communications In Efficient Flight Path Management
Mettus, P. W.; Proceedings of the Fifth Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference and
Workshop; November 2005, pp. 1-13; In English; See also 20060002231; Original contains color illustrations; No Copyright;
Avail.: CASI: A03, Hardcopy; Available from CASI on CD-ROM only as part of the entire parent document
Presentation includes topics on 1) Regional and Global Capacity Challenges; 2) Long Range Planning; 3) A Future
National Airspace System; 4)Harmonizing Telecommunications Infrastructure, ATC Application Infrastructure, and
Operational Concepts.
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Air Traffıc Control; Telecommunication
20060002258 SENSIS Corp., Dewitt, NY, USA
The Standalone Traffic Information Service (TIS) Server
Beyer, Jeffrey; Hepp, Andrew; Proceedings of the Fifth Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS)
Conference and Workshop; November 2005; 23 pp.; In English; See also 20060002231; Original contains color and black and
white illustrations; No Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A03, Hardcopy; Available from CASI on CD-ROM only as part of the
entire parent document
The Traffic Information Service (TIS) is a Mode S Specific Service that is intended to improve the safety and efficiency
of see and avoid flight by automatically providing pilots with ground based surveillance information of nearby traffic and
warning of any threatening traffic conditions. TIS is functionally equivalent to Aircraft Collision Avoidance System (ACAS)
Level 1 and is provided without any involvement from Air Traffic Control (ATC). TIS currently available in those terminal
areas serviced by Mode S Surveillance Radars (MSSRs). At a typical radar site, TIS is available upon request to aircraft
operating inside the coverage volume, which typically extends 60 nautical miles from the radar and from 3,000 feet to 55,000
feet Above Ground Level (AGL). Traffic information is uplinked to clients for whom the system identifies intruders or aircraft
within a seven nautical mile radius of the client and up to 3,500 feet above or 3,000 feet below the client. In the next several
years, more than 25 radar systems that currently provide TIS are being replaced by ASR-11 which do not provide Mode S
functionality. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expressed interest in continuing the TIS at these sites as well as
providing the TIS to other locations that do not currently provide Mode S Specific Services. The Sensis TIS Server was tested
extensively in a lab environment and at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. The lab testing verified that the TIS System
satisfies all of the operational requirements derived from the current TIS Minimum Operational Performance Specification
(MOPS). The TIS Server was also successfully verified against 18 simulated aircraft scenarios used for Operational Test and
Evaluation (OT & E) of the current TIS implementation. The Sensis TIS Server was further evaluated by Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratories in a terminal environment by comparing the output generated by the
Sensis system to the output generated by the ASR-9 at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. The Sensis TIS System
provided the same traffic information as the current Mod S TIS implementation.
Author
Automatic Control; Avionics; Air Traffıc Control; Systems Engineering
20060002276 Locus, Inc., USA
Integrated GPS/eLoran Systems
Roth, Linn G.; Narins, Mitchell J.; Proceedings of the Fifth Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS)
Conference and Workshop; November 2005, pp. 1-30; In English; See also 20060002231; Original contains color
illustrations; No Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A03, Hardcopy; Available from CASI on CD-ROM only as part of the entire
parent document
Recent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), USA Coast Guard (USCG) and US Department of Transportation (DOT)
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