NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

20060002300 Boeing Phantom Works, USA
System Wide Information Management Prototyping Activities: An Architecture for Common Messaging
Comitz, Paul; Hung, Josh; Proceedings of the Fifth Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS)
Conference and Workshop; November 2005; 26 pp.; 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
Boeing Advanced Air Traffic Management is working on System Wide Information Management (SWIM) with the FAA
and a team from government and industry on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Global Communication, Navigation , and
Surveillance System (GCNSS) program. A significant part of this work is a prototype implementation of a service oriented
information management system. The prototype features a common grammar for platform independent messaging. Messages
are realized through the aggregation of fundamental elements of the grammar. Fundamental elements are managed through the
use of a network accessible schema registry . Common messaging will be used to realize a service bus environment for the
aeronautical domain. This ‘unified domain’ concept will feature examples of surveillance, weather, flight plan, and other
relevant aeronautical transactions. The prototype is expected to be available in the summer of 2005.
Author
Information Management; Messages; Air Traffıc Control; Surveillance; Navigation; Flight Plans
20060002301 Lockheed Martin Corp., Rockville, MD, USA
Aspects of Sharing Flight Data via SWIM
Dehn, Jon; Rudolph, Sid; Proceedings of the Fifth Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS)
Conference and Workshop; November 2005; 24 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 System Wide Information Management (SWIM) infrastructure being discussed in working groups and research
contracts will provide a powerful mechanism to get National Airspace System (NAS) information to clients that previously
had either no access or limited access through individual, unique interfaces. Flight data is one such type of information, and
one that has the potential for enabling productivity improvements and new functionality that was previously not possible. The
effective sharing of flight data: 1) can provide enhanced common situational awareness and therefore true collaborative
decision making, 2) can provide additional information to Homeland Security (HLS) organizations that enhance their ability
to identify potential threats, 3) can be the basis for international harmonization efforts, and 4) can enhance or extend NAS
functions, such as distributing control functions between ground systems and the airplane, or providing more accurate traffic
flow management functions. However, there are several aspects of flight data that provide challenges to the true system wide
sharing of that data. Some of these are unique to flight data, some are true of other types of data such as aeronautical data and
weather data. This paper will discuss various aspects of flight information that need to be discussed before an effective sharing
mechanism can be created.
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Situational Awareness; National Airspace System; Information Management; Decision Making; Flow Distribution
20060002304 Federal Aviation Administration, USA
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Enables an Agile National Airspace System - SWIM Provides the Pipeline
Services
Hung, Joshua; Proceedings of the Fifth Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference and
Workshop; November 2005, pp. 1-18; 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
This paper discusses what, why and how SOA will make the future NAS more agile. It will discuss the avenues opening
for a total transformation of the NAS. The roads of transformation are depending on creation of dynamic services. New service
can be created by composing with a combination of new and old services. Services can be accessed independent of location.
SOA will provide the agility in sharing information and application services. Finally this paper will prove that SOA can reduce
both the F&E and O&M costs.
Author
National Airspace System; Systems Engineering; Air Traffıc Control; Information Management; Weather
20060002306 Boeing Aerospace Co., USA
The Business Case for SWIM
Glickman, Steve; Proceedings of the Fifth Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference and
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