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CPDLC Expected Stakeholders

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CPDLC Integration Team (CIT)

• Government/Industry/Union Team Providing Coordinated Management and Oversight of the Project• Integrated Schedule• Risk Management• Action Item Tracking• Problem Tracking and Resolution

• CIT Meets Monthly

• Agenda• Restricted to CPDLC Build I

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• American Airlines• Allied Pilots Association

• Rockwell Collins

• ARINC

• FAA• Free Flight Program Office (AOZ)

• En Route Systems (AUA-200)

• Miami ARTCC (ZMA)

• W. J. Hughes Technical Center (ACB-510, AOS-310)

• National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)

• Flight Standards (AFS-400)

• Aircraft Certification (AIR-130)

• Air Traffic Procedures (ATP-410)

• Delta Air Lines• Air Line Pilots Association

• Teledyne Controls

CPDLC Integration Team (CIT)

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• Miami ARTCC

• Airspace: 1,300,000 sq. kilometers

• Ranking: 7th busiest US ARTCC (out of 20)

• Annual Operations: 2 million+

• Record Day Operations: 8,245 (3/23/02)

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• Miami ARTCC

• Flight Strips per Year: 9 million+• Long Range Radar: 8• Discrete Frequencies: 101

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CPDLC Build 1 Schedule

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9 VDL-2 Ground Stations from

Northern Florida to the Caribbean

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20 CPDLC Certified B757/767s By End Of 2002

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CMU-900

Message RouterATS End System

•CPDLC•CM

Message CommunicationDisplay Unit - MCDU

Shared Functionality• CPDLC Message Display• Downlink Composition• ACARS• FMS• Advisories

VHF-920

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4 CPDLC Certified B767-400s by Spring 2003

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• Multiple Interface Control Display Unit - MICDU• Communications Management Unit - CMU• Sextant VHF Data Radio - VDR

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Service Certification Suite (SCS)

Service Certification Suite Allows Miami Technicians to Perform End-to-end Testing and Certification of the CPDLC System. The SCS Sends and Receives Signals From ARINC’s VDL-2 Station Located a Few Miles Away at Miami International Airport

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FAA Menu Build Work Station

Allows the Air Traffic supervisorsto compose free text messages for assignment to individual Sectors

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Data Link Application ProcessorsContext Management Processors

• DLAP

•CPDLC system application software

•Interfaces with FAA Host computer system

•Database management

•Data recording

•Menu build

•User Interface

• CMA

•ICAO-9705 CM logon service

•Allows CPDLC-equipped aircraft to logon to CM server

•Address data retrieved by DLAP

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FAA Technical Center Testing

83,344 Total Testing Labor Hours for

CPDLC Build I Prior to Delivery to Miami

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FAA Convair 580 Test Bed

• ATN/AOA Testing• 1st Test Flight January 2002

• 5,000 Messages Exchanged

• 80 Hours of Testing

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FAA B727 Test Bed

• CPDLC Testing• 1st Test Flight - March 2002

• 1,000+ Messages Exchanged

• 45 Hours of Testing

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Airways Facilities Technician Training

• 6-day Training Course• Software Troubleshooting• Hardware Remove & Replace

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FAA Air Traffic Controller Training

• 4-day training program• Classroom/lecture• Computer Based Instruction• ATC Radar Training Lab (DYSIM)

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CPDLC Build 1 Message Set

• Transfer of Communication• Initial Contact• Altimeter Setting• Menu Text

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First CPDLC Message

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For Further Information About Our Program, Please Contact:

Timothy R. HancockTimothy.hancock@faa.gov

FAA Free Flight Program Office

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