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A Technology Partnershipfor the New Millennium
Randy Stevens
Office of Aviation Research
68th NASAO Annual Convention
September 20, 1999
Enhancing Aviation SafetyEnhancing Aviation SafetyThroughThrough
Research & DevelopmentResearch & Development
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A Technology Partnershipfor the New Millennium
By 2007, reduce U.S. aviation fatal accident rate by 80% from 1996
levels.
NATIONAL GOAL
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Success Depends on
Development and Deployment of
Aviation Weather Products Human Factors Research Products Airport Safety Technologies Aircraft Safety Technologies
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Hazardous Weather Avoidance
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Future Weather Information ProductsFuture Weather Information Products
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Human Factors Research ThrustsHuman Factors Research Thrusts
MaintenanceMaintenance
Training EffectivenessTraining Effectiveness
Human/Automation IntegrationHuman/Automation Integration
Human Error ModelingHuman Error Modeling
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Airport Pavement Research
Airport Safety Research
Airport Planning and Design
Airport Technology Research Focus
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Airport Pavement Research
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Crash and Fire Rescue
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Runway Friction Surveys
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Soft Ground Arrestor System
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Runway Incursion Reduction
Provide real time seamless surface coverage, conflict alerting, and identification
Information sharing with ATC, pilots, vehicle operators, airport operations center, emergency units, etc.
Runway and taxiway lighting, signage, and markings
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Visual Guidance
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Wildlife Control
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Synthetic VisionSynthetic Vision
Turbulence Detection & MitigationTurbulence Detection & Mitigation
Health ManagementHealth Management
Operations ManagementOperations Management
Aircraft Safety TechnologiesAircraft Safety Technologies
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Synthetic Vision Technology
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TurbulenceTurbulenceResearchResearchThrustsThrusts
Space-based DetectionNowcasts / Forecasts Time (min.)
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43 43.5 44 44.5 45 45.5 4610
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0
5
10
Lidar (lagged 9 sec) TAS
Onboard Turbulence Detection
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Health ManagementHealth ManagementHealth Management - Propulsion System - Airframe Structure - Flight Systems
Flt Critical Sys Design - Design Correctness - Fault Tolerance - Functional Integrity
VHF Data Link
• Prognostics to Flight Crew
• Fault & Failure Diagnostics to Ground Crew
Satellite Link
• Fault & Failure Data to Manufacturer
• Fault & Failure Data to Control System
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Aviation Operational PerformanceMonitoring
Example: Example: Targeted QueriesTargeted Queries
Search anySearch anyportion of the portion of the databasedatabase prescribed byprescribed bythe user the user
for any patternfor any patternof flight of flight parametersparameters defined by defined by the user.the user.
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Proliferating SoftwareProliferating Software
Digital SystemsDigital Systems
Capacity GrowthCapacity Growth
GA High FlyersGA High Flyers
Aging AircraftAging Aircraft
“Plan for the Problems of an Evolving Airspace”
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Make every flight the equivalent of clear-day operationsMake every flight the equivalent of clear-day operations Accurately detect and provide sufficient alerts for severe Accurately detect and provide sufficient alerts for severe
turbulenceturbulence Bring real-time graphical weather into the cockpitBring real-time graphical weather into the cockpit Improve the human/machine integration in design, Improve the human/machine integration in design,
operations, and maintenanceoperations, and maintenance Track the long-term and real-time health of on-board Track the long-term and real-time health of on-board
systemssystems Continuously monitor and assess Continuously monitor and assess allall the data from the data from everyevery
flight for both known and unknown issuesflight for both known and unknown issues Prepare for future issuesPrepare for future issues
Technology Strategies for Aviation Safety