Presented to: MPAR Symposium

By: Jim Williams, Air Traffic Organization – Systems Engineering and Safety

Date: October 11, 2007

Federal AviationAdministrationMulti-function Phased

Array Radar (MPAR)

FAA Roadmap for Air Traffic and Weather Surveillance

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Air Traffic and Weather Surveillance Snapshot• Air Traffic is expected to more than double

by 2025 and will exacerbate the air traffic delay problem.

• Weather is the major contributor to delaysaccounting for 65% of all delays.

• Current weather and surveillance radar networks are aging (new to 40 years old).

• Many are nearing the end of their service life and will require expensive service life extension programs (SLEP)

• FAA Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps include decision points for replacing current conventional rotating radars.

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Cooperative Surveillance• The FAA is migrating to the Automatic Dependent

Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) concept– Transforms the nation's air traffic control system from one that relies

on radar technology to a system that uses precise location data from the global satellite network (i.e., GPS)

– ADS-B is a crucial component of the nation's Next-Generation Air Transportation System

• The Surveillance/Positioning Backup Strategy Alternatives Analysis Report (mitigation of GPS loss on ADS-B): – “recommends that the FAA retain approximately one-half of the

Secondary Radar Network as a backup strategy for ADS-B”– “terminal area primary radar coverage will not be reduced from

current levels”

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FAA Enterprise Architecture Surveillance and Weather Roadmaps

2011 - Decision Point (77) initial acquisition review decision for NextGen primary radar system including Wx and Aircraft surveillance requirements

2014 - Decision Point (104) to replace legacy terminal radars (ASR-8, ASR-9) with NextGen primary radar system including Wx and Aircraft surveillance requirements

2018 - Decision Point (91) to replace Wind Shear systems, and NEXRAD with NextGen primary radar system

2020 - Initial Operational Capability for NextGen primary radar system including Wx and Aircraft surveillance requirements

2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 20132010 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

77 104 91 New Primary Radar (Replaces ASR)

NextGen Wx Radar Capability

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JPDO Alignment

• Next Generation (NextGen) Air Transportation System Integrated Plan

– “Develop a system-wide capability to Reduce Weather Impacts”

– Strategy provides for “Research areas to develop enhanced weather observations and forecasts, and integrate them with decision support tools to enhance capacity and efficiency of the airspace while improving safety.”

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Conclusion• National primary radar network

required for foreseeable future• FAA requirement is a subset of the

National Requirement• Collaboration with other agencies

is essential for best value solution• MPAR is a technology research

effort• MPAR could be part of a

multi-agency Family of Solutions

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Links

• FAA NAS Enterprise Architecture (EA) 6– http://nas-architecture.faa.gov/nas/home.cfm

• FAA NAS EA Infrastructure Roadmaps (Weather, Surveillance, etc.)– http://nas-architecture.faa.gov/nas/view_exec/home.cfm

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BACK-UP SLIDES

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Test M/LAT for PRM

102

102

96102

105

105

100

103

36 PRM-A

76

Test System in Colorado

RWSL101

78

78

WM/LAT

ATCBI-6

LRR

ATCBI-4/5

MODE S

ASR-9

ATCBI-4

ASR-8

ASR-11

ASR-7

ASDE-X

ASDE-3

MODE S

SBS

PRM E-SCAN

Surveillance Roadmap

X

X

ATCBI-5

X

X

X

Add M/LAT to ASDE-3 sites

New Beacon (Replaces Mode S)

New Beacon (Replaces Mode S)

New Primary Radar(Replaces ASR-8/9/11)

76

10299

X

X

95 X

LCGS

SBS (segmt. 1) SBS (segmt. 2)

7 10228 16652

178 180179

10497 102

98 102 10477

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TDWR

LLWAS-RS/NE 37

WSP TR1

TDWR SLEP 1

NEXRAD Product Improvement

ASR-9/11WX Channel

NEXRAD

ASR-WSP

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77

91

91

26

26SAWS

72

F-420

DASI

WSP TR2

25

NLDN

77

9 60

62

63

141

141

SLEP/Replace

SLEP/Replace

TDWR SLEP 2

TDWR SLEP 3

145

NextGen RWI Solution Set

49

Evaluate lower troposphere aircraft Wx Obs

NextGen RWI Solution Set

Auto PIREP Entry ERAM 43

Weather Roadmap (1 of 2)

104

104

10

WSP TR384

NextGen Wx Radar Capability

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Operations PlanningVice PresidentVictoria Cox

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