ASDE-X for Airport Stakeholders Sensis Corporation 5717 Enterprise Parkway East Syracuse, NY 13057 January 2008 The information in this document is proprietary to, and the property of, Sensis Corporation. It may not be duplicated, used, or disclosed in whole or in part for any purpose without express written consent.
Agenda ASDE-X Program Overview Deployment Schedule Data Distribution Displays Safety Alerts Expansion Ground vehicles Other Airport Areas Wrap-up/Q&A 2
FAA ASDE-X Program 1998 Runway Incursion Reduction Program Incorporate new technology for all weather operations Program Goals Increase controller situational awareness Reduce the risk of critical category A and B runway incursions Improve surface operational efficiencies 3
FAA ASDE-X Program Provides seamless movement area coverage and aircraft identification to air traffic controllers Uses a modular surface surveillance system that processes multiple radar sources (ASR & SMR), multilateration and ADS-B sensor data For aircraft and vehicles Provides data with an accuracy, update rate, and reliability suitable for improving airport safety in all weather conditions 4
ASDE-X Deployment SEA LAX LAS SNA SAN PHX SLC DEN DFW MSP STL MKE ORD MDW MEM DTW SDF ATL CLT BOS PVD BDL JFK LGA EWR PHL BWI DCA IAD 5 HNL IAH HOU Systems in Operation 2003-2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 MCO FLL MIA
What is ASDE-X? Surface surveillance and automation for aircraft and ground vehicles Enhances safety, efficiency, and capacity Situational awareness in all visibility conditions Complete Integrated System Primary Radar provides position of all objects in the movement area Secondary Surveillance aircraft position and identification through transponder multilateration Automated Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) self-reported aircraft position using GPS ASR-9/Mode-S provides aircraft position and identification in terminal airspace Track Processing fuses surveillance and automation information into track of aircraft and vehicles Tower Display situational awareness with target position and identification on airport overlay Safety Logic Audible and visual conflict alerts on Tower Display 6
MDS (Multilateration) ASDE-X Overview Controller Working Position Surface Movement Radar Data Processing & Control & Monitor Conflict Alerting Terminal Area Radar Remote Units 7
Multilateration Surveillance Multilateration surveillance Provides highly accurate and timely (once per second) positional data of cooperative (transponder equipped) aircraft Requires NO additional aircraft equipage Interrogates Modes A, C and S Receives Mode S squitters Acts as bridge to next-generation surveillance Mode S ADS-B extended-squitter (1090ES) Mode S datalink eg, 1030 TIS, enhanced surveillance 8 Scalable architecture with distributed redundancy Surface surveillance Terminal area surveillance Wide-area or en route gap-filler
Surface Movement Radar Designed to track non-cooperative (nonemitting) vehicles (aircraft & others) on the airport surface. Sensis SMRi Solid State designed for ATC 2 Channel, 16 Frequency Diversity even under transmitter module failure 3m 2 Detected at 4,200+meters Low Life Cycle Cost Minimal preventive maintenance High reliability Contracts for SMRi Installed at Bradley (BDL) and Syracuse (SYR) Orders for 13 FAA Sites Sensis SMRi 9
Multi-Sensor Data Processor Fusion Sensor Sources Multilateration Multiple SMRs ADS-B Multiple Terminal Area Radars Example of a Cooperative and a Non-cooperative Target Core Subsystem of ASDE-X Tracking Conflict Alerting Conformance Monitoring Flight Plan Correlation 10
Remote ATC Displays Data Distribution allows for more ATC displays to be located outside of the tower Identical data that the controllers see ASDE-X Sites already realizing the benefits Seattle purchased 2 Displays for the Ramp Tower Install Complete in December 2006 11
Controller Working Position Human Machine Interface (HMI) Specified by Working Group of ATC Controllers Situational Display Traffic with Flight Data Blocks Conflict Alerts High Level System Status Arrival List and Approach display User Configurable Color Icons Window position Preference sets Operational roles SMR Video 12
Ground Vehicle Tracking Vehicle Monitoring in Movement Areas (Transmitters under review by FAA) Each vehicle assigned a unique identifier Will seamlessly integrate with ASDE-X system 13
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Benefits of ASDE-X Improved Safety Position and velocity known for all aircraft Including departing aircraft Aircraft identified by type, fix, flight number Enhanced Safety alerting to reduce errors Enables taxi routing conformance monitored Enables RWSL ASDE-X Improved Capacity ATL operations decreased from 112 to 68 per hour after ASDE-X was taken off line Affords sequencing for increased airport and system capacity 15 ASDE-3 / AMASS Visual Only Allows evaluation of new technology Improved Efficiency 2 minute average savings for Fed Ex at Memphis Improved arrival prediction, asset tracking, runway usage
Benefits of ASDE-X - Increase Safety Increase Safety is achieved: Full situational awareness at all times All weather performance Accurate Identification ID accuracy 99.9% Reliable Conflict Alerting system Configurable to provide up to 45 seconds of warning Low False Alert Rate (FAA requires 1 in 30 days) Low False Track Rate 1 in 1000 The runway incursions at all these airports should cause us to ask a vital question: why don t these airports have the technology to help prevent those incursions? Why don t these airports have ASDE-X? NATCA President, January 2006 16
Benefits of ASDE-X - Increase Efficiency/Capacity Increase Efficiency and Capacity is achieved: Full Situational Awareness including the gate areas and approach corridors Accurate identification All weather performance Accurate position calculationless than 20 feet Accurate Target Resolution Quick track Initiation, less than 5 seconds High Availability 99.95% Milwaukee Airport (Wisconsin, USA) has experienced on the average 30 second taxi-out time reductions during departure pushes FAA Report 17
New Operational Concept Direct Alerts to Cockpits Simultaneous Notification Controller and Flight Crew 18 NTSB: Give immediate warnings of probable collisions/incursions directly to flight crews in the cockpit
Expanded Surveillance Coverage Data Distribution serves as a mechanism for expanded coverage Able to Leverage ASDE-X Infrastructure Or Install Separate System Passive Surveillance Approach to Expanded Coverage is flexible Cooperative Surveillance from approach, touch-down, taxi & into gates (Ramp Area) Next Generation MDS Remote Units Wireless options Seamless surveillance with ATC system 19
Implementation at Logan Nov 06--Sensis begins Site Preparation Oct 07--Equipment Arrives on-site Nov 07 Installation Apr 08 Site Acceptance Complete Sep 08 Hand-over 20
Implementation at LAX July 06--Sensis begins Site Preparation May 07--Equipment Arrives on-site Aug 07 Installation Dec 07 Site Acceptance Complete Apr 08 Hand-over 21
Enhancing ASDE-X Benefits The Most Challenging Part of Fielding the System is Behind Us Potential for Significant Benefits Exists Near Term Cockpit Warning via 1030 data link (Demonstrated) Precision Runway Monitor (PRM) capability (Underway) Integrating Runway Status Lights Low Cost System for Smaller Airports Surface Traffic Broadcast Integration with Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS) Taxi Route Conformance monitoring 22 Longer Term Future Surface Automation Virtual tower Automated Taxi Route Issuance
Thank you For More Information Contact Bill Nix bnix@sensis.com www.sensis.com Sensis Corporation 600 Maryland Ave., SW Suite 605E Washington, DC 20024 202-264-8727 23
SMRi Video Capture with Heavy Rain Fast and Adaptive CFAR processing required in order to minimize false tracks and detect real targets Extremely effective during fast moving storms 24
ASDE-X Deployment Plan (per Sep-05 JRC) 35 Production Systems on order 10 ASDE-X Sites; 4 ASDE-3 replacement sites; 21 ASDE-3 upgrade sites Production scheduled for completion by end-2006 3 Support Sites on order ICDLS in Syracuse, Product Support Facility & Academy in Oklahoma City All 3 sites delivered and operational 10 Systems delivered / installed at sites 5 Systems Commissioned (MKE, MCO, PVD, HOU, SEA) 1 System Operational (STL) 2 Systems in FAA Post SAT activities (BDL, ATL) 2 Systems in site testing (SDF, CLT) 4 Systems ready for delivery to sites 2 Systems tested and ready to be delivered to site (IAD, LAX) 2 "Generic" systems ready to be delivered to site 3 Systems currently in Factory Test 1 System (DTW) 2 generic systems 25
ASDE-X Waterfall Dropped ASDE-X And Remaining ASDE-3 Sites Current ASDE-X Waterfall (9/9/05 JRC) 26
International A-SMGCS Projects Heathrow & Gatwick Airports, UK NATS Frankfurt Airport, Germany Fraport Schiphol, Netherlands LVNL Geneva & Zurich, Switzerland SkyGuide Vienna, Austria AstroControl Paris Charles de Gaulle, Orly, ADP Brussels, Belgium BelgoControl Bangkok, Thailand Aerothai Hong Kong, SAR CAD Hong Kong Haneda, Japan ENRI New Delhi, India AAI Sydney, Melborne, Brisbane, ASA Arlanda airport Stockholm Jebel Ali 27
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