NASA Aviation Safety Program Weather Accident Prevention Project Product Development Panel Session for User Forum

1. NASA Aviation Safety Program Weather Accident Prevention Project Product Development Panel Session for User Forum Aviation Weather: Opportunities for Implementation Bethesda, Maryland July 25-26, 2000 Dr. Ron Colantonio Aviation Safety Program Office NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, Ohio

2. Project Goals/Objectives/Products • Develop enabling technologies to reduce weather-related casual factors to accidents by 50% and eliminate turbulence injuries by 50% by year 2007. Goal Objectives Products Provide the Flight Deck, ATM & AOC with Higher Fidelity, More Timely Intuitive Graphical Information Detect & Mitigate Weather Hazards • 1. Aviation Weather Information (i.e. in the cockpit) technologies and • system design guidelines • 2. Improved aviation weather hazard characterization and graphical • product developments • 3. Improved Electronic Pilot Reporting/Automet technologies and design • guidelines • 4. Forward-looking turbulence sensor technologies and system design • guidelines • 5. Control system design techniques for turbulence mitigation

3. AWIN System Elements Distribution Weather Products Presentation Existing and Enhanced Weather Products Communications Networks and Data Links Human Factors, User Interfaces, Workload Issues

4. Aviation Weather Information Products Aircraft Capabilities User Capabilities Presentation to Pilot Decision Aids User Interface Processor Data Link Onboard Sensors Automet Position Weather Information Navigation Information Flight Plan Ground Wx System Weather Products Traffic Terrain Data Link Special Use Airspace Obstacles

5. Turbulence Products Flight Management System A/C Controls/Mitigation Schemes Decision Aids Presentation to Pilot Processor Onboard Sensors Automet Turbulence Information Data Link Turbulence Products Data Link Ground Wx System Forward-Looking Sensors: Radar and LIDAR

6. Technology Development Process Establish Requirements Survey Current Capabilities Develop Concepts Develop Evaluation Scenarios Conduct Simulations Conduct Flight Evaluations Demonstrate Capability in Relevant Environment

7. Project Schedule and Milestones National AWIN Capability National Datalink Capability Turbulence Product Integrated With AWIN FY02 FY01 FY00 FY04 FY03 Turbulence Flight Management System Demo Flight Demonstration Of Forward-Looking Turbulence Warning System Initial AWIN Concept and Forward- Looking Turbulence Detection Flight Evaluation International AWIN Capability International Datalink Capability

8. Product Implementation Strategy • Strong Industry cost sharing through Cooperative Research • Agreements (CRA) • Airline/operator participation in CRAs • Cost/Market assessment studies funded • FAA/NASA Working Groups/Teams being established • Participation in Industry/Government working groups dealing • with technology and standards development: RTCA, ICAO • Joint Safety Assessment/Implementation Teams, etc. • Strong National Turbulence Research Coalition assisting in • defining NASA direction

9. Outside Partners . Boeing • Over 50 different companies and other organizations Honeywell United Airlines AATT Fed Ex Aviation Safety Base Cessna Rockwell NTSB AlliedSignal Weather Accident Prevention Project FAA ARNAV AF/DoD SAIC State Gov. Org. American Airlines NWS Naval Research Lab Lockheed RTI NCAR CTI GTRI, ODU, NCSU, MIT-LL Aerotech

10. Project Accomplishments • Completed AWIN Phase 1 Cooperative Research Agreements • (50/50 Industry Cost Sharing) with Phase 2 Agreements • ramping up. • NASA 757 aircraft preparation nearly complete for Summer • 2000 flight experiments of an Initial AWIN, Forward- • Looking Detection and Turbulence In-Situ Systems. • FAA-NASA Weather Safety Memorandum of Agreement was • signed June 30, 2000. Formalized teaming arrangements is • starting. NOAA/NWS-NASA formal coordination to start soon. • NASA participation in FAA-NASA-Industry Joint Safety • Assessment and Implementation Teams.