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Performance-based Navigation Honeywell SmartPath TM Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) Pacific Aviation Directors Workshop March 15, 2012. HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION . Join the Global PBN Movement Integrated PBN Systems Solutions. PBN – Performance Based Navigation.
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Performance-based Navigation Honeywell SmartPathTM Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) Pacific Aviation Directors Workshop March 15, 2012 HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Join the Global PBN Movement Integrated PBN Systems Solutions PBN – Performance Based Navigation HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Performance Based Navigation Performance Based Navigation uses the GPS satellites. It sets performance standards or requirements for each phase of flight. This is called REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE or RNP for short. The approach RNP may be as low as .11 miles. RNP navigation also requires on-board monitoring and crew alerting functions.
Required navigation performance (RNP) versus Actual Navigation Performance (ANP). ANP (the actual navigational performance of the aircraft) works like this: The aircraft must be within the containment area (2 X RNP) for 99.999 % of the flight time. The statistical chance of exiting containment without alerting the crew is 10 to the minus 4.
Performance-based Navigation 3D Trajectory Path • Enhance safety & improve fuel economy • Reduce environmental impact – noise & emissions • Improve efficiency and rate of arrivals & departures HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Performance-based Navigation RNAV RNP AR • Aircraft fly a specific path between 3-dimensionally defined points in space • Lateral ground track with Vertical path guidance • Navigational performance monitoring and alerting HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
GPS Augmentation Augmentation uses computers and known positions to give GPS navigation even more accuracy. Augmentation can be a Ground Based Augmentation System or GBAS (also called LAAS or GLS).
Honeywell SmartPathTM GBAS “A New Era in Precision Navigation” Qantas B737-800 on GLS approach at Sydney HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Ground Based Augmentation System Honeywell SmartPath GBAS GPS signal “augmented” for precision approaches Position Accuracy: < 3 meters HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Honeywell’s SmartPath is the first, and only, FAA-approved CAT-I GBAS It will provide CAT I/II/III precision approach and landing capability What is a Honeywell SmartPath GBAS? Air Traffic Control Status Unit (ATSU) • SLS Status Panel installed in Air Traffic Control Tower or other location • Laptop computer or hosted on existing workstation Remote Satellite Measurement Unit (RSMU) Differential GPS (DGPS) Control & VHF Data Broadcast (VDB) Cabinet VHF Data Broadcast (VDB) Antenna • 4 RSMUs per Installation • 48 Channel GPS Receiver • GPS Receiver packaged in an environmentally protective enclosure • Multi-path Limiting Antenna • Requires site survey and placement against siting/installation criteria • 19” Rack & Panel Cabinets • Differential Correction Processors • FAA-certified DO-278 Software • Robust Power Distribution & Local Status • Dual VHF Transmitter/Receiver • Maintenance Data Terminal (MDT) • Horizontally polarized antenna • Elliptically polarized antenna option HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Ground Based Augmentation System Honeywell SmartPath GBAS • Dual Processor Channels • Differential Corrections • Overall System Integrity • Approach Database • Redundant Channel • VHF Broadcast • Corrections, Integrity, Approaches • Horizontally Polarized, Omni-Directional • 108-118 MHz • 2 TDMA Time Slots (typ.) • 2 Hz Corrections • Redundant Radio 100-200m 100-200m 200 m MAX 100-200m 100-200m 1300m Airport LAN MAX • Maintenance Data Terminal • System Status, Mode, Control • System Alerts, Alarms • Approach Control • Air Traffic Status Unit • System Mode • System Availability • Reference Receivers • Multipath Limiting Antenna (MLA) • Narrow Correlator GPS Receiver • 2 Hz Measurements • 4 Receivers (incl one Redundant Receiver) TDMA – Time Division Multiple Access Hz – Hertz LAN – Local Area Network (typ. Ethernet) HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
GLS Capabilities Definable Touchdown Point Honeywell GBAS SmartPath System Definable Touchdown Point An ILS system provides a single defined vertical path that places the aircraft at the same point on the runway each landing. However, SmartPath GBAS approaches can provide variable geometric paths and multiple touchdown points to the same runway. GLS Programmable Touchdown Point GLS Programmable Touchdown Point GLS Programmable Touchdown Point ILS Touchdown Point HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
GLS Capabilities Variable Geometric Path Honeywell GBAS SmartPath System GLS Capabilities: Definable Glide Path Angle An ILS system provides a single defined glide path forcing the aircraft to fly the same descent angle for every approach. An ILS cannot be reprogrammed to vary this glide path angle……GLS CAN! This allows an airport to provide varying angles to assist with wake turbulence separation for adjacent runways. HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
RNAV/RNP & GLS Complementary Systems RNAV (RNP) & Honeywell GLS SmartPath System Complementary Systems providing MAXIMUM Benefits to States, Airports and Operators RNP and GLS are not an either/or system. Instead a combination of these two technologies will provide systemic benefits that are unparalleled in aviation. HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Fusion – RNAV/RNP & GLS Maximized Operational Benefits • RNAV/RNP for curved segments GLS for final approach segment • ILS: stabilized on the localizer at 10 NM or more • GLS: multiple final approach segments as close as 4NM • GLS minimums 200’ Cat I • Cat II/III 2012-2014 • GLS is precision approach • RNAV/GLS fastest/easiest implementation HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
RNAV/RNP & GLS Complementary Systems • Honeywell GBAS SmartPath System – An Integrated Solution • RNAV / RNP / GLS can provide repeatable curved paths to each runway end • RNAV / RNP / GLS can shorten flight tracks to each runway end • RNAV / RNP / GLS can provide new tracks to each runway Fusion of GLS with an RF turn transitions can provide defined separation between aircraft traffic and restricted areas RF Legs provide repeatable & predictable paths to each runway with GLS accuracy on the final segment HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) or Optimized Profile Descent (OPD)
Join the Global PBN Movement Integrated PBN Systems Solutions Approach Concepts Pacific Aviation Directors Workshop HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Guam International Airport Current Operational Environment • Current Facility: • Runways: • 6L/24R 10015’ (3053m) x 150’ (36m) • 6R/24L 10014’ (3052m) x 150’ (46m) • (6L/24R 12000’ upon completion) • Approaches: • ILS (CAT I) Rwys 6L & 6R • RNAV GPS Y Rwys 6L,6R,24L,24R • RNAV RNP Z Rwys 6L,6R,24L,24R • VOR or TACAN Rwy 6L • NDB DME Rwy 24R • VOR-A HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
RNAV RNP / GLS Rwy 6L
RNAV RNP / GLS Rwy 24 R
Pohnpei International Airport Current facility Runways 9 & 27 6,001 ft. (,829m) Navigation aids NDB DME GPS approaches
RNAV Visual Approaches Can be Designed RNAV Visual Approaches increase Safety during VFR Weather
RNAV Visual Approach Rwy 6L
Future Landscape Performance-based Navigation In the not too distant future, most terrestrial based navigation aids will be decommissioned. • RNP approaches will replace current terrestrial based non-precision approaches. • According to the FAA, WAAS LPV and GBAS will replace ILS as the precision approach system. • ADS-B will replace most terrestrial based radar systems. Going forward: Civil Aviation Authorities, aircraft operators and airport managers will need to better understand the impact of the technological developments and the changing landscape. HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Honeywell SmartPath GBAS Value Summary GBAS final approaches available wherever your RNAV RNP approach ends • Increased airport efficiency: • Eliminates ILS critical zones • Enables flexible approaches; synergistic with RNAV/RNP • Offers precision approach where ILS cannot due to geography • Lower life-cycle cost: • One SmartPath GBAS serves all runways, initial acquisition cost is lower • Lower maintenance cost • Lower flight inspection cost • Growth to Cat II/III • Increases level of safety: • Precision lateral and vertical guidance • Signal stability (immune to signal bends inherent in ILS) • Reduced noise/ shorter routes: • GBAS final approach segment optimizes curved path approaches • Lower approach minimums • Auto-land capability HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
SmartPath is the only certified GBAS System Received FAA System Design Approval (Part 171) on 4 September 2009 CAT II Requirement Analysis CAT II performance from existing system Honeywell funded R&D CAT III requirements development and validation underway Minimal or no ground station hardware changes Prototype Software available in 2011 Operationally available ~2014 FAA Cat III ground station contract to Honeywell in May 2010 FAA Cat III avionics contract to Honeywell in September 2010 Honeywell SmartPath GBAS Today and Tomorrow HUGHES/HONEYWELL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
Financing Financing is available