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Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS) Weather products

IFIS offers graphical weather, electronic charts, and strategic weather data for improved situational awareness, safety, and cockpit efficiency. The system integrates real-time weather with flight planning information on MFD screens. User-friendly interface and intuitive controls enhance pilot experience.

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Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS) Weather products

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  1. Integrated Flight Information System(IFIS)Weather products Mary Beth Lapis (319) 295-3045 Dan Gienger (319) 295-7038

  2. IFISMajor Focus Areas • Improved Situational Awareness - Enhanced Safety • Electronic Charts – Aircraft Symbol Overlaid • Real-time Strategic Weather • FMS maps with geopolitical boundaries, geographical features, Airways, and Airspace • Improved Cockpit Efficiency • Eliminate Paper from the cockpit • Intelligent Integration of Information • Charts and weather on forward displays • FMS flight plan integrated with charts and weather functions • User Interface evaluated, modified, and approved by pilots

  3. Product Capabilities Uplink Graphical Weather (On MFD)

  4. System Architecture • Hardware • Upgraded Display • File Server Unit • Cursor Control Panel L-CCP R-CCP Software • Electronic Charts • Graphical Weather • Enhanced Map Overlays (Geopolitical, Airways, Airspace) • Upload Capabilities • ARINC 615-A: FSU Software and Databases = A429 = Ethernet

  5. User Interface CCP-3000 • Dedicated Chart Controls (CHART, ROTATE) • Pan (Joystick) and ZOOM (Charts and XM) • Programmable Quick Access Keys • Menu controls

  6. MFD - Split Window Formats • Upper Window • OFF • Checklist • FMS text window • Lower Window • Rose (Seldom Enabled) • Arc (Seldom Enabled) • PPOS Map • PLAN Map • GWX Only • Enhance Map Overlay • TCAS only

  7. Universal Weather - Graphical Weather • Graphical Weather • Information Service Provider is Universal Weather • Ground-based data services provided on a request/reply basis • Subscriptions handled by Collins or Universal Weather • Offering 3 Subscription plans for textual and graphical weather

  8. Universal Weather - Graphical Weather Products Icing Winds/Temps NEXRAD Wx Depiction Turbulence Tops/Movement

  9. North Atlantic Winds/temps – FL 390

  10. European turbulence forecast

  11. Northern Pacific Turbulence forecast- FL300

  12. UV Wx International Regions • Winds/temps, Graphical METARS, icing, turbulence available for: • USA and 6 sub-regions • North and South America • North and South Atlantic • North and South Pacific • Africa • India • Australia • Europe • Asia

  13. XM Weather - Graphical Weather • XM Graphical Weather • Ground-based data services provided by Baron on a broadcast basis • Continuous Feed • All Products Broadcast Every 12 Minutes • Full CONUS Coverage • Automated/Unlimited Updates (No Request Necessary) • Geosynchronous Satellites • In Air/On Ground Reception • XM Radio Services (Satellite Provider) • Single “GPS Like” Antenna

  14. XM Weather - Graphical Weather Products • NEXRAD (1 NM Resolution) • Echo Tops • Graphical and Textual METARs • Graphical and Textual SIGMETs • Textual AIRMETs • Textual TAFs

  15. XM Weather - Graphical Weather Features • Integrated User Interface Consists of CCP and AFD (No CDU Required) • Pan (Similar to Electronic Charts) • 3 Zoom Levels • System Utilization Integrated With Collins FMS • NEXRAD Animation (5 frames) • NEXRAD Overlay on PLAN Map • Flight Info Overlay on GWx formats

  16. Enhanced Map Overlays • Example Format With EIS Displayed • Upper Window • Checklist • Lower Window • PLAN Map • Geopolitical • NEXRAD

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