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US Civil - Military Airspace Sharing:Collaboration Tools and Trials

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Outline

• Background

• Need for Civil-Military Collaboration

• Special Use Airspace Collaboration Tools

• Special Use Airspace Trials

• Summary

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Background

1987 & 1988 - US General Accounting Office studies criticized the Military (DoD) and FAA for: Inefficient use of existing Special Use Airspace Lack of utilization data

1989 - DoD commits to develop a DoD-wide airspace scheduling system; FAA commits to develop a system

• 1995 - Joint-Government Industry Task Force Report– Recommendations made on Special Use Airspace (SUA)

• Establish coordination among the Military, FAA, and Users to improve civil use of SUA when not used by the military

• Conduct operational trials to test concepts for improved civil use; examine benefits, operational issues, and requirements

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Background (continued)

Develop and implement a real-time SUA notification system between the Military and FAA, and between FAA and Users

Form a Technical Working Group to examine SUA issues

• 1996 - SUA Technical Working Group met in August– Military, FAA, Airspace Users, Controllers Unions, Contract

Personnel

– Technical Working Group met at Edwards AFB, California to observe air traffic management at Restricted Area R-2508• Operational trial conducted in R-2508

• 1998 - Joint Government-Industry Working Group formed – Military, FAA, Airspace Users, MITRE/CAASD, and Contract

Personnel

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Background (concluded)

Made recommendations on Special Use Airspace (SUA) in the Redesign of the National Airspace System in document (RTCA Paper No. 192-00/SC192-031)

Examine & promote near-term initiatives for improving civil use of SUA when not in use by the military

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Need for Civil-Military Collaboration

• Increases in civil traffic

• Richness of the airspace

• Changes in military requirements– Smaller force, but smarter and longer-range weapons and

weapons systems actually increases need for airspace• Shorter times but larger areas

• Combined mission profiles = increasingly complicated training demands and infrastructure

– Increased domestic training resulting from reduced foreign presence

– Composite force training = more shared use

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Richness of the Airspace

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Special Use Airspace Collaboration Tools

• The Internet

• MAMS

• SAMS

• Falconview

• SUA/ISE

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The Internet

• The Air Force’s Special Use Airspace Information System (SUAIS) in Alaska uses the Internet

• The FAA’s Special Use Airspace Management System (SAMS) and the Military Airspace Management System (MAMS) also use the Internet

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• Web page– General information

– Cope Thunder exerciseschedules (event, date, time,level of activity)

– Airspace/MOA maps

• Radio– Detailed schedule information

– Real-time traffic advisories

• Telephone– Detailed schedule information

SUAIS Internet System: Information & Media

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FAA’s Special Use Airspace Management System (SAMS)

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FAA’s Special Use Airspace Management System (SAMS)

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Military Airspace Management System (MAMS)

• Provides schedule information on military airspace use for all services.

• Provides direct input into SAMS, the civil SUA system

MAMS SAMS

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Falconview

(Graphic to be provided by Pauline Kapoor)

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April 2001 Special Use Airspace/In-flight Service Enhancement Prototype System (SUA/ISE)

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April 2001 Special Use Airspace/In-flight Service Enhancement Prototype System (SUA/ISE)

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• Edwards AFB Complex R-2508 & Jet Route-110 (California)

• Buckeye Military Operations Area (Ohio)

• CATO ATCAA & Dryheat Departure Procedure (Arizona)

• Palatka Complex (Florida)

• Brownwood Military Operations Area (Texas)

Special Use Airspace Field Initiatives & Trials

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• Challenge– Historically available from

2200 - 0600 Hrs

– Slow info dissemination

• Civil-Military Collaboration– Joint FAA, DoD Industry

Workgroup• Evaluated efficient use

• Action– Improved info dissemination

– Improved automation for issuing clearances

Edwards AFB Complex R-2508 & Jet Route-110 (California)

J-110

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• Challenge– Increased airline activity– Addition of new F-16 school

• Civil-Military Collaboration– FAA and DoD Task Force

• Accommodate increased traffic• Accommodate military training

requirements

• Action– Full-time Military Radar Unit established

for real-time control– Departure corridors NW & South– Tunnel through Buckeye for NE

departures

Buckeye Military Operations Area (Ohio)

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• Challenge– Delays at Phoenix airport

– DoD need for training

• Civil-Military Collaboration– FAA and 162nd & 150th Fighter

Wings• Excellent example of “win-win”

collaboration

• Action– Special high-altitude training area

created for DoD– CATO ATCAA modified for FAA

Departure Procedure– 30% reduction in delays

CATO ATCAA & Dryheat Departure Procedure (Arizona)

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Palatka Complex (Florida)

• Challenge– Increased activity along coast– Access 0100-0500 Hrs daily

• Civil-Military Collaboration– FAA and DoD Task Force

• Dissemination system • Increased access

• Action– Limited access trial

• Improved info dissemination• Saturday & Sunday access to select GA

population

– Trial expanded-Fri., Sat.,& Sun

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Brownwood Military Operations Area (Texas)

• Challenge– Regional airlines costs $$: SUA

circumnavigation

• Civil-Military Collaboration– FAA and DoD kickoff meeting

• Info dissemination system

• Increased access

• Action– Trial will include

• Two regional airlines

• Three automation systems– Local prototype SUA system

– FAA’s SUA automation system

– DoD’s SUA automation system

208 NM

197 NM

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San Angelo

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Summary

• Several actions are ongoing in the US to increase collaboration between military and civil airspace users

• Many initiatives have started with small steps. . . the important thing, however, is that they were started!– Some involve simple procedural changes

– Some involve simple automated scheduling solutions

• Changes associated with more efficient use of special use airspace appear to work best when joint civil-military work groups tackle the issues