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Mid Term Architecture Briefingand NextGen Implementation 1Federal Aviation

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NextGenNext Generation Air Transportation System

Mary M. CairnsReduce Weather ImpactSolution Set Coordinator

Mary M. CairnsReduce Weather ImpactSolution Set Coordinator

Delivering NextGen Weather

April 21, 2009

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The NextGen Weather Story

April 21, 2009

An Opportunity and a Challenge Ahead

Demand for aviation services will rise.Demand for aviation services will rise.

Operational complexity will increase.Operational complexity will increase.

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The NextGen Weather Story

April 21, 2009

NextGen is More than FAA

Congress: NextGen is “a systems engineering, management, and regulatory challenge as complex as any the nation has ever faced.”

• Multi-agency partnership

• FAA has the

implementation lead

• For weather, working

with DOC, DoD, NASA,

industry & academia

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The NextGen Weather Story

April 21, 2009

Weather’s Impact on Operations

Delays• 70% of delays attributed to weather• $28 billion lost annually from commercial delays

Safety• 14% of GA accidents• 34% of GA fatalities

Weather continues to be a major cause of delaysWeather continues to be a major cause of delays

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The NextGen Weather Story

April 21, 2009

NextGen: Improvements in All Phases of FlightWeather Goal

To provide advanced weather information (e.g., 0-6h convective forecasts) to enable improved collaborative planning and efficient utilization of resources (e.g., airspace, airports) to optimize operations & reduce the impact of weather from gate to gate.

To provide advanced weather information (e.g., 0-6h convective forecasts) to enable improved collaborative planning and efficient utilization of resources (e.g., airspace, airports) to optimize operations & reduce the impact of weather from gate to gate.

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The NextGen Weather Story

April 21, 2009

Improving access to crucial weather information

Four Key Weather Thrusts to Reduce Weather’s Impact

Improving Weather

Forecasts

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Improving Weather

Observations

Improving Weather

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Improving operational decisions by integrating weather information

Reduce Weather Impact (RWI)

NextGen Network Enabled Weather (NNEW)

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The NextGen Weather Story

April 21, 2009

RWI/NNEW Provide Weather Information

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The NextGen Weather Story

April 21, 2009

FY 2009 is a Pivotal Year for NextGen

• The President’s FY09 budget request increases funding for the NextGen portfolio from $230.8 million in FY08 to $688.3 million in FY09 – an increase of 198%.

• Increased investment enables delivery of significant NextGen capabilities by 2012

FY 2008 FY 2009

NextGen Capital Programs Funding Request

ADS-B NAS Wide Implementation 87.4 300.0 ADS-B Air-to-Air Capability 9.4 - Safe Flight 21 (Alaska Capstone/Ohio Valley) 15.3 - System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) 23.4 41.0 Data Communications for Trajectory Based Operations 7.4 28.8 NAS Voice Switch 3.0 10.0 Network Enabled Weather 7.0 20.0

Subtotal, Transformational Programs 152.8 399.8 NextGen Demonstrations and Infrastructure Development 51.8 28.0 NextGen Integrated Airport Test Bed (Daytona Beach) 2.0 - NextGen System Development - 41.4 NextGen Trajectory-Based Operations - 39.5 NextGen Weather Reduction Impact - 14.4 NextGen High Density Arrivals/Departures and Airports - 18.2 NextGen Collaborative Air Traffic Management (CATM) - 27.7 NextGen Flexible Terminal Environment - 37.1 NextGen Safety, Security, and Environment - 8.0 NextGen Networked Facilities - 17.0

Subtotal, Enabling Activities 53.7 231.3 Subtotal, NextGen Capital Programs 206.5 631.1

% Change over Previous FY 68.7% 205.7%

Subtotal, NextGen R,E&D Programs 24.3 56.5 % Change over Previous FY 34.4% 132.5%

Subtotal, NextGen Operations Programs - 0.7 % Change over Previous FY - -

FY 2008 FY 2009

Total NextGen Programs Funding Request

Total, NextGen Programs 230.8 688.3 % Change over Previous FY 64.3% 198.3%

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The NextGen Weather Story

April 21, 2009

NextGen Weather Goal is Realized by Integrating Weather into Decision MakingHigh Density, Flexible Terminal, TBO, and CATM introduce new operational capabilities for increasing capacity and efficiency

RWI: Forecast ImprovementsRWI: Forecast Improvements

RAPT: Wx and RoutesRAPT: Wx and Routes IDRP: Adds Flight Specifiics & TrafficIDRP: Adds Flight Specifiics & Traffic

To maximize benefits:• Identify process and request for weather information• Integrate that information into decision making processes and tools