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Surveillance and Broadcast Services (SBS) Program Copyright © 2014 Exelis Inc.
Exelis FIS-B: Status & Future Presentation for Friends & Partners in Aviation Weather 2014
Paul Freeman July 22, 2014
Exelis SBS Overview • Exelis is under contract with the FAA to design, deploy,
and operate the U.S. Surveillance & Broadcast Services (SBS) infrastructure.
• SBS includes several major components: > Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B):
Receives air-to-ground aircraft traffic data on 2 frequency bands & sends to Air Traffic Control.
> Wide Area Multilateration (WAM): Performs ground-to-air interrogation of aircraft transponders to determine aircraft position & sends to Air Traffic Control.
> Traffic Information System Broadcast (TIS-B): Transmits ground-to-air traffic data on 2 frequency bands of of aircraft not equipped with ADS-B.
> Automatic Dependent Surveillance Rebroadcast (ADS-R): Retransmits aircraft traffic data ground-to-air on the opposite frequency band.
> Flight Information System Broadcast (FIS-B): Transmits ground-to-air data on UAT frequency band of weather & aeronautical information products.
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1090ESUAT
Non-Equipped
ADS-B
RadioStation
ControlStation
FIS-BProvider
FAA
Surveillance of ADS-B equipped aircraft for Air Traffic Control and Aircraft Situational AwarenessSurveillance of ADS-B equipped aircraft for Air Traffic Control and Aircraft Situational Awareness
1090ESUAT
Non-Equipped
TIS-B
RadioStation
ControlStation
FIS-BProvider
FAA
Uplink of Surveillance Data of Non-ADSB equipped aircraft for Aircraft Situational AwarenessUplink of Surveillance Data of Non-ADSB equipped aircraft for Aircraft Situational Awareness
1090ESUAT
Non-Equipped
ADS-BADS-B
RadioStationRadio
Station
ControlStationControlStation
FIS-BProvider
FIS-BProvider
FAAFAA
Surveillance of ADS-B equipped aircraft for Air Traffic Control and Aircraft Situational AwarenessSurveillance of ADS-B equipped aircraft for Air Traffic Control and Aircraft Situational Awareness
1090ESUAT
Non-Equipped
TIS-BTIS-B
RadioStationRadio
Station
ControlStationControlStation
FIS-BProvider
FIS-BProvider
FAAFAA
Uplink of Surveillance Data of Non-ADSB equipped aircraft for Aircraft Situational AwarenessUplink of Surveillance Data of Non-ADSB equipped aircraft for Aircraft Situational Awareness
1090ES
Non-Equipped
ADS-R
RadioStation
ControlStation
FIS-BProvider
FAA
Cross-Linking of ADS-B data for Aircraft Situational AwarenessCross-Linking of ADS-B data for Aircraft Situational Awareness
1090ESUAT
Non-Equipped
FIS-B
RadioStation
ControlStation
FIS-BProvider
FAA
Uplink of Weather and other Flight Information for UAT Equipped AircraftUplink of Weather and other Flight Information for UAT Equipped Aircraft
UAT
1090ES
Non-Equipped
ADS-RADS-R
RadioStationRadio
Station
ControlStationControlStation
FIS-BProvider
FIS-BProvider
FAAFAA
Cross-Linking of ADS-B data for Aircraft Situational AwarenessCross-Linking of ADS-B data for Aircraft Situational Awareness
1090ESUAT
Non-Equipped
FIS-BFIS-B
RadioStationRadio
Station
ControlStationControlStation
FIS-BProvider
FIS-BProvider
FAAFAA
Uplink of Weather and other Flight Information for UAT Equipped AircraftUplink of Weather and other Flight Information for UAT Equipped Aircraft
UAT
Exelis SBS System Discriminating Features
• The Exelis SBS System has passed a rigorous FAA Safety Case & is certified & approved for use with 4 different automation systems. > Demonstrated to be safe.
• The Exelis SBS System has passed a rigorous Security Certification & Accreditation inspection. > Demonstrated to be secure.
• The Exelis SBS System is designed to be robust & scalable with built in: > Protections from Spoofing & Denial of Service attacks. > Provisions for flexible distribution of data. > Provisions to determine GPS local health status & usability.
• The Exelis SBS System has a robust overarching monitoring & control solution.
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Exelis SBS Status
• Exelis SBS has completed the baseline deployment of over 600 SBS ground stations deployed across all 50 states, territories, and the Gulf of Mexico. > Deployment of additional radio stations to expand coverage is
ongoing • Provides operational services to over 200 FAA facilities.
> System has passed FAA safety case. > System has achieved security accreditation through independent audit
from FAA security office. • Over 5 years of operational experience.
> Hundreds of man-years of data analysis verifying: > Operational suitability of developed infrastructure for each FAA facility, > Data anomalies associated with avionics installations, > Identification of system errors including network routing, RF
interference, as well as anomalous delivery of data across the operational network.
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Exelis SBS System High Level Architecture
NOC
Radio Station Segment
ADS-B Messages
UAT A/V ATCRBS/MODE S A/V
ADS-B/TIS-B Messages
Radio Station Layout Provides RF Coverage Over a Set of Service Volumes
Network Segment (MPLS)
OCN
WSI FIS-B Data Source
Control Segment
FAATC and FAAAC
WSI FIS-B Backup
Control Stations
Control Stations
Network Segment (MPLS + Private Line)
FAA ATC Automation SDPs FAA Service Monitor SDP FAA TIS-B Data SDP
Radio Station
1090 ES A/V
Legend: Radio Network Control FAA Weather
Radio Station - MLAT Capable
ADS-B Messages
ADS-B/TIS-B MessagesFIS-B Message
Transponder Replies
ATCRBS/Mode SMLAT Interrogations
ADS-B/Multilateration ReportsService Status Reports
TIS-B and FIS-B Reports
Radar, WAM, ASDE-X Data SBS
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600+ Exelis SBS Ground Stations Deployed across 50 states, territories, and Gulf of Mexico
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A Typical Co-Located SBS radio site
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A Typical Airport SBS Radio Site
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SBS Oil Platform Installation – ATP Innovator
Surveillance and Broadcast ServicesCopyright © 2009 ITT Corporation - use/disclosure of data is subject to restrictions on title page. 6
ITT Building Located Inside
AWOS
ADS-B Antennas
SBS Radios
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SBS Monitoring Approach
• Hybrid combination of traditional trap collection & service aware monitors
• Focuses on impact to services
• Scales to meet demands of large, nationwide system
• Identifies & assigns tickets to anomaly source asset
• Produces a manageable volume of actionable tickets
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Exelis SBS Network Operations Center, Herndon VA
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Situational Awareness Graphical Environment (SAGE)
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Weather sensors
Aircraft with UAT FIS-B receiver
SBS radio station (Exelis) NWS
FIS-B data provider
(WSI) FIS-B server in
SBS Control Station (Exelis)
Weather data
FAA
Aeronautical (non-Weather) data
FIS-B products to be uplinked by specific radios
FIS-B product
data
Weather data
FIS-B Data Flow
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FIS-B Avionics & Displays
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Avionics capable of receiving & displaying FIS-B products range from certified/installed units…
…through non-certified/portable units costing only a few hundred dollars.
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Current FIS-B Products: Text Products
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Product Description SBSS-Required
Update Interval
SBSS-Required Transmission
Interval
WSI’s Data Source
METAR Aviation Routine Weather Report
1 minute (where
available), As Available otherwise
5 minutes
NOAAport, FAA AIDAP
SPECI (METAR)
Unscheduled Special Weather
Report
PIREP Pilot Reports As Available
10 minutes
TAF / AMEND
Terminal Aeronautical
Forecast 8 Hours
Wind & Temperatur
e Aloft
Computer-prepared forecasts of winds & temperatures aloft
12 Hours
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Current FIS-B Products: Text/Graphic Products
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Product Description SBSS-Required Update Interval
SBSS-Required Transmission
Interval
WSI’s Data Source
AIRMET
Airman’s Meteorological Information: mountain obscuration, icing, or
turbulence
As Available
5 minutes NOAAport, FAA AIDAP Convective
SIGMET
Convective Significant Meteorological Information:
severe, extensive, or prolonged thunderstorm
As Available, then at 15
minute intervals for 1 hour SIGMET
Significant Meteorological Information: turbulence, icing, or IMC conditions.
NOTAM-D Distant Notice To Airmen: Information requires wide
dissemination As Available 10 minutes
Text: FAA AIDAP.
Graphic: NAIMES
NIWS NOTAM-
FDC
Flight Data Center Notice To Airmen: Information that is
regulatory
SUA Status Special Use Airspace status As Available 10 minutes FAA SUA
Gateway
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Current FIS-B Products: Graphic Products
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Product Description SBSS-Required Update Interval
SBSS-Required
Transmission Interval
WSI’s Data Source
CONUS NEXRAD
Contiguous United States
Next Generation
Radar
~5 minutes (10 minutes for clear air
mode)
15 minutes NOAAport,
NWS Central
Weather Service for single-site NEXRAD
Regional NEXRAD
Regional Next Generation
Radar
~5 minutes (10 minutes for clear air
mode)
2.5 minutes
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Path Forward: Potential FIS-B Improvements & Additional FIS-B Products
• Potential new products which could be added to FIS-B include: > Lightning > Turbulence NOWcast
> Icing NOWcast > Cloud Top Heights
> One-Minute Airport Observations (OMO) > D-ATIS
> NTSB: CWA and MWA products
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Questions? [email protected]
Thank you for the opportunity to present
at Friends & Partners in Aviation Weather 2014!