Presented By: Katherine Ellis

Delivering DigitalNOTAMs

FAA Technical Operations

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Technical Operations• Oversight of maintenance of National Airspace

Service (NAS)• Has 6100 specialized technicians, engineers,

and analysts that manage and maintain FAA owned equipment/services

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Maintenance Concepts• Three Operational Control Centers (OCC)s– Provide real time monitoring of NAS equipment– Issue NOTAMs on status, degradation, change in

NAS published services– 24/7 operation– Located in:• AOCC Atlantic OCC, Hampton, GA• MOCC Mid-States OCC, Olathe, KA• POCC Pacific OCC, San Diego, CA

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NOTAM responsibility• FAA Tech Ops responsible for issuing digital

NOTAMs on all FAA owned equipment– “EST” is set at the expected time service is to be

restored by– Validate accuracy of verbiage– Track and update NOTAMs on Flight Inspection

findings and work to have published in AFD as needed

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GOALS

• Initiatives to include airport operations– Overall status of equipment used by customers

• Electronic Quality Control of NOTAMs • Better management and oversight of Non-Fed

facilities used in the NAS