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Providing Flight Information Service to aircraft in Alaska: Architectural considerations for extending the service to the lower 48 states
PAPER WITHDRAWN
Rob Strain, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has embarked upon an initiative that is developing and implementing Flight Information Service - Broadcast Mode (FIS-B) in Alaska. The project, referred to as Capstone, has a broader scope than just FIS-B, but FIS-B is a critical service element to a region that is fraught with weather related accidents.
This paper describes the architecture being installed to provide FIS-B in Alaska and discusses the issues governing extending the architecture to the lower 48 states. Among the issues addressed is the apparent conflict with a FAA Policy on FIS Data Link that has resulted in contracts with two vendors. Capstone is a test program, while FIS Data Link is a commercial venture providing services and equipment to users in the lower 48 states. Both initiatives have a common goal in mind, to reduce weather-related accidents by providing better real-time information to the pilot in the aircraft, but their implementation approaches are different. Recommendations for enabling the two architectures to co-exist in a manner that maximizes interoperability while minimizing infrastructure and avionics costs are provided.
Session 3, Aviation Operations Support (Continued)(Parallel with Session 4)
Wednesday, 13 September 2000, 8:00 AM-3:50 PM
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