International Civil Aviation Organization

International Harmonization of NEXTGEN/SESAR

with a series of Next Steps

Nancy GrahamDirector, Air Navigation Bureau

October 2010

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Tomorrow’s Global Aviation System

ICAO is Serious about Global Harmonization– $80B+ will be spent over the next 10 years

ICAO’s Global Air Navigation Plan (which the U.S. and Europe designed) outlined the Concept– NEXTGEN and SESAR followed the concept; but

neither implementation “packaged” in a way that can be understood and/or supported by global community

– ICAO Assembly agreed ICAO 12th Air Navigation Conference is the stake

in the ground (opportunity) to have the Global Aviation Community agree to Global SYSTEM Upgrades (blocks vs bits) – lets use it!

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Tomorrow’s Global Aviation System

What is an Aviation SYSTEM (or block) Upgrade??– Intended Operational Improvement/Metric to

determine success– Necessary Procedures/Air and Ground– Necessary Technology/Air and Ground– Positive Business Case per Upgrade– Regulatory Approval Plan/Air and Ground– Well understood by a Global Demonstration Trial

• All synchronized to allow initial implementation • Won’t matter when or where implemented

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Step 1 – Get Harmonization on the Global Agenda

– Initial NEXTGEN/SESAR Symposium (2008)• Allowed U.S. and Europe to reassure the Global Community that

NEXTGEN and SESAR were not being developed in a vacuum

– Convened Standards Organization (SO) Roundtable (2009)• Initiated relationships between ICAO and other standards making

bodies• Formalized relationships with SO’s through agreements• Plan to consolidate and expedite standards efforts

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Step 2 – Global System Upgrades

Creating Global SYSTEM Upgrades from Individual NEXTGEN/SESAR Plans– Safety Needs Dictate it– Global Operators will Demand it– Global Agreements keep both programs Sold

Initial Efforts Completed– Individual Regional Plans Reviewed• Gap analysis developed • Common areas for SYSTEM/Block upgrades exist

ICAO will sponsor the effort to develop the “Blocks” from the existing regional programs

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Step 3 – Global Rollout and FeedbackSeptember 2011

ICAO hosts Global Air Navigation Forum - provides the opportunity to:– Outline System/Block agreements to int’l community

to gain their buy in and get their feedback– Sign global and regional agreements for global

operational trials to drive common solutions and procedures and involve the community

– Create positive publicity for both U.S. and Europe– Give the press something interesting to watch and to

talk about

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Step 4 – Sealing the Global DealNovember 2012

ICAO Special* 12th Air Navigation Conference– Will formalize International Agreement which will

result in a revised Global Air Navigation Plan– Will identify performance standards and international

procedures ICAO will develop; by when– Will identify what specifications are necessary by

other standards bodies; by when– Will outline risk areas with planned mitigation

strategies; by region– Will outline a way forward for ATC Communications;

with decision points via an Avionics Appendix ICAO will also rollout an electronic Air Navigation

Plan to accompany which will:– Provide real time transparency at the regional level– Allow real-time regional planning of airspace

restructuring and new routes

* Special Conference includes Security and Environment elements

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Next Steps (1)

U.S. and European officials agree on global System Upgrade or “builds””approach

Two different levels of effort are required– One at the technical level; called Technical Team– One at the larger system level; called Challenge Team

After consultation ICAO proposes a series of next steps– Technical Team

• Proposed Technical Team participants: Technical Architect/s from JPDO/FAA; JU/Eurocontrol; IATA; IFALPA; IFATCA; RTCA and Eurocae

• Teleconference with the technical participants selected to formulate the “builds” in November to begin the technical effort

• Face-to-face meeting; January in Montreal (for as long as needed) to complete the by the end of January – hosted by ICAO Director ANB

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Next Steps (2)

– Challenge Team• Proposed Challenge Team Participants – Deputy

Administrator FAA/Director JPDO; DG Eurocontrol; Director JU; DG IATA; Chair ICCAIA; DG CANSO; Pres IFALPA; Pres IFATCA – hosted by ICAO Director ANB

• Propose meeting early February; in Montreal (with second meeting planned as back up, if needed, at the end of February)

– Political Agreement• Use Vice President Kallas’ visit to the U.S. in March as an

opportunity to publicize the agreement on global “builds”• Announce bilateral efforts to agree on one ATC

Communication Strategy

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Next Steps (3) Tidy Up– Technical Team and/or Political Team meet in April to

finalize the details including the Business Case and Regulatory Approval Plan

– Formulate plans for a series of global operational demonstrations and/or trials

Share– Rollout “builds” during the ICAO Air Navigation

Symposium; get feedback from the global aviation community

– Announce and sign agreements global demos and trials Integrate feedback into plans for formal ICAO Special

AN Conf; Nov 2012 (Special includes Security and Environment elements)

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Your feedback is most welcome, ideally by 4 November 2011, so that we can incorporate your views and begin the process

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