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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

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Page 1: SBS Radios

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

Page 2: SBS Radios

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

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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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Thank you for the opportunity to present

at Friends & Partners in Aviation Weather 2014!