Decision Support Systems (DSS)
State of the Union
Presenter: Rebecca Guy
Date: September 29, 2015
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Agenda
• DSS: Who are we?
• DSS Mission: Traffic Flow Management
• DSS Vision: Enabling NextGen
• DSS Components: 3Ts
• DSS Accomplishments
• DSS Next Steps
• DSS Planned Capabilities for 2020
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DSS: Who are we?
Air Traffic Organization/
Program Management Office
VP of System
Operations
VP of Program Management
VP of Air Traffic
Services
James Eck
Director of Air Traffic Systems
Air Traffic
Management
VP of Mission
Support
VP of Safety
and Technical
Training
Director of
Enterprise Services
Jim Linney
Technical Advisor
VP of Management
Services
Business Management
Decision Support Programs
Rebecca Guy
Surveillance Services
Terminal Field
En Route & Oceanic
Operations Support
2nd Level
TBFM
Bob Tyo
TFMS/CATMT
Mark Novak
TFDM
Michael Huffman
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DSS Mission: Traffic Flow Management (TFM)
NextGen is an ongoing transformation of the NAS.
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Incremental implementation of new technologies and procedures is vital to meeting future growth of aviation.
DSS facilitates NextGen vision through TFM: TFDM, TBFM and TFMS
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Ensures efficient flow of traffic and maximizes system throughput across the NAS
Improves the quality of service to NAS users by accommodating user preferences
Improves common situational awareness by real-time information sharing
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DSS Vision: Enabling NextGen
 Enable NextGen technologies in TFM operations
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Performance Based Navigation (PBN) –use of RNAV/RNP and Optimized Profile Descent
(OPD) technologies in TBFM
System Wide Information Management (SWIM) – TFM data exchange with external
systems through SWIM
System-wide solutions that are able to be tailored for individual aircraft –
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Surface
Routes- Utilizing user preferences
 Provide integrated, responsive and collaborative TFM solutions that maximize
efficiency and reduce delay.
 INTEGRATED: Strategic and tactical TFM strategies are modeled and implemented as a
single cohesive strategy.
 RESPONSIVE: Faster more effective responses to evolving conditions in the NAS.
 COLLABORATIVE: Data sharing among stakeholders facilitates solutions that impose no
more controls on flights than needed, allowing flight operators to fly their preferred
routes at preferred times.
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DSS Components: 3Ts are the engines of DSS
Traffic Flow Management System
(TFMS)
Decision support system for planning and
mitigating demand-capacity imbalances in the
NAS.
Time-Based Flow Management
(TBFM)
Decision support system for metering based on
time to optimize the flow of aircraft.
Terminal Flight Data Management
(TFDM)
A new decision support system for airport
surface management and ATC tower functions.
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TFMS: Focusing on efficiently improving the “greater NAS”
Assess the impact of NAS
disruptions and provide
alerts
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Monitor demand and
capacity for primary NAS
resources
Implement the NAS
strategic plan to balance demand with
available capacity
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Receive updates from other NAS
systems and make adjustments to this
plan as needed
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TBFM: Metering and Sequencing
TBFM utilizes available airport and airspace capacity more efficiently by metering and sequencing
flights while avoiding unnecessary delay when complying with all operational constraints
Meter and sequence en route stream
to provide a smooth and orderly flow
Automate the coordination for
departures between Tower and
Center
Dynamically integrate departures
from multiple airports within a
Center into the busy en route
stream
Efficiently manage the
airport arrivals during
rush periods in order to
reduce airborne holding
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TFDM: Surface Management and Electronic Flight Data
TFDM is an acquisition program with four components.
Electronic Flight Data
Surface CDM
Integrated flight,
surveillance and traffic
management information
in the terminal area
Better management of
surface demand through
data exchange among
stakeholders
System
Consolidation
Surface TFM
Consolidation of tower
displays and input devices
Decision support
capabilities for airport
surface resource
management
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Integrated TFM: 3Ts working together
TBFM
TBFM
TBFM sequences and spaces
the enroute stream and arrivals
stream maximizing available
capacity. More efficient arrivals
improve the efficiency of
departure operations as well.
TBFM efficiently merges
departures from multiple airports
within an ARTCC into the enroute
stream.
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TFMS
EWR
TFDM
With knowledge of surface
conditions, TFDM automates the
coordination of an opening in the
enroute stream with TBFM for
departing flights
TFDM
TFDM manages resources
on the airport surface and
assists ATCT enforce TFMS
and TBFM restrictions.
Better compliance reduces
the need for further
adjustments.
TFMS
TFMS monitors NAS resources and
implements a reroute and ground delay at
Newark to balance demand with available
capacity at an aggregate level; making the
demand more manageable at local
facilities and distributing the required
delays equitably.
TFMS receives updates from
other NAS systems and makes
tactical flight-by-flight
adjustments as needed. A new
reroute is available for this flight
that avoids the weather.
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DSS Accomplishments
TFMS
• Released the Draft TFMS Screening
Information Request (SIR) – Oct 2014
• Deployed Collaborative Information
Exchange (CIX) – Dec 2014
• TFMData SWIM feed to replace
ASDI – November 2014
• Completed TFMS Data Center Tech
Refresh – Mar 2015
• Completed CATMT WP2 Functionality
Deployment – Mar 2015
• TFMS Airborne Reroute (ABRR) is
deployed in March 2015. Full
operational capability is awaiting
ERAM testing/integration/
deployment in FY16
• CATMT WP4 Investment Analysis
Readiness Decision (IARD) – Jun 2014
TBFM
• Completed WP2 – Nov 2014
• IDAC, RNAV, Convective Weather
deployed to ZLA
• Developed National Training (nonexistent
before) at Academy – Mar 2015
• Exceeded 100 targeted TMCs with 99.7%
positive rating
• TBFM WP 3 FID (Terminal Sequencing and
Spacing (TSAS)) - Apr 2015
• Extends metering into terminal. Capability
includes STARS and ERAM enabling PBN
and FIM (IAH, LAX, PHX, ATL, SEA, CLT,
DEN, LAS, SFO)
• Expands IDAC to 5 additional ARTCCs
(ZAB, ZJX, ZME, ZOA, ZTL)
TFDM
• Completed Initial Operating Capability (IOC)
at all 11 Surface Visualization Tool (SVT)
sites
• ATCSCC, SCT, NCT, PCT, SDF, C90, I90,
A90, N90, ZLA, ZNY
• Conducted the Operational Evaluation
Review at 4 sites (LAS, SFO, CLT, and EWR)
• Delivered Advanced Electronic Flight Strips
(AEFS) at CLE – Dec 2014
• Received JRC approval for EWR to receive
AEFS prototype - Apr 2015
• Released TFDM SIR – Apr 2015
• Draft TFDM SIR – Nov 2014
• Expanded GIM-S to multi-center status – Aug
2015
• Added meter point in ZDV to help meter
aircraft into PHX/ZAB using ACM. First
multi-center!
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DSS Next Steps (FY16)
TFMS
TBFM
TFDM
TFDM System Investment Analysis and
Acquisition:
• Complete Investment Analysis
• Achieve successful Final Investment
Decision - Establish a Program
Baseline
• Award Prime Contract.
• Conduct System Requirements
Review for Build 1 Development and
Integration
• Issue SIR Request for Offer (RFO)
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• Deploy TFMS Release 12
(infrastructure enhancements) –
Nov 2015
Implement IDAC software at ZID,
ZOB, ZBW, and ZDC.
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TSAS System Design
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Rollout GIM-S to six additional sites
(ZMP, ZSE, ZDV, ZLC, ZAU, ZHU)
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Train 250 TMC’s via Academy Training
• CATMT WP4 FID – Dec 2015
• Turn on the PDRR/ABRR capability
with ERAM – March 2016
• Deploy TFMS Release 13 – Apr
2016
• Surface data element exchange
• SWIM compliant TFMS
International Data Provider
interfaces
• Expand TFMData interface
Early Implementation:
• Complete AEFS IOC in SFO, EWR, and
LAS.
• Complete Technology Refresh
deployment of EFSTS at 8 of 39 sites
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DSS Planned Capabilities for 2020
Surface
TFDM
Surface CDM*
TFDM
Surface TFM*
TFDM
Electronic
Flight Data*
TFDM
System
Consolidation*
Departure
Cruise
Arrival
TFMS Improving Demand Prediction
(IDP)*
TFMS Integrated
Departure Route
Planning
(IDRP)*
TBFM Integrated
Departure and
Arrival Capability
2
(IDAC 2)
TBFM Terminal
Sequencing and
Spacing
(TSS)
Surface
TFDM
Surface CDM*
TFDM
Surface TFM*
TFDM Electronic
Flight Data*
TFDM
System
Consolidation*
* These TFMS and TFDM capabilities are subject to Final Investment Decision.
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Questions and Answers
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Distinct Role of 3Ts
TFMS
Objective
Scope/
Target Area
Planning
Horizon
TBFM
TFDM
 Monitor NAS
 Predict demand\capacity
imbalances
 Balance demand with
capacity
 Sequencing & spacing of airborne
flights
 Merge departures into overhead
stream
 Maximize the use of flow capacity
 Improve tower controller
efficiency for tower operations
 Manage flights on airport
surface
 Improve efficiency of surface
operations.
National and regional
300 nautical miles from a metering
location
Airport surface (runway, taxiway,
ramp)
Strategic TMIs – typically up to
12 hours
Tactical – typically up to 90 minutes
Strategic surface planning– up to
4 hours
Tactical – typically up to 90
minutes
Tactical – up to 60 minutes
Main
Operational
Users
ATCSCC TFMs
ARTCC TMU TMCs
Airport TMU TMC\Supervisor
Non FAA NAS users
ATCSCC TFMs
ARTCC TMU TMCs
TRACON TMU TMCs
Airport TMU TMCs
Airport tower controllers
Airport TMU TMC\Supervisor
Non FAA NAS users
TMI Control
Mechanism
• Delay flights on the ground
• Reroute flights to a less
congested area
• Time based metering
• Delay flights on the ground
• Delay flights at the gate
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