Integrated Flight
Information System
(IFIS)
Weather products
Mary Beth Lapis
(319) 295-3045
Dan Gienger
(319) 295-7038
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IFIS
Major Focus Areas
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Improved Situational Awareness - Enhanced Safety
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Electronic Charts – Aircraft Symbol Overlaid
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Real-time Strategic Weather
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FMS maps with geopolitical boundaries, geographical features, Airways, and Airspace
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Improved Cockpit Efficiency
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Eliminate Paper from the cockpit
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Intelligent Integration of Information
Charts and weather on forward displays
FMS flight plan integrated with charts and weather functions
User Interface evaluated, modified, and approved by pilots
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Product Capabilities
Uplink Graphical Weather (On MFD)
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System Architecture
L-MFD
R-MFD
L-CCP
L-CCP
R-CCP
R-CCP
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Upgraded Display
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File Server Unit
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Cursor Control Panel
FSU
IAPS
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Electronic Charts
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Graphical Weather
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Enhanced Map Overlays
(Geopolitical, Airways, Airspace)
Upload Capabilities
ARINC 615-A: FSU Software
and Databases
XMWR-1000
(XM Weather)
= A429
= Ethernet
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Hardware
Software
CPAS
CMU-4000
Datalink for
Universal
Weather
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User Interface CCP-3000
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Dedicated Chart Controls (CHART, ROTATE)
Pan (Joystick) and ZOOM (Charts and XM)
Programmable Quick Access Keys
Menu controls
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MFD - Split Window Formats
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Upper Window
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Lower Window
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OFF
Checklist
FMS text window
Rose (Seldom Enabled)
Arc (Seldom Enabled)
PPOS Map
PLAN Map
GWX Only
Enhance Map Overlay
TCAS only
Universal Weather - Graphical Weather
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Graphical Weather
 Information Service
Provider is Universal
Weather
 Ground-based data
services provided on
a request/reply basis
 Subscriptions
handled by Collins or
Universal Weather
 Offering 3
Subscription plans
for textual and
graphical weather
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Universal Weather - Graphical Weather Products
NEXRAD
Turbulence
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Winds/Temps
Icing
Tops/Movement
Wx Depiction
North Atlantic Winds/temps – FL 390
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European turbulence forecast
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Northern Pacific Turbulence forecast- FL300
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UV Wx International Regions
Winds/temps, Graphical METARS, icing,
turbulence available for:
•USA and 6 sub-regions
•North and South America
•North and South Atlantic
•North and South Pacific
•Africa
•India
•Australia
•Europe
•Asia
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XM Weather - Graphical Weather
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XM Graphical Weather
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Ground-based data services
provided by Baron on a
broadcast basis
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Continuous Feed
All Products Broadcast Every
12 Minutes
Full CONUS Coverage
Automated/Unlimited Updates
(No Request Necessary)
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Geosynchronous Satellites
In Air/On Ground Reception
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XM Radio Services (Satellite
Provider)
Single “GPS Like” Antenna
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XM Weather - Graphical Weather Products
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NEXRAD (1 NM Resolution)
Echo Tops
Graphical and Textual METARs
Graphical and Textual SIGMETs
Textual AIRMETs
Textual TAFs
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XM Weather - Graphical Weather Features
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Integrated User Interface Consists of CCP and AFD (No CDU
Required)
Pan (Similar to Electronic Charts)
3 Zoom Levels
System Utilization Integrated With Collins FMS
NEXRAD Animation (5 frames)
NEXRAD Overlay on PLAN Map
Flight Info Overlay on GWx formats
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Enhanced Map Overlays
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Example Format With
EIS Displayed
Upper Window
 Checklist
Lower Window
 PLAN Map
Geopolitical
NEXRAD
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