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A Technology Partnershipfor the New Millennium

Randy Stevens

Office of Aviation Research

68th NASAO Annual Convention

September 20, 1999

Enhancing Aviation SafetyEnhancing Aviation SafetyThroughThrough

Research & DevelopmentResearch & Development

A Technology Partnershipfor the New Millennium

By 2007, reduce U.S. aviation fatal accident rate by 80% from 1996

levels.

NATIONAL GOAL

A Technology Partnershipfor the New Millennium

Success Depends on

Development and Deployment of

Aviation Weather Products Human Factors Research Products Airport Safety Technologies Aircraft Safety Technologies

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Hazardous Weather Avoidance

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Future Weather Information ProductsFuture Weather Information Products

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Human Factors Research ThrustsHuman Factors Research Thrusts

MaintenanceMaintenance

Training EffectivenessTraining Effectiveness

Human/Automation IntegrationHuman/Automation Integration

Human Error ModelingHuman Error Modeling

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Airport Pavement Research

Airport Safety Research

Airport Planning and Design

Airport Technology Research Focus

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Airport Pavement Research

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Crash and Fire Rescue

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Runway Friction Surveys

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Soft Ground Arrestor System

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Runway Incursion Reduction

Provide real time seamless surface coverage, conflict alerting, and identification

Information sharing with ATC, pilots, vehicle operators, airport operations center, emergency units, etc.

Runway and taxiway lighting, signage, and markings

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Visual Guidance

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Wildlife Control

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Synthetic VisionSynthetic Vision

Turbulence Detection & MitigationTurbulence Detection & Mitigation

Health ManagementHealth Management

Operations ManagementOperations Management

Aircraft Safety TechnologiesAircraft Safety Technologies

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Synthetic Vision Technology

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TurbulenceTurbulenceResearchResearchThrustsThrusts

Space-based DetectionNowcasts / Forecasts Time (min.)

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Onboard Turbulence Detection

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Health ManagementHealth ManagementHealth Management - Propulsion System - Airframe Structure - Flight Systems

Flt Critical Sys Design - Design Correctness - Fault Tolerance - Functional Integrity

VHF Data Link

• Prognostics to Flight Crew

• Fault & Failure Diagnostics to Ground Crew

Satellite Link

• Fault & Failure Data to Manufacturer

• Fault & Failure Data to Control System

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Aviation Operational PerformanceMonitoring

Example: Example: Targeted QueriesTargeted Queries

Search anySearch anyportion of the portion of the databasedatabase prescribed byprescribed bythe user the user

for any patternfor any patternof flight of flight parametersparameters defined by defined by the user.the user.

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Proliferating SoftwareProliferating Software

Digital SystemsDigital Systems

Capacity GrowthCapacity Growth

GA High FlyersGA High Flyers

Aging AircraftAging Aircraft

“Plan for the Problems of an Evolving Airspace”

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Make every flight the equivalent of clear-day operationsMake every flight the equivalent of clear-day operations Accurately detect and provide sufficient alerts for severe Accurately detect and provide sufficient alerts for severe

turbulenceturbulence Bring real-time graphical weather into the cockpitBring real-time graphical weather into the cockpit Improve the human/machine integration in design, Improve the human/machine integration in design,

operations, and maintenanceoperations, and maintenance Track the long-term and real-time health of on-board Track the long-term and real-time health of on-board

systemssystems Continuously monitor and assess Continuously monitor and assess allall the data from the data from everyevery

flight for both known and unknown issuesflight for both known and unknown issues Prepare for future issuesPrepare for future issues

Technology Strategies for Aviation Safety