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ICAO Worldwide Symposium on Enabling the ICAO Worldwide Symposium on Enabling the NetNet--Centric Information EnvironmentCentric Information Environment

JPDOJPDO’’s Nets Net--Centric Approach for NextGenCentric Approach for NextGen

02 June, 200802 June, 2008

Montreal, CanadaMontreal, Canada

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Mission Statement

Establish globally compatible information-sharing capabilities

to provide on-demand, real-time knowledge to support

distributed decision-making roles of users, operators, and

service providers. Enable all stakeholders to reach informed

decisions through increased knowledge of current conditions,

plans and events affecting the national airspace system.

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Why Network-Enabled Operations

• Net-Enabled Operations (NEO) is the critical foundation for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)

• The NextGen operational vision calls for: timelytimely, accurateaccurate, and securesecure information sharing across all stakeholders

• Need to share a wide range of data and information concerning aircraft, airport, and airspace operations, along with safety, security, and weather

• Information sharing is at the core root of NEO with a near term focus on two major areas:

- Infrastructure - Services

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A robust, globally interconnected network in which information is shared in a timely and consistent way among users, applications, and platforms during all phases of aviation operations. • Enables shared situational awareness

• Supports air navigation services, airport, and flight operations

• Supports security, safety, environmental, and performance management services

• Supports compliance and regulation oversight

Net-Enabled Infrastructure

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• Real-time free flow of aeronautical information from all sources, integrated internationally

• Push/pull processes according to needs, priorities, and roles

• Common awareness of day-to-day ops, events, crises

• Integrated surveillance data across governmental entities and borders

Core net-enabled services that will allow access in an automated and virtual fashion where a request for information by subscribers is produced, using established protocols and standards.

Net-Enabled Services

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Enterprise-of-Enterprises Approach

Challenges:

• Systems & Network interoperability

• Culture change for operational staff

• Intra- & Inter-Governmental policies are not aligned

ATM operations enabled by NEO’s standards-based systems architecture

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Current NEO Prototype Architecture

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FAA

FAA

DHS DOD

NEO Federated Service BusNEO Federated Service Bus

Inter-Governmental Information Sharing

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Aviation Information Sharing Strategy

Agency Agency Data Sharing Data Sharing Agreements Agreements

(MOU)(MOU)

Liability Liability Issues Issues

SpectrumSpectrum

Governance ModelGovernance Model

Aviation Aviation Information Information

Sharing Sharing StrategyStrategy

Privacy Privacy ProtectionProtection

Information Information Management Management

ExchangeExchange

Standards & Standards & ProtocolsProtocols

Cyber Cyber SecuritySecurity

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Summary

• The technology is ready, policy and operational parts are challenging

• Legacy systems can be made to share information – affordably

• Real-time information sharing with a scalable, extensible architecture is possible

• Showed clear potential for multi-stakeholder operational benefits