Conference Agenda

Transition to the New CNS/ATM

• Why do we need the new CNS/ATM ?
• What are the hurdles to overcome ?
• IATA strategic role in CNS/ATM implementation
• How to secure the return on investment

Günther Matschnigg is the Vice President, Operations & Infrastructure, IATA. Prior to joining IATA as Vice President, Operations & Infrastructure in September 1999 Günther Matschnigg was Vice President Maintenance Organisation Austrian Airlines for almost 4 years. Prior to that he was Deputy Head of Technical and Operational Affairs in the Federal Ministry of Transport for a period of 15 years. He is a member of the JAA Maintenance and JAA-Joint Maintenance Committees. He holds an ICAO Type Maintenance Engineer Licence with ratings A340, A320, B767, B737, F70 as well as a Commercial Pilot's Licence.

Transition to Datalink

• FAA Datalink programme
• Transition challenges
• Anticipated national and global benefits of Datalink

Steven Zaidman has served in several key executive positions with the Federal Aviation Administration in his 21-year career with the agency, and was appointed FAA's Associate Administrator for Research and Acquisitions. In this capacity, Mr. Zaidman heads a 2,000 member organization divided between FAA Washington headquarters and the FAA's William J. Hughes Technical Center at Atlantic City, N.J. This organization is primarily responsible for designing and upgrading the infrastructure of the National Airspace System (NAS).

Datalink Implementation in Europe
Geoffrey Bailey, ppt
Head Communications Unit European Air Traffic Management Programme, EUROCONTROL

Services Evaluation Results

• Programme of Work
• Findings (Benefits and Issues)
• Implications/Recommendations for Future Systems

Gary Colledge has worked in the field of datalink development since joining NATS in 1989. The emphasis of his work has been the implementation and evaluation of trials systems and simulators, these range from the VHF Oceanic Clearance Message delivery system, through Mode S trials, ADS/CPDLC simulation, to the integration and performance analysis of the ADS Europe system. In 1997 he was appointed as the NATS EOLIA Project Manager and is now responsible for Applications and Systems projects within the department.

Mark Green joined NATS in 1997, since then he has been involved in datalink related work, including simulations exploring the use of ADS & CPDLC on the North Atlantic, EOLIA evaluation activities, and more recently Air Derived Data studies and trials. Prior to joining NATS, Mark trained and worked as an En-route controller at the Maastricht UAC. He has also worked on avionics projects, examining the emulation of Flight Management Systems.

FAA Future Air/Ground Communications Architecture

• Overview of future FAA communications architecture
• Voice switching
• Next generation voice/data services & transitional issues
• CPDLC/ATN implementation acquisition programmes

In March 2000, Jim Williams was appointed to lead the FAA Communications Integrated Product Team (IPT). This team has the responsibility to develop, procure, and install all air/ground communications services for the FAA. Specific programs currently in process are: Voice Switching Modernization and Expansion, Voice Recorder Modernization, Air/Ground Voice System Sustainment and Expansion, Next Generation Air/Ground Communications Services, and Aeronautical Data Link Communications.

The EUROCONTROL Petal II Trial

• Objectives and aims of the PETAL II Trial
• Overview of the PETAL II Trial
• Evaluation of Datalink based operational procedures
• Current status

Rob Mead is currently the Manager of the Eurocontrol Petal II trial. He has been involved in the development of ground/ground and air/ground data communications for ATS since 1990. Previous to that, he had, ten years experience as operational RC-135 aircrew and an operations analyst in the United States Air Force.

FANS 1/A and ATN Data Link: An Avionics Perspective

• Data Link System Performance Requirements
• FANS-1/A Implementation
• Evolution to ATN
• Operation and Certification Issues

Bob Kerr is current the Manager, CNS/ATM Business Development, Honeywell (Phoenix, Arizona). He has worked in the avionics industry since 1979, and during this time has been involved in the development of Flight Management systems for several commercial aircraft types, TCAS and Mode-S transponders, and the Data Link system for the Boeing 777.Most recently, he has been Honeywell’s Management representative in the ACI LLC Joint Venture, involved in the development of the ATN protocols and applications software. He continues to be closely involved with the deployment of the ATN within Honeywell and ACI.

Airbus Interoperable Modular -Future Air Navigation System (AIM FANS) Implementation Strategy/Plans

• FANS A experiences
• Airbus plans for ATN implementation : FANS B
• Transition to ATN
• Certification, HMI

Since 1999, Thomas Fixy has worked with Airbus Industrie as a Senior Engineer Cockpit Avionics on FANS implementation in Airbus aircraft. Previously, he was with British Airways in Avionics Enginneering Technical Services and at the Aerospatiale Design Office for CNS/ATM R&D projects.

ATC Centres accommodating ACARS to ATN

• FANS and ATN accommodated in ATC Centres. Industrial solutions
• Towards operational ATN: Industrial trials and projects
• Dual stack ATN
• FANS 1/A demonstration including HMI

René Esser is the Airsys ATM Programme manager with for ATS data link applications in Europe and overseas (May 1998 to present). He is also the Project leader for international Operational and R&D projects concerning data message exchanges over future air/ground data communication means (i.e. FANS & ATN), and the application of these technologies in ground ATC systems. Before working with Airsys ATM, René was for more than five years a project manager and system engineer with the Netherlands National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, in the Air Traffic Management Department.