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The MITRE Corporation’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development he MITRE Corporation’s Center for Advanced MITRE/CAASD adds value to all ATM modernization Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD) programs and helps accomplish national objectives for Tis a federally funded research and development evolving ATM systems to be capable of handling center (FFRDC) sponsored by the Federal Aviation anticipated increases in traffic and greater diversity of Administration (FAA). The MITRE Corporation, a not- aircraft. for-profit national resource provides systems engineering, research and development, and MITRE/CAASD focus areas include: information technology support to governments around the globe. MITRE/CAASD supports the FAA and other • Architecture and System Engineering civil aviation authorities from its facilities in McLean, • Airport Capacity Improvements Virginia, about 20 minutes from Washington, D.C. • Advanced Decision Support Systems • Global Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance • Collaborative Decision Making • Modeling, Simulation, and Advanced Development MITRE/CAASD is committed to working in partnership with civil aviation organizations throughout the world to develop harmonized and integrated systems that promote safe and efficient global air traffic management. Our innovations in areas such as advanced automation systems for controller training, performance-based air traffic management systems for increased controller productivity and increased user benefits, conflict probe and resolution, the application of MITRE/CAASD carries out highly technical engineering Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, Global and operational analyses, system development, and Positioning System modeling, the National Airspace system specification activities to help the FAA and our System Report Card and other performance measuring other civil aviation sponsors around the world, to plan, capabilities, and the Traffic Alert and Collision develop, acquire, and implement new capabilities that Avoidance System (TCAS) have greatly influenced modernize air traffic management (ATM) systems. With current trends in traffic control and management. its long and distinguished history, MITRE/CAASD is MITRE/CAASD's leadership on these and other able to recognize and understand the concerns of our projects is made possible by our unique combination of civil aviation sponsors, especially the need for a safe values and characteristics: an emphasis on quality, and efficient ATM environment in conformance with the integrity, and objectivity; a long-term perspective and standards and recommended practices of the corporate memory; and the merging of operational, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Our technical, and programmatic expertise. analyses and recommendations carefully account for the unique circumstances that characterize each For more information, contact: country's civil aviation posture. We can assist in the Fran Hoover selection and implementation of the best system Information Management Specialist tailored to the local situation. +1.703.983.5912 The MITRE Corporation ● 7515 Colshire Drive ● McLean, VA 22102-7508 USA Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) MITRE For More Information, visit: www.mitrecaasd.org © 2007 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MP070043 Airborne Delegation orecasts for traffic growth in Europe and the components and the ground-based automation system, United States over the next several decades including display inputs/outputs for both, and detailed Fsuggest that solely improving ground systems will procedures for initiating, completing, and terminating a likely come at a high cost to achieve the required given CAAS operation. However, the benefits capacity and provision of services. The development of potentially include a reduced tactical workload for the a close cooperation between ground and airborne controller. This leads to improved system scalability and systems, the use of new procedures, and the shifting of enhanced safety through increased situational roles and responsibilities across system participants awareness and direct cockpit participation in separation provide several avenues to meet this challenge. One decisions. promising option is airborne delegation—a procedure that temporarily delegates separation responsibility Concept Exploration studies of the CAAS concept for a from ground air traffic control to the cockpit under pairwise crossing application and more strategic specific conditions. airborne separation have been conducted by CAASD. Both CAAS concepts were explored in laboratory Recent research by The MITRE Corporation's Center evaluations involving controller and pilot participants. for Advanced Aviation System Development While additional research remains, these early (MITRE/CAASD) recognizes the potential value of evaluations of airborne delegation concepts produced airborne delegation as a distributed means of providing encouraging results. The concepts show promise to be flexible alternative solutions for future National Airspace both operationally feasible and to deliver benefits to the System (NAS) operations that leverages evolving NAS. avionics and surveillance technology. Concurrently, the research also recognizes the value in maintaining an For more information, contact: overall centralized picture for efficient planning and Fran Hoover control of operations, mainly those during peaks in Information Management Specialist traffic demand. +1.703.983.5912 Similar to the current visual separation application, the Controller-Assigned Airborne Separation (CAAS) concept relies on certified airborne components aboard the maneuvering aircraft to perform “electronic” visual separation. Specifically, to achieve separation it identifies a target aircraft and generates headings. CAAS enables a controller to authorize such an equipped aircraft to achieve and maintain separation from the designated target aircraft. The delegation of responsibility is temporary and specific to the encounter. The controller would continue to provide separation from all other traffic and any other hazards. Once the flight crew accepts the CAAS-based clearance to avoid the other aircraft, they accept responsibility for separation for that operation. CAAS imposes requirements for both the airborne The MITRE Corporation ● 7515 Colshire Drive ● McLean, VA 22102-7508 USA Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) MITRE For More Information, visit: www.mitrecaasd.org © 2007 The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MP05W0268R1 Airports he MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced procedures. MITRE/CAASD has focused its technical Aviation System Development (MITRE/CAASD), resources to create methodologies that will help Ta federally funded research and development existing airports best utilize available resources. For centers sponsored by the United States Federal example, MITRE/CAASD has developed procedures for Aviation Administration (FAA), has extensive simultaneous approaches to parallel runways that experience supporting efforts throughout the global permit reduced separation between the runways aviation community in addressing many of the issues without sacrificing safety. We have also developed new facing the planners and designers of tomorrow's procedures for simultaneous approaches to converging airports. In our state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, we runways and triple-parallel approaches. These capacity use modeling, simulation, and rapid prototyping to enhancements often minimize delay and resolve analyze problems and propose solutions to meet environmental issues. customer requirements. MITRE/CAASD has extensive experience with the use Airport Analysis. We have in our laboratories of models that analyze and predict aircraft acoustic sophisticated analysis tools that help airport planners profiles or contours ("noise"). Our studies often include and designers evaluate complicated issues. We can long-term acoustic contour predictions for a number of perform modeling analyses to study the relationships alternative air traffic demand scenarios. Furthermore, between key operations. We have the capability to our analyses do not conclude with the evaluation of the design integrated processes to enhance capacity while situation. We suggest alternatives to diminish the noise is kept to a minimum and to support airport severity of the problem. One such example was a concepts of the future. We have extensive experience comprehensive analysis for Aéroports de Paris (ADP) to support the design and evaluation of airport to evaluate the impact of new runway construction and command and control centers. Our staff includes airport future traffic at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. designers, air traffic controllers, pilots, and airport managers. Conclusion. We are qualified to support a great variety of projects, including development, operational and Airport Capacity, Delay, and Noise Modeling. technical analyses, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit Defining and measuring capacity is an extraordinarily analyses. In addition, we can develop hardware and complex problem because of the numerous variables software specifications, perform technical evaluation of involved in the process of measuring the maximum bids, and supervise project implementation. We have throughput of a single runway (or a runway system) at a demonstrated our capabilities through many United given airport. MITRE/CAASD developed many of the States projects, including such major