[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 23329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09137]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aircraft Access to SWIM Working Group Meeting
Meeting Announcement: Thursday, May 16, 2013, From 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. FAA Headquarters, 800 Independence Ave. SW., Washington DC
20591, Bessie Coleman Room (Second Floor).
Open Meeting
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invites federal
employees, aviation professionals and all others interested in FAA
NextGen technologies to attend and participate in an Aircraft Access to
SWIM Working Group Meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 16, 2013 from
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Bessie Coleman Room (Second Floor) at the
FAA Headquarters Building in Washington DC To attend and follow
security procedures, participants must register for the meeting by
sending an email to [email protected] with the following
information: Name, Company, Phone Number, U.S. Citizen (Y/N). RSVPs to
Corey Muller are required by COB May 1, 2013.
Aircraft Access to SWIM
The FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)
program is a comprehensive modernization of our National Airspace
System (NAS). It is intended to provide new aviation capabilities for
both users and operators by improving aviation safety, system capacity
and throughput.
The FAA's System Wide Information Management (SWIM) program is one
of seven transformational programs of the NextGen portfolio. SWIM is
designed to utilize a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to exchange
aviation data and services without the restrictive, time consuming and
expensive process of developing unique interfaces for the multitude of
systems and equipment used by the NAS.
The Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS) initiative is the airborne
component of the SWIM SOA. AAtS will allow aircraft to exchange
operational information such as: weather, airport information, and
other services during all phases of flight. This AAtS capability is
significant in that near real time NAS data will now be available to
support strategic and tactical traffic management and flight
operations.
AAtS will provide aircraft with a means to obtain a common
collection of aeronautical services provided from multiple sources.
These sources include the FAA, DHS, NWS, and other information sources
to create a shared aviation information environment. The AAtS
initiative will utilize commercial air/ground network providers'
infrastructure to exchange data between aircraft and the NAS ground
facilities. The FAA in collaboration with industry users will define
the set of operational and technical requirements that will be used to
drive that infrastructure.
The AAtS initiative will facilitate common situational awareness
between the aircraft flight crews and traffic managers, which will
result in better decision making and more efficient NAS operations.
AAtS will work to ensure safe, secure, dependable, and hassle-free
travel; while reducing energy use, emissions and the impact of aviation
on the environment.
Paul Fontaine,
Director, Advanced Concepts and Technology Development, Federal
Aviation Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-09137 Filed 4-17-13; 8:45 am]
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