Attachment A- Problem Statement.pdf

Oceanic ATM 2035 Vision Problem Statement

A. PURPOSE

The purpose of this Problem Statement is to solicit industry for their innovative ideas and recommendations regarding technologies, concepts, capabilities, solutions, business models, etc.

through market research activities to help achieve the goals that the FAA is considering, as described below. This input will help in the development of an FAA oceanic 2035 vision and strategy.

B. BACKGROUND

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for the provision of Air Traffic Management (ATM) services in parts of international airspace over the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans under authority from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The figure below highlights the areas of oceanic airspace in which the FAA is responsible for providing ATM services in New York Oceanic Flight information Region (FIR), Oakland Oceanic FIR, Anchorage Oceanic FIR, and Anchorage Arctic FIR.

The FAA is developing a vision for the evolution of oceanic ATM operations, procedures, policy, and automation. As a leader in the global aviation community, the FAA is defining the 2035 oceanic vision, which will guide the evolution of operations and procedures to deliver new user and Air Traffic Service

Provider (ATSP) benefits in the near, mid, and far term, using primarily procedural separation, with tactical operations employed when advantageous. The FAA will use the vision to drive plans and engage with the global aviation community to build consensus and ensure that the intended operations, benefits, and procedures address the operational needs and perspectives. The FAA will collaborate with key stakeholders, including adjacent ATSPs, airspace users, and industry to evolve and achieve this vision.

This effort will explore, leverage, and influence modern and emerging communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) technologies; smart automation; collaborative decision making; trajectory coordination; and current and future separation standards.

C. Goals for Oceanic ATM 2035 Vision

The FAA is considering the following goals for their Oceanic ATM 2035 Vision. Please provide additional goals your company believes the FAA should consider.

• Maintain or enhance safety of oceanic flights;

• Maximize efficiency and capacity of the oceanic airspace, balancing competing airspace user needs and airspace constraints;

• Enhance international harmonization to enable efficient traffic flows across boundaries;

• Reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions and/or flight time by maximizing each flight’s ability to achieve optimal four-dimensional (4D) trajectory (including altitudes and speeds) as desired by airspace users;

• Enable airspace users to plan and load fuel most efficiently for each oceanic flight through improvements in predictability of their preferred 4D trajectories;

• Consider and accommodate new and developing ICAO-approved separation standards for oceanic airspace;

• Increase use of oceanic ATM automation and machine learning enabling ATM automation to handle more tasks while ensuring controller situation awareness;

• Plan for robust contingency procedures and continuity of operations;

• Minimize costs of services and infrastructure to FAA and to the airspace users;

• Fully leverage aircraft and ATSP equipage to provide operational benefits;

• Efficiently and flexibly handle wind and convective weather impacts on oceanic flights and flows;

• Integrate new entrants’ operations into oceanic airspace while minimizing impacts on both legacy operators and new entrants (e.g., commercial space launches, unmanned aircraft, and unmanned balloons); and

• Ensure security of Oceanic ATM system, CNS services, and infrastructure.

D. FAA’s Request for Industry Input – Part 1: Innovative Ideas to Inform the FAA’s Oceanic ATM 2035 Vision

The FAA is requesting industry to respond with innovative ideas to inform the FAA’s development of the Oceanic ATM 2035 Vision that meets the goals under consideration. Industry can reply with ideas related to any or all of the topics below. At a minimum, each response should include rationale for why the idea is innovative, what the expected benefits are, and ideas for implementation. The FAA has not provided details or examples so that industry is not constrained or fixed on specific solutions. These are not intended to be all-inclusive, and the FAA welcomes additional ideas and considerations.

• Modern infrastructure, automation architectures, and advanced software capabilities for ATM systems.

• Data management and use.

• New air/ground communications technologies that meet current and future required communication performance defined by ICAO.

• New surveillance technologies that meet current and future required surveillance performance defined by ICAO.

• New navigation technologies that meet current and future required navigation performance defined by

ICAO.

• New business models to improve FAA’s ability to provide oceanic ATM services and implement new capabilities.

• Improved capabilities to accommodate changes to the oceanic ATM environment.

• Innovative methods or capabilities to address other complexities of the operational environment.

E. FAA’s Request for Industry Input – Part 2: Industry Challenge

The FAA is also seeking industry’s input on ideas for consideration on any of the following topics from Sections C and D above. The FAA is looking for input in establishing an industry challenge based upon the following:

• Structuring of a challenge;

• Expected format of input (e.g. prototype, demonstration of ideas or written report);

• Feasibility of demonstrating a proposed solution;

• Feasibility of providing a prototype that can be evaluated by operational personnel;

• FAA funding required, if any, to demonstrate your proposed idea/solution, or for participation in a challenge; and

• Preference for a monetary award and/or incentive structure.