Research and Technology Program

1. Higher Volume Operations at Non-towered/Non-Radar Airports
   • Beat the one-in-one out rule.
   • Simultaneous operations by multiple aircraft.
   • Reliable access to more destinations through more efficient use of airspace.
2. Lower Landing Minimums at Minimally Equipped Airports
   • Reduce ceiling and visibility requirements for landing.
   • More landing facilities available in reduced visibility weather.
   • Demonstrate precision guidance at any landing facility with multiple curved approach options.
   • Minimum land acquisition, lighting, & airport based landing system.
   • Dynamic approaches to any runway.
   • Collaborative-sequencing and self-separation.
   • Airborne internet communications.
   • Weather, traffic, and local approach information transmitted to the cockpit for display on screen.
3. Increased Single-Pilot Crew Safety and Mission Reliability
   • Demonstrate single-pilot safety, precision operations, and mission reliability.
   • Software enabled controls – Highway-in-the-Sky Guidance – Synthetic Vision.
   • Demonstrate single-pilot safety equal to 2 pilot ATP crew on conventional instrumentation.
4. Safe Integration of SATS Equipped Aircraft into the NAS
   • Integrate SATS equipped aircraft into enroute traffic flows and controlled airspace.
   • Use of Automated Flightpath Management Systems (on-board air traffic intelligence).
   • Use of Airspace Simulation Modeling and Systems Analysis Techniques.
   • Goal is demonstration of increased mobility and throughput without sacrificing capacity.

1. Establish Flight Test Bed.
   • Equip selected airports with electronic infrastructure.
   • Begin airport terrain, digital mapping, and dynamic approach projects.
   • Initiate DGPS/WAAS integrity monitor & dynamic TERPS integration.
   • Begin FAA & ATC Coordination.
2. Equip SE SATSLab Aircraft with experimental avionics packages and communications technologies
   • Installation of experimental advanced glass cockpit technologies.
   • Integrate Airport/Aircraft technology with Real Time ATC Lab and SATS Simulator.
3. Establish SATS Command and Control Centers
   • Daytona Operations Center.
   • Tallahassee Operations Center.
   • Mini-Ops Centers at other sites.
   • Central data collection and operational control.
   • Establish Flight Test bed.
4. Conduct Benchmarking, Instrument and Procedural check flights, preparatory to proof-of-concept experiments.
5. Administration, Planning, and Execution of SATSLab 2003 Experiments, 2005 Demonstrations, Research, Analysis and Reporting.

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