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Air Transportation System Automation

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The air transportation system infrastructure is comprised of communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management systems, and is known as the National Airspace System. This chapter describes the current very high-frequency and high-frequency modes of communication, very high-frequency omnidirectional range, distance measuring equipment, and instrument landing systems for navigation/guidance to the aircraft, and primary, as well as secondary radars, for surveillance. The two primary functions of the ground-based air traffic management system, viz. traffic flow management for strategic air traffic planning and air traffic control for safe movement of aircraft, are discussed in detail. This chapter also addresses the limited role of automation in both the aircraft cockpit and the ground-based air traffic management system.

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Abbreviations

2-D:

two-dimensional

3-D:

three-dimensional

AACS:

automated airspace computer system

ABAS:

aircraft-based augmentation system

ACARS:

aircraft communications addressing and reporting system

ACM:

Association for Computing Machinery

ACM:

airport capacity model

ADS-B:

automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast

AFCS:

automatic flight control system

AGL:

above ground level

AOC:

airline operation center

APFDS:

autopilot/flight director system

APV:

approach procedures with vertical guidance

ARSR:

air route surveillance radar

ARTCC:

air route traffic control center

ARTS:

automated radar terminal system

ASAS:

airborne separation assurance system

ASDE:

airport surface detection equipment

ASR:

airport surveillance radar

ATC:

available transfer capability

ATCBI-6:

ARSR are ATC beacon interrogator

ATCSCC:

air traffic control system command center

ATCT:

air traffic control tower

ATIS:

automated terminal information service

ATM:

air traffic management

ATM:

asynchronous transfer mode

ATM:

automatic teller machine

CA:

conflict alert

CAA:

National Civil Aviation Authority

CAASD:

center for advanced aviation system development

CDTI:

cockpit display of traffic information

CFIT:

controlled flight into terrain

CNS:

collision notification system

CNS:

communication, navigation, and surveillance

DHS:

Department of Homeland Security

DME:

distance measuring equipment

DOC:

Department of Commerce

DOT:

US Department of Transportation

DoD:

Department of Defense

EDCT:

expected departure clearance time

EFIS:

electronic flight instrument system

EGNOS:

European geostationary navigation overlay service

ETMS:

enhanced traffic management system

EVS:

enhanced vision system

FAA:

US Federal Aviation Administration

FAF:

final approach fix

FAST:

final approach spacing tool

FCC:

flight control computer

FM:

Fiduccia–Mattheyses

FM:

frequency-modulation

FMC:

flexible manufacturing cell

FMC:

flight management computer

FMCS:

flight management computer system

FMS:

field message specification

FMS:

flexible manufacturing system

FMS:

flight management system

FSS:

flight service station

FTE:

flight technical error

FTE:

full-time equivalent

GAGAN:

GEO augmented navigation

GBAS:

ground-based augmentation system

GDP:

gross domestic product

GDP:

ground delay program

GLS:

GNSS landing system

GNSS:

global navigation satellite system

GPS:

global positioning system

GRAS:

ground regional augmentation system

HCS:

host computer system

HF:

high-frequency

HUD:

heads up display

IAT:

Institut Avtomatiki i Telemekhaniki

IAT:

interarrival time

ICAO:

International Civil Aviation Organization

IFR:

instrument flight rules

ILS:

instrument landing system

ILS:

integrated library system

IMC:

instrument meteorological condition

IMC:

internal model controller

IMM:

interactive multiple model

IR:

infrared

JPDO:

joint planning and development office

LAAS:

local-area augmentation system

LF:

low-frequency

LLWAS:

low-level wind-shear alert system

LNAV:

lateral navigation

LPV:

localizer performance with vertical guidance

MAP:

manufacturing assembly pilot

MAP:

mean arterial pressure

MAP:

missed approach point

MCDU:

multiple control display unit

MIT:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT:

miles in-trail

MSAS:

MTSAT satellite-based augmentation system

MSAW:

minimum safe warning altitude

MSL:

mean sea level

MTSAT:

multifunction transport satellite

McTMA:

multicenter traffic management advisor

NAS:

National Airspace System

NASA:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDB:

nondirectional beacon

OOOI:

on, out, off, in

OSTP:

Office of Science and Technology Policy

PARR:

problem analysis resolution and ranking

PDC:

predeparture clearance

RA:

resolution advisory

RAIM:

receiver autonomous integrity monitoring

RNAV:

area navigation

RNP:

required navigation performance

ROT:

runway occupancy time

RTA:

required time of arrival

SBAS:

satellite-based augmentation system

SESAR:

Single European Sky ATM research

SSR:

secondary surveillance radar

SSV:

standard service volume

STAR:

standard terminal arrival route

STARS:

standard terminal automation replacement system

SVS:

synthetic vision system

TA:

traffic advisory

TACAN:

tactical air navigation

TCAS:

traffic collision avoidance system

TFM:

traffic flow management

TMA:

traffic management advisor

TMU:

traffic management unit

TRACON:

terminal radar approach control

TSE:

total system error

UAT:

universal access transceiver

UHF:

ultrahigh-frequency

URET:

user request evaluation tool

VDL:

VHF digital link

VFR:

visual flight rule

VHF:

very high-frequency

VNAV:

vertical navigation

VOR:

VHF omnidirectional range

VORTAC:

VOR tactical air navigation

WAAS:

wide-area augmentation system

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  1. The MITRE Corporation, Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD), 7515 Colshire Drive McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA, 22102-7508, McLean, VA, USA

    Satish C. Mohleji

  2. Department of Communications and Information Systems, The MITRE Corporation, 7515 Colshire Drive, 22102, McLean, VA, USA

    Dean F. Lamiano

  3. The MITRE Corporation, 7515 Colshire Drive, 22101, McLean, VA, USA

    Sebastian V. Massimini Dr

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Mohleji, S.C., Lamiano, D.F., Massimini, S.V. (2009). Air Transportation System Automation. In: Nof, S. (eds) Springer Handbook of Automation. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78831-7_67

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