by: date: federal aviation administration nextgen overview storyboard 10 th annual verification...
TRANSCRIPT
By:
Date:
Federal AviationAdministrationNextGen
OverviewStoryboard
10th Annual Verification & Validation Summit
Harry William Bilicki
September 24th, 2015
Federal AviationAdministration
2
Lead Up to Today
• Initially, a Topic for Main Agenda• Then, Set-up Storyboard Demonstration• Next, a Featured Topic for our “new”
V&V Modeling & Simulation Workshop• Finally, Pushed off the Workshop Agenda!
Yay for Harry!!
Federal AviationAdministration
3
Second Thoughts …
• Previous Work – ATCA Demonstration– Positive Feedback– New Programs,
Capabilities, and Customers
• Current Progress– TBFM, ERAM, STARS– ADS-B, ASDE-X,– SWIM
Federal AviationAdministration
4
Other Concerns …
• National Academy of Sciences Report (2015)
– “That the System Architecture is not well-developed, was hard to discern…”
– Assurance that Verification and Validation considerations are incorporated early in architecture
– Build an Architecture Community with growing diversity of thought, perspective and knowledge
Federal AviationAdministration
5
We are not Alone …• Investigate What Other Folks are Doing
– ITEA, IEEE Meetings & Conferences– Research DoD & Industry
Federal AviationAdministration
6
All Things Considered …
• Message to Tell About Our NextGen Storyboard– Simplify & Communicate:
“How Our Technologies Work”– Build a Community that Can:
“Tell Our Story”
We are taking on a difficult challenge and can lead the way!
Federal AviationAdministration
Understanding the NAS• Current Infrastructure
– Old Reliable Technologies (e.g. Radar, Radios)– New NextGen Technologies & Concepts
(e.g. Time Based Flow Management, TBO, UAS)– Complex, Evolving, System-of-Systems Architecture
7
Federal AviationAdministration
8
Challenges• Diagrams are Hard to Understand
– NAS Simplified (Current & Future)– Operational Views (OVs)
• Documentation is Voluminous– Concept of Operations – Concept of Use (x Number of Programs)– Requirement, Design, Test– Implementation, etc, etc, etc …
• Now - How to Simplify?
Federal AviationAdministration
9
Approach• Layout Major Elements
– Programs & Capabilities– Relevant Infrastructure (Facilities & Networks)– Phase of Flight (Surface, Terminal, En Route)
• Figure Out - How it Works?– Concept of Operations– Major Message Flow– Sequence of Events
• Make it Come to Life!– No Static Pictures!!
Federal AviationAdministration
10
Solutions• Low Fidelity Animation
– Overview & Detail– Standardize ICONs, Eliminate Clutter!!
• Subject Matter Experts– Wealth of Knowledge– Every Domain, Program, Capability (2+)
• Test Laboratories– Conduct “Live” Scenarios of Functions,
Features, and Capabilities
Federal AviationAdministration
11
Storyboard Examples• Overview Storyboards
– ASDE-X– Weather
• Detailed Program Information– Text Descriptions– Deployment Maps– Video Files
• Detailed Storyboards– TBFM– ADS-B
Federal AviationAdministration
12
Federal AviationAdministration
13
Storyboard Process• Concept of Operations
– “How it Works”
• Preliminary Design Review
- “Layout of Storyboard”
• Critical Design Review
- “Sequence of Events”• Code Development
-“Build Animation”
• Independent Verification & Validation
Federal AviationAdministration
14
Future Enhancements• Finish Remaining Detailed Storyboards
– TFMS, TFDM, NVS, CSS-Wx, RMLS
• Conduct Voice Overs– Develop Scripts
• Include Additional Capabilities– PBN, ATOP, etc.
• Expand Infrastructure Information on Canvas– Facilities and Networks
Federal AviationAdministration
15
Storyboard Benefits• Verification & Validation
– Concepts, Design, Programs, Capabilities– Enterprise Architecture, NAS Requirements Document
• Training– Basic Understanding of the NAS & NextGen – Concepts, Message Flow, Sequence of Events– Develop Community that “Can Tell Our Story”
Understand OUR Architecture
Communicate How NextGen Works!
Federal AviationAdministration
16