Air Navigation and Surveillance
The Air Navigation and Surveillance Division is responsible for advancement of systems and procedures to improve the safety, security, and effectiveness of navigation and surveillance systems for traffic management. We support the FAA, as well as other DOT offices and international entities.
Our division also:
- Performs analyses and conducts tests to determine technical feasibility, operational applicability, and cost effectiveness of improved and new sensors and systems
- Applies new technologies, develops and assesses their impact on programs for upgrading the safety and capacity of existing aviation and other transportation systems
- Conducts development and evaluation of new navigation and surveillance system electronics installed on the ground, in vehicles and in space
- Performs radiowave propagation and interence/jamming analysis
- Utilizes advanced computing and signal processing; systems architecture, operations and management
- Promulgates communications, navigation and surveillance systems, technologies and information to the community with stakeholder outreach and education
Capabilities
- Aircraft/vehicle surveillance system development
- Concept of operation development and impact assessment
- Aircraft navigation/landing system development
- Frequency management standards development
- Aviation-related data base development/management
- Prototype system installation and testing
- Program / project management
Featured Work
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) System
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Gulf of Mexico Service Area
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) and Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) Aircraft Separation Standards Verification
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Service Availability Prediction Tool (SAPT)
- GPS Spectrum Protection for Non-Aviation Applications
- Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP)
- Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) Outage Prediction System (RAIMPrediction.net)
Staff
Contact Us
David Lecraw
Chief, Air Navigation and Surveillance Division
david.lecraw@dot.gov