Inflight Operations
Oceanic Separation Standards. The Volpe Center will provide technical and management support to the FAA/Oceanic Integrated Product Team activities directed toward increasing the traffic capacity of oceanic airspace and improving the efficiency of operations. This will be accomplished by reducing both the vertical and horizontal separation standards. The Center will perform data collection and analysis tasks required to support new separation standards and will support the FAA in the standards approval process and the associated international activities.
Flight Operations and Air Traffic Management Integration (FTMI). The Volpe Center will support the FAA's effort to develop the technology for the integration of flight management systems (FMS) with the airline aeronautical operational control (AOC) system and the air traffic management system (ATM). The tasks will be focused on assessing near and long term interface capabilities and requirements of the air and ground systems. The Volpe Center will perform the following tasks: (1) support the implementation of the FAA-Boeing Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) on defining the integrated ATM-FMS architecture of the future; (2) design and execute a simulation test plan for an oceanic in-trail climb (ITC), maneuver; (3) develop and implement plans for conducting cost-benefit analyses of candidate ATM-FMS integrated flight operations and ATM procedures and Oceanic Development Facility simulation experiments; and (4) perform other activities as needed in support of the FTMI Program office.
