International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 22-25, 2001 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / This paper presents a progress report on Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) avionic system test
activities at the Air Force Flight Test Center. In many parts of the world today the continuing growth of
commercial air traffic is running up against limits brought on by overuse of aviation resources. Air
corridors in Europe and on transoceanic air routes are operating at maximum capacity. Civil Aviation
Authorities (CAAs) are working these challenges on two levels—near-term incremental improvements
and long-term visionary changes. Each country has a CAA; ours being the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA). Near-term solutions focus on better utilization of resources such as air space and
frequency spectrum and improved performance of air traffic control facilities. Long-term visionary
changes, such as free flight, could fundamentally change the current civil aviation business process
model. CAA policies and standards are driving near-term improvements and migration toward long-term
objectives. This initiative is referred as Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic
Management (CNS/ATM). Implementation of the U.S. military’s vision, Global Reach/Global Power,
requires the ability to rapidly deploy armed forces to major regional conflicts anywhere in the world,
and to sustain these forces for as long as it takes to resolve these conflicts. To achieve this goal and
accomplish rapid deployments while at the same time minimizing costs, the Air Force has adopted a
solution that makes extensive use of CNS/ATM. The Air Force calls its initiative Global Air Traffic
Management (GATM). Air Force aircraft equipped with GATM avionics will be able to use CNS/ATM
capabilities such as reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM), 8.33 kHz data links, automatic
dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B), and global communication networks. These capabilities
make possible improved flight safety, lower fuel costs, and quicker turn times. The Air Force Flight Test
Center supports the GATM initiative by providing Air Traffic Control (ATC) Communications Test
Facilities and Avionic System Test (ACTFAST) capabilities to support aircraft modification programs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/606465 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Switzer, Earl R., Fleishans, Amy D. |
| Contributors | Edwards Air Force Base |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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