# Presentation: 516822

## NGATS Institute Steve Fisher, Executive Director January 2006

***NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM***

## Unique Private Sector Engagement

**Vision 100 --- Public Law 108-176 mandates a joint government-private sector partnership**
**Completely transform the current NAS into a Next Generation Air Transportation System**
**NGATS will be developed primarily on “user” driven requirements**
**Establishes a formal private sector organization to work ****collaboratively**** with the government development team --- NGATS Institute**
**Consolidates efforts by six Federal agencies into a focused single design and development program**
**FAA, NASA, DOT, DOD, DHS, DOC**
**Pooled resources (budget funding)**
**Shared resources (staffing)**
**Influence ongoing programs and technology development**
**Partnership to provide synergy, feature dynamic interaction**
**Provide funding to support specific JPDO tasking**

## Opportunities for Engagement

**All individuals are eligible to participate (domestic and foreign)**
**Includes any existing qualified committees, groups and entities**
**Private Sector “Board of Directors”**
**15major civil aviation associations --- Institute Management Council (IMC) oversees Institute operations and support to JPDO**
**Commercial, GA, Public Safety, Passengers, Academia, Airports, State Aviation, Manufacturers, pilots, controllers**
**Executive Committee (AIA, ATA, ALPA, AOPA, ATCA. JPDO)**
**Represent all aviation users and communities of interest**
**Individual Participation opportunities:**
**Integrated Product Teams (IPT’s)**
**Working on the future capabilities development**
**“****grass roots”; bottoms-up planning and development**
**Over 230 private sector participants to date**
**Over 70 different companies and non-government organizations represented**
**JPDO identifies specific needs & Institute provides specific private sector resources (funded) **
**Studies and Technical Analyses**
**Research**
**Applied Technology Demonstrations**
**Other working groups and study teams as requested**

## NGATS Institute Users Perspectives

**Emphasizes the need for users input and expectations to drive NGATS development via products and planning from JPDO:**
- New Concepts of Operations and Operational Improvements
- Satellite-based air traffic management and navigation
- Innovative aircraft technology
- Based upon user business model concepts (economic ROI)
- Support a system capable of supporting 3X current capacity
**Greater commercial passenger access via under utilized regional and smaller airports**
**Greater GA and small aircraft transportation system development**
**Greater security with less intrusion**
**Shared situational awareness and network enabled information systems**

## How the Institute Supports User Involvement

**Direct representation and access:**
**Executive Director member of JPDO management team (MIPT)**
**Institute Management Council (Private Sector Board of Directors)**
**Individual participation**
**Special groups and situational involvement**
**Institute website (http://www.ncat.com/ngats/index.html)**
**Two way communication with specific groups (such as National Safe Skies Alliance and State/Regional Transportation associations and committees)**
**Competitive awards for special studies and operational opportunities (full and open)**
_**Goal is to ensure full and open access to NGATS Development process**_

## 2007 Activities

**Kick off Backup SATNAV analysis for Agile Air Traffic Management IPT**
**NATCA joins IMC Board**
**CONOPS to be established by spring.**
**Institute staff conducting a status and performance review of private sector participation on the IPTs.**
**Identify and remedy gaps in user community participation**
**Strengthen collaboration and subject matter expertise**
**Enhance overall private sector engagement**
**Implement recommendations developed by IMC Action Team review**
**Anticipate six new funded task requests in 2007**
**Emergency Management Operations (Security IPT)**
**Terminal area aircraft sequencing (Environment and Agile ATM IPTs)**
**Information sharing (Shared Situational Awareness IPT)**
**Weather benefits (Weather IPT)**
**Spectrum Analysis (Agile ATM IPT)**
**Operational Safety Analysis (Safety IPT)**
**Transition from development planning to pre-implementation**
**Operational tests and evaluation of applied capabilities**
**Focus on mid-term goals and objectives**
**Identify  and execute projects and early operational opportunities that support transition from current NAS to NGATS**
**Increased emphasis on Airports and Airport infrastructure requirements to support a 3X capacity goal**