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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 23329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09137]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft Access to SWIM Working Group Meeting

    Meeting Announcement: Thursday, May 16, 2013, From 1:00 p.m. to 
4:00 p.m. FAA Headquarters, 800 Independence Ave. SW., Washington DC 
20591, Bessie Coleman Room (Second Floor).

Open Meeting

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invites federal 
employees, aviation professionals and all others interested in FAA 
NextGen technologies to attend and participate in an Aircraft Access to 
SWIM Working Group Meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Bessie Coleman Room (Second Floor) at the 
FAA Headquarters Building in Washington DC To attend and follow 
security procedures, participants must register for the meeting by 
sending an email to corey.ctr.muller@faa.gov with the following 
information: Name, Company, Phone Number, U.S. Citizen (Y/N). RSVPs to 
Corey Muller are required by COB May 1, 2013.

Aircraft Access to SWIM

    The FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 
program is a comprehensive modernization of our National Airspace 
System (NAS). It is intended to provide new aviation capabilities for 
both users and operators by improving aviation safety, system capacity 
and throughput.
    The FAA's System Wide Information Management (SWIM) program is one 
of seven transformational programs of the NextGen portfolio. SWIM is 
designed to utilize a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to exchange 
aviation data and services without the restrictive, time consuming and 
expensive process of developing unique interfaces for the multitude of 
systems and equipment used by the NAS.
    The Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS) initiative is the airborne 
component of the SWIM SOA. AAtS will allow aircraft to exchange 
operational information such as: weather, airport information, and 
other services during all phases of flight. This AAtS capability is 
significant in that near real time NAS data will now be available to 
support strategic and tactical traffic management and flight 
operations.
    AAtS will provide aircraft with a means to obtain a common 
collection of aeronautical services provided from multiple sources. 
These sources include the FAA, DHS, NWS, and other information sources 
to create a shared aviation information environment. The AAtS 
initiative will utilize commercial air/ground network providers' 
infrastructure to exchange data between aircraft and the NAS ground 
facilities. The FAA in collaboration with industry users will define 
the set of operational and technical requirements that will be used to 
drive that infrastructure.
    The AAtS initiative will facilitate common situational awareness 
between the aircraft flight crews and traffic managers, which will 
result in better decision making and more efficient NAS operations. 
AAtS will work to ensure safe, secure, dependable, and hassle-free 
travel; while reducing energy use, emissions and the impact of aviation 
on the environment.

Paul Fontaine,
Director, Advanced Concepts and Technology Development, Federal 
Aviation Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-09137 Filed 4-17-13; 8:45 am]
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