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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 50784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18219]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Industry Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is hosting a public 
meeting to conclude the Aircraft Access to System Wide Information 
Management (AAtS) Demonstration project. The meeting will inform flight 
operations stakeholders and information service providers on the 
demonstrated concept, prototype applications developed, and results 
collected throughout the project. This meeting is not a precursor to a 
request for proposal (RFP) or request for offer (RFO). The FAA is not 
seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on August 16, 2016, from 8:00 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at Florida NextGen Test Bed, 
557 Innovation Way, Daytona Beach, FL 32114.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Mulholland, ANG-C52, Technology 
Development and Prototyping, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-7970; 
email: 9-ANG-AAtS@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The FAA's System Wide Information Management (SWIM) program is one 
of the transformational programs of the NextGen portfolio. SWIM 
utilizes 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 numerous systems and 
equipment used by the National Airspace System (NAS).
    On November 17, 2014, the FAA hosted a public meeting for the 
Aircraft Access to System Wide Information Management (AAtS) Phase 2 
Working Group to discuss the operational needs for a capability such as 
AAtS. AAtS is a technology agnostic concept demonstration effort 
conducted by the FAA to improve collaborative decision making by 
establishing the airborne component of the ground based SWIM. AAtS 
leverages rapidly growing air/ground third party service providers' 
infrastructure and technologies such as inflight Internet Protocol (IP) 
Data Link and Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) to exchange non-command and 
control/safety critical information between pilots and other NAS users 
without new equipage mandates.
    To demonstrate feasibility and highlight the future potential of 
connecting aircraft to SWIM, the FAA developed prototype systems and 
applications in collaboration with industry partners and conducted live 
operational demonstrations with airline and business aircraft 
operators. The concept demonstrated by AAtS will help create a shared 
NAS picture and is expected to contribute to increased predictability, 
flexibility, and efficiency through collaborative decision making. The 
FAA will summarize the demonstrations at the August 16, 2016, meeting 
to conclude the AAtS Demonstration project.

Registration

    To attend the meeting, participants must register via email by 
close of business day Tuesday, August 9, 2016. In accordance with 
security procedures, participants must provide the following 
information to 9-ANG-AAtS@faa.gov: Full Name, Company, Phone Number, 
and U.S. Citizen (Y/N).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 20, 2016.
John Maffei,
Director (A), NextGen Portfolio Management and Technology Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-18219 Filed 8-1-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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