Federal Aviation

Administration

FAA GBAS
Implementation

Carlos Rodriguez
GBAS Program Manager
ICAO GBAS Implementation Meeting
Paris, France
March 18, 2010
 FAA Completed System Design Approval of
Honeywell SLS 4000 in September 2009

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 CAT I Activities
• Operational Implementation
– GBAS implementation at Newark GLS RWY 29

• First Flight TBD (April/May)

• Continental taking delivery of GBAS capable 737NG (13 in March)
– GBAS implementation at Memphis
• Memphis system updates completed February 2010
• Site acceptance/Flight Inspection planned March 2010
– Potential for early GBAS implementation for Guam and Houston
• Guam – Congressional Inquiry
• Houston as an additional airport to establish city pair for Continental operations (Option:
move MEM GBAS to HOU late 2010)
• CAT I Optimization of Monitors and Algorithms
• Monitor SLS 4000 performance
– FAATC Monitors in EWR, ACY
– GPS Anomalous Event Monitor (GAEM)

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FAA CAT I GBAS Implementation
• CAT I GBAS as a Non-Fed system
– Systems operated and owned by Airports
• Procedures development for public
procedures by FAA (straight-in)
• Flight Inspection by FAA Flight Inspection
aircraft

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GBAS CAT I Approval
• To be approved by FAA, system or equipment must be shown to
meet ICAO, FAA and/or other (e.g. RTCA) recognized standard.
• The baseline for the FAA GBAS is the FAA GBAS Specification
2937a

SYSTEM DESIGN FACILITY APPROVAL SERVICE APPROVAL

APPROVAL
System Safety Installation Requirements Aircraft Installation
Assessment Local SRMD (installation) Approval
System Engineering MoA/O&M Manual ATC Training
Software Design Operator training Pilot Training
Assurance
Complex Hardware Flight Procedures Instrument Flight Criteria
Design Flight Inspection Flight Procedures
System Level Verification Local SRMD (operations)
Commercial Instruction
Book
Training Material Review
System SRMD
Operational Evaluation

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 Key Components/Considerations of the
FAA Facility/Service Approval
• Installation Requirements
• Environmental
• Safety Risk Management
• Security
• Spectrum
Facility Approval
• Test and Evaluation,
• O&M Manual
• Maintenance training
• Flight Procedure Development
• Flight Inspection
• Aircraft Installation Approval
• ATC Training
• Pilot Training Service Approval
• Instrument Flight Criteria
• Flight Procedures
• Local SRMD (operations)

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CAT II/III Requirements Development

• ICAO/RTCA coordination CAT III SARPS/MASPS

• FAA Specification
– ICAO is scheduled to “freeze” standards by Spring 2010
– FAA draft ground specification will be harmonized with these
standards
• GBAS CAT III CONOPS
• Draft CAT III Requirements Validation Plan
• CAT-III Prototype LGF and Avionics by 2010/11
– Prototype CAT III ground facility contract
– Validate CAT III avionics interoperability
– Validate Implementation of the Integrity Design and
Allocation

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Summary
• Complete CAT I operational implementation at
Memphis and Newark
• Continue work to support NextGen strategies
• Finalize CAT III standards for user equipment and
avionics
• Develop CAT III ground facility prototype, CAT III
avionics prototype to validate requirements and
interoperability
• Prepare AMS documentation for acquisition decision

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