What The Future Holds…

1. Traffic Growth New Business Models New Airframes & Materials UAVs New CNS Technologies, RNP/RNAV Distributed Information Sharing Role & Responsibility Changes What The Future Holds… TRACON Complexity TFM Under Uncertainty Image: John Baldock

2. How Do We Certify Software in The “Web 2.0” Era • The Web is the “platform” • Web services, Service-Oriented Architectures • Data as the driving force • Net-centricity – architecture of participation • Leveraging the “long tail” • The end of the software adoption cycle – “the perpetual beta” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

3. Software Is Increasingly Playing Critical Roles in Decision Making En Route Transition • Responsibility for problem prediction moves from controller to automation • Controllers resolve problems with automated resolution assistance • Routine ATC tasks are automated • Problems are predicted and resolved strategically • Time-based metering used to manage traffic to constrained resources • Automation assists with sequencing, merging, and spacing • En route flow management directives smooth transition Terminal • Automated, high-precision operations with RNP/RNAV routes • Additional routes to increase flexibility, efficiency, and capacity

4. The Controller Is No Longer the “Backup”

5. IMC Merging and Spacing Continuous Descent Approach ADS-B: Transforming Both the Aircraft Role and the Surveillance Infrastructure CDTI Assisted Visual Separation Approach

6. The National Airspace System (NAS): A “Complex” System 18,292 Public & Private Airports 50,000 Airport Operations per day 700,000,000 Passengers per year 15,000 Controllers 125 Billion Revenue Passenger Miles per year 600,000+ Active Pilots 36,000 Systems 280,000 Aircraft 20 En Route Centers 130,000 En Route Operations per day 171 TRACONs