Center/TRACON Automation System: Development and Evaluation in the Field

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• Creators:
  Sanford, Beverly D. ; Harwood, Kelly ; Nowlin, Sarah ; Bergeron, Hugh ; Heinriches, Harold ; Wells, Gary and Hart, Marvin
• Corporate Contributors:
  Air Traffic Control Association
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automated radar terminal system
  • Interactive computer systems
  • Field tests
  • Development
  • Research
  • Air Route Control Center (ARTCC)
  • Center-TRACON Automation System (CTAS)
  • Denver (Colorado)
  • Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON)
  • Traffic Management Advisor (TMA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403766
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Air Traffic Controllers Association
• Abstract:
  Technological advances are changing the way that advanced air traffic control ; automation should be developed and assessed. Current standards and practices of ; system development place field testing at the end of the development process. ; While such practices may have been suitable for manual control systems, they are ; becoming quickly outdated for systems that are harnessing advanced information ; technology. The FAA TATCA Program recognizes the importance of context through ; early field testing for the development of advanced Air Traffic Control (ATC) ; automation. It is using rapid prototyping and early field exposure as part of ; the Center-TRACON Automation System (CTAS) development process, using on-site ; system evaluations with active controllers and representative traffic flows and ; conditions. A primary objective of the TATCA Program is the evolutionary ; refinement of CTAS for the purpose of bringing system functionality to a level ; of usefulness and stability. This paper describes the development and ; assessment process that has been applied for CTAS at Denver Air Route Traffic ; Control Center (ARTCC) and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). This is ; the first automated system to go through this early stage field testing and ; refinement. CTAS is described first, followed by an overview of the development ; and assessment process. Descriptions are also provided of progressive ; assessments, how the Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) is used in the field, and ; how scenarios, shadow exercises and structured interviews are used during ; assessments. The methods used for interpreting and analyzing data, as well as ; drawing inferences and identifying implications, are also discussed. Finally, ; the training process is described.
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12547/dot_12547_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 65.68 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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