Federal Aviation Administration Review & Research Areas Analysis

Review of activities against last REDAC findings Federal Aviation Administration

Top Areas - Summer 2014 (Not Prioritized) 1. System Information Management 2. Automation/Autonomy Roles and Responsibilities 3. Integration of UAS/RPAS into the NAS 4. Dealing with Mixed Equipage Operations in the Design and Evolution of the NAS 5. Human Machine Design, Integration, and Certification 6. Workforce Selection, Training, and Proficiency Federal Aviation Administration

Identifying and Addressing Research Areas Assess mapping to existing research Identify where in the upcoming briefs you will hear about this topic, if covered If there is not a mapping from the existing research to the topic, then it is listed as No Evaluating gaps where they exist Is it appropriate for FAA? Is it appropriate for ANG-C1? Existing research process Align with sponsor needs Align with FAA priorities Federal Aviation Administration

System Information Management Ever increasing amount, diversity and complexity of info users must manage Report Topics Assessment and Area Partial - NextGen ATC and FD Partial - NextGen ATC and FD Partial - NextGen FD Identify Appropriate guidance materials for use of information automation and management Assess info management needs at system-of-systems level Further research on the human performance envelope in terms of capacity to process and manage information Assess ability to train information management skills (distraction, performing information triage, collaborative decision making) Procedures for use of mixed information systems (certified, operationally approved, and uncertified/unapproved) need to be explored Partial - NextGen FD No Federal Aviation Administration

Automation/Autonomy Roles and Responsibilities Understand roles, responsibilities and authority of between humans and automated systems to enable optimal design and certification of automated aircraft systems and flight decks Report Topics Assessment and Area Partial - All four BLIs Multi-faceted research program into human-automation design and certification Components include framework, tool suite, methods, human intervention, cognitive modeling, best practices, resiliency, trust and risks Address employment of research products Partial - All four BLIs In progress - RTB Federal Aviation Administration

Integration of UAS/RPAS into the NAS Demand will drive UAS operational density to much higher levels than can be managed using manual ATC methods Report Topics Assessment and Area Partial FD Core & NextGen Develop and fund RPAS Research Plan with NASA/DoD coord/leverage with emphasis on sense and avoid, comm, and human systems Certify RPAS remote control stations and operators via flexible and layered human-automation interface methodologies, trust, fault-tolerant RPAS control station designs, and skills and knowledge of RPA operators Develop realistic pilot performance models required for constructive sim to prove the safety case Partial FD Core & NextGen No Federal Aviation Administration

Dealing with Mixed Equipage Operations in the Design and Evolution of the NAS Phases of NextGen will be phased-in requiring operators to deal with mixed equipage or operational environment in a safe and efficient manner for some extended period of time Report Topics Assessment and Area Partial NextGen ATC and FD Assess mixed equipage and associated operational concepts relative to alternative design, procedural, and policy solutions Partial - NextGen ATC and FD, Core FD High priority applications include DataCom, ADS-B. TBFM, Navigation Federal Aviation Administration

Human Machine Design, Integration, and Certification Operators will not be able to deal with the increase in airspace system complexity Report Topics Assessment and Area Partial Conduct research on containing the overall complexity of aircraft, equipage, capability, training, and proficiency levels Conduct research that synergizes human and automation capabilities, maintains human awareness, expertise and performance, assess human and automated system envelopes, develop procedures and training, and evaluate and quantify operational effectiveness and iterate design, procedures and training Accelerate research into new methods of V&V complex systems Partial Partial, NextGen FD No Invest in and utilize modeling and simulation throughout development cycle Re-examine certification methods and conduct research to determine new criteria No Federal Aviation Administration

Workforce Selection, Training, and Proficiency Aviation industry and FAA challenged by difficult economic context, changing demographics and new technologies Report Topics Assessment and Area Partial NextGen ATC Partial NextGen ATC Partial NextGen FD Partial NextGen FD Develop methodologies to identify skills and aptitudes of NextGen workforce Develop methodologies for maintaining and training resilience in the NAS Research human envelope for flight and air traffic control Define human factor issues and criteria for improved pilot and controller performance Training research supporting effective distributed team collaboration strategies Research methods for distance learning No No Federal Aviation Administration

Workforce Selection, Training, and Proficiency (cont.) Aviation industry and FAA challenged by difficult economic context, changing demographics and new technologies Report Topics Assessment and Area Partial - NextGen FD Define human factors issues for design of information automation/electronic flight bag into flight deck Provide research into human factors support to air traffic facilities during training and operational implementation of new technologies and procedures Define human factors issue with current and future automated systems and Crew Resource Management practices and training No/Planned Partial NextGen ATC, Core ATC Partial NextGen ATC, Core ATC Review and Revamp CRM methods to reflect new realities for functional and cross-functional job performance Federal Aviation Administration

Next Steps While listening to the research briefs, begin dialog on how the research topics are addressed Discuss how to approach the research topics that are not covered Federal Aviation Administration