NTL Record

Title Tower-Related Major System Development Programs
Record ID 49038
Personal Name
Creator
Hobbs, Vivian J.; Clapp, D. F.; Rempfer, P.; Devoe, Donald B.; Bellantoni, Juan F.
Source 317p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
Publication Date 19780301
Language English
Abstract This report is devoted to the present and near future states of the tower cab environment, addresses those MSDP systems which may have an impact on the current tower cab environment, systems and/or operations. The systems included are: Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS), Airport Surface Detection Equipment III (ASDE III), Tower Airport Ground Surveillance (TAGS), Terminal Information Processing System (TIPS), ARTS II and ARTS III enhancements, Flight Service Station Automation (FSSA), Vortex Advisory System (VAS), Wake Vortex Avoidance System (WVAS), Wind Shear Detection system (WSD) and Microwave Landing System (MLS). Each system is described in terms of its functional objectives, planned equipment, interfaces with other systems and with controllers, failure modes, and current development/deployment status. This report is a continuation of report No. FAA-EM-77-10/(DOT-TSC-FAA-77-19) entitled: 'Characterization of Current Tower Cab Environments', dated November 1977 (240 pages). (Author)
Rosap ID dot:10520
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10520
TRT Terms Air traffic control facilities; Airport control towers; Air traffic control; Radar air traffic control; Advanced automation systems; Information display systems; Air traffic controllers; Vortices; Microwave landing systems; Information processing
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Air Traffic Control;
NTL - AVIATION - Airports and Facilities;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Planning and Policy
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number DOT-TSC-FAA-78-02; FAA-EM-77-16
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49000/49038/DOT-TSC-FAA-78-02.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository