Hosted by the NASA Glenn Research Center Space Communications Program
April 29–May 2, 2002
Marriott Tysons Corner
Vienna, VA
- Conference General Chair: Pete Vrotsos, NASA
- Technical Program Chair: Denise Ponchak, NASA
Proceedings CD-ROMs were mailed to all registered attendees.
| Time | Description | Speaker | |
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| Monday, April 29, 2002 | |||
| 04:00 – 06:00 pm | Pre-Registration | ||
| 06:00 – 08:00 pm | Exhibit Reception | ||
| 07:00 – 08:15 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast | ||
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Opening Plenary Session |
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| 08:15 – 08:20 am | Greeting/Logistics | Denise Ponchak, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 08:20 – 08:25 am | Welcome | Donald Campbell, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 08:25 – 08:45 am | Introduction | Pete Vrotsos, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 08:45 – 09:15 am | Keynote Address: Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry Integrated CNS | Charles Huettner, Exec. Sec. for the Commission of Future Aerospace Industry | |
| 09:15 – 09:30 am | Air Traffic Management: Communications, Navigations and Surveillance | Sam Venneri, NASA Headquarters | |
| 09:30 – 09:45 am | NASA Avionics Conference: CNS in the National Airspace System | Mike Harrison, FAA | |
| 09:45 – 10:00 am | Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee | John Kern, Consultant (presented by Marty Pozesky) | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | BREAK | ||
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | American Airlines Perspective | Brent Blackwell, American Airlines | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Industry Perspective on the National and Global Air Transportation Systems | Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 am | NASA’s Aviation System Technology Advanced Research (AvSTAR) | Robert Jacobsen, NASA Ames Research Center | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 am | NASA’s Aviation Safety Program | Douglas Rohn, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 11:15 – 11:30 am | NASA Aviation Security Initiative | Dres Zellweger, NASA Headquarters | |
| 11:30 – 12:45 pm | LUNCH | ||
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Session A1 – Integrated CNS Architecture Session Chair – Gus Martzaklis, NASA Glenn Research Center |
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| 01:15 – 01:45 pm | CNS: An Integrated Vision for the Future | Gus Martzaklis, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 01:45 – 02:15 pm | ATN Airborne Implementation | Christophe Hamel, Bryan Rowe, Ketan Nguyen, Tom Judd, and Kevin Wohlers, Honeywell | |
| 02:15 – 02:45 pm | An Integrated Airborne Architecture for Voice and Data Link CNS Systems | Stephen Heppe and Steve Friedman, ADSI, Inc. | |
| 02:45 – 03:15 pm | IATA – A Key Force in European Air Traffic Management | Steve Zerkowitz, IATA | |
| 03:15 – 03:30 pm | BREAK | ||
| 03:30 – 04:00 pm | Architecture Options for Integrated CNS | Jere Meserole, Boeing Air Traffic Management | |
| 04:00 – 04:30 pm | Communications Requirements and Analysis for New and Emerging FAA Applications |
Mark Simons, MITRE/CAASD |
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| 04:30 – 05:00 pm | Some CNS Issues Facing FAA and the Aviation Community | Michael Perie, Air Traffic Control Association | |
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Session A2 – Security Session Chair – Marie Stella, FAA |
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| 01:15 – 01:45 pm | Communication, Navigation and Surveillance | Marie Stella, FAA | |
| 01:45 – 02:15 pm | Using VHF Data Link for Security Applications | Al Homans, Christopher Kardish, William Zingler, ARINC, Inc. and Paul Mandrafino, FlyTimer Corp. | |
| 02:15 – 02:45 pm | Front End Security Architecture as an Integrated Component of System Development | Beryl Hosack and Joe Guirreri, Computer Sciences Corporation | |
| 02:45 – 03:15 pm | Use of Multi-Center Traffic Management Advisor to Enhance the Security of the National Airspace System | Henry Sielski, Rodney Helms and Paul Rigterink, Computer Sciences Corporation; Michelle Eshow and Thomas Davis, NASA Ames Research Center | |
| 03:15 – 03:30 pm | BREAK | ||
| 03:30 – 04:00 pm | Enabling Aviation Security Applications via Broadband Satellite Communication Services | Dean Miller, Connexion by Boeing | |
| 04:00 – 04:30 pm | Neural Networks in Optimization of Safety Logic | Brendan English, Volpe National Transportation; Vishal Mehta and Amar Gupta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| 04:30 – 05:00 pm | Security Considerations for the Future e-Enabled Aircraft | Chris Wargo, Computer Networks & Software, Inc. | |
| 05:45 – 06:00 pm | Board Buses | ||
| 06:00 – 06:30 pm | Transportation to Ship | ||
| 06:30 – 07:00 pm | Board Ship | ||
| 07:00 – 10:00 pm | Evening Dinner Cruise | ||
| 07:00 – 08:15 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast | ||
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Session B1 – Simulation and Modeling Session Chair – Steve Mainger, NASA Glenn Research Center |
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| 08:15 – 08:45 am | Computer Modeling and Simulation of Aeronautical Communications Systems at MITRE/CAASD | Brian Hung, The MITRE Corporation | |
| 08:45 – 09:15 am | Modeling and Simulation Development of Very High Frequency Digital Link Mode 3 in OPNET | Thanh Nguyen, Analex Corporation and Steven Mainger, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 am | Simulation of Flight Information Service – Broadcast on the ADS-B Candidate Links | Michael Castle, Chad Sprouse and Larry Bachman, The John Hopkins University; Thomas Tanger, Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications | |
| 09:45 – 10:00 am | BREAK | ||
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Dual Purpose Simulation: New Data Link Test and Performance Limit Testing of Currently Deployed Data Link | Daryl Robinson, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Simulation Capabilities to Improve Spectrum Analysis in L-Band (presentation not available) | Minh Nguyen, The MITRE Corporation | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Performance on VDL Modes 2, 3 and 4 | Steven Bretmersky and Vijay Konangi, Cleveland State University; Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 11:30 – 12:45 pm | LUNCH | ||
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Session B2 – Datalink Demonstrations Session Chair – Capt. Rob Fuschino, United Airlines |
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| 08:15 – 08:45 am | Future Integration of CDPLC | Doug Blyth, ARINC; Bill Fischer, The Boeing Company; Timothy Hancock, Federal Aviation Administration; Lori DeLorenzo, CACI Technologies, Inc. | |
| 08:45 – 09:15 am | Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) Cockpit Weather Demonstration | Steven Campbell, M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 am | Large-Scale Controller Pilot Data Link Communications Emulation Testbed | Tom Mulkerin, Mulkerin Associates, Inc. | |
| 09:45 – 10:00 am | BREAK | ||
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | VDL Mode 3 NEXCOM | David Nelson, Rockwell Collins | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | AIRCOM Data Link | Jocelyn Descaillot, SITA | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Bendix/King Flight Information Services Data Link (FISDL) (Presentation not available) | James Joyce, Honeywell | |
| 11:30 – 12:45 pm | LUNCH | ||
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Session C1 – Demonstrations Session Chair – Bernice Beznoska, NASA Glenn Research Center |
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| 12:45 – 01:15 pm | Demonstration of the NASA Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Airborne Internet (AI) | Chris Wargo, Computer Networks & Software, Inc. | |
| 01:15 – 01:45 pm | NASA Glenn Research Center Broadband Aeronautical Satellite Communications Demonstrations | Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 01:45 – 02:15 pm | ATM Concept Demonstration 1.0 Overview | Robert Oxborrow, Boeing ATM | |
| 02:15 – 02:30 pm | BREAK | ||
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Session C2 – Service Providers Session Chair – Tom Tanger, Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications |
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| 12:45 – 01:15 pm | SITA ATS AIRCOM Data Link Services | Kathleen Kearns, SITA | |
| 01:15 – 01:45 pm | Honeywell Flight Services – Present Offerings, Future Possibilities | James Joyce, Honeywell | |
| 01:45 – 02:15 pm | The Evolving Role of the Communication Service Provideer | Al Homans, ARINC, Inc. | |
| 02:15 – 02:30 pm | BREAK | ||
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Session D1 – Emerging Networks Technologies Session Chair – Chris Wargo, Computer Networks & Software, Inc. and Phil Smith, EUROCONTROL |
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| 02:30 – 03:00 pm | Geographically Targeted Information Dissemination Services (GeoTIDeS) | Kevin Millikin, Architecture Technology Corporation | |
| 03:00 – 03:30 pm | Mobile Router Technology Development | Dan Shell and Janet Courtenay, Cisco Systems; William Ivancic, NASA Glenn Research Center; David Stewart, Verizon and Terry Bell, Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications | |
| 03:30 – 04:00 pm | ARINC AEEC and WG 664 | James Meer, Microflight | |
| 04:00 – 04:15 pm | BREAK | ||
| 04:15 – 04:45 pm | Development and Demonstration of the NASA Small Aircraft Transportation Systems (SATS) Airborne Internet (AI) | Chris Wargo, Computer Networks & Software, Inc. | |
| 04:45 – 05:15 pm | iPAX – European Implementation of the ATN | Phil Smith, EUROCONTROL | |
| 05:15 – 05:45 pm | Flight Plan Monitoring using Agent-Based Technology | John Budenske, Architecture Technology Corp. | |
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Session D2 – Navigation Session Chair, Paul Rigterink, Computer Sciences Corporation |
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| 02:30 – 03:00 pm | Low-Cost Gyroscope Research Autonomous Navigation System (ANS) for General Aviation | Jim Branstetter and Mitch Narins, Federal Aviation Administration | |
| 03:00 – 03:30 pm | FAA’s Evaluation of Loran-C | Mitch Narins, Federal Aviation Administration | |
| 03:30 – 04:00 pm | Loran-C as Secondary NavAid to Complement GPS | Patrick Hwang, Rockwell Collins; Robert Snow, Boeing Company; G. Linn Roth, Locus, Inc.; Mitchell Narins, Federal Aviation Administration | |
| 04:00 – 04:15 pm | BREAK | ||
| 04:15 – 04:30 pm | Navigation Using Available Communications Systems | Ian Gallimore, Dennis King and Jeff Brabender, Sierra Nevada Corporation | |
| 04:30– 05:15 pm | Secure, Robust CNS Technologies for Naval Aviation via the Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems | Glenn Colby, Naval Air Systems Command; Kenneth Wallace, ARINC; Howard McGrath, Booz-Allen & Hamilton | |
| 04:45 – 05:15 pm | DoD Vision of the Future | Eugene Gonzales, Department of Defense | |
| Thursday, May 2, 2002 | |||
| 07:00 – 08:15 am | Registration/Continental Breakfast | ||
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Session E1 – Communications Technology Session Chair – Dan Williams, NASA Glenn Research Center |
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| 08:15 – 08:45 am | An Overview of NASA Glenn Research Center’s Aeronautical Communications Technology Efforts | Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 08:45 – 09:15 am | Robust Communications for Air Traffic Control | Brandon Hombs and James Lehnert, Purdue University; Tan Wong, University of Florida | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 am | Adaptive Filtering and its Applications in Satellite Communications | Mohammed Shamma, Analex Corporation | |
| 09:45 – 10:15 am | RF Signal Switching and Distribution in Civil Aviation Aircraft | Okechukwu Ugweje, The University of Akron, Hung Nguyen, Felix Miranda and Duc Ngo, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | BREAK | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Securing Mobile and Wireless Networks | Will Ivancic, NASA Glenn Research Center | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | Satellite Weather Information Service | Robert Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center; Richard Haendel, Rockwell Collins | |
| 12:00 – 01:00 pm | LUNCH | ||
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Session E2 – Surveillance Session Chair – Len Carlson, Technology Service Corporation |
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| 08:15 – 08:45 am | ATM Surveillance – A Retrospective Look | Raymond LaFrey, MIT Lincoln Laboratory | |
| 08:45 – 09:15 am | Transponder Multilateration for Enhanced Air Traffic Control Operations | Antonio Brutto, Sensis Corporation (Presented by Ken Tollstam) | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 am | Wide Area Precision Surveillance | Alex Smith, Rannoch Corporation | |
| 09:45 – 10:15 am | Surveillance Implications of 9/11 | Steve Bussolari, MIT Lincoln Laboratory | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | BREAK | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Surveillance for Airport Perimeter Security | Ann Barry, Technology Service Corporation | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 am | ISAR Image Reconstruction Kalman Approach to Linear Frequency Modulated Signals | Andon Dimitrov Lazarov, Artillery and Air Defense Military Academy | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 am | Surveillance Sensor Coverage for the Airspace Management System Improvement Program (AMSIP) | Len Carlson, Technology Services Corp. | |
| 12:00 – 01:00 pm | LUNCH | ||
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Breakout Session Reports |
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| 01:00 – 01:15 pm | I-CNS Workshop Overview | Robert Kerczewski | |
| 01:15 – 05:00 pm | Revolutionizing CNS | Art Feinberg and Dres Zellweger, Chairs | |
| 01:15 – 05:00 pm | Surface CNS | Marty Pozesky, Steve Bussolari and Rafael Apazza, Chairs | |
| 01:15 – 05:00 pm | Network Technologies | Chris Wargo and Phil Smith, Chairs | |
| 01:15 – 05:00 pm | Security | Jim Dieudonne and Jim Griner, Chairs | |
| 01:15 – 05:00 pm | Surveillance | Len Carlson and Ray LayFrey, Chairs | |
| 01:15 – 05:00 pm | SATS – CNS | James Meer and James Branstetter | |
| 05:00 – 05:30 pm | Breakout Session Brief Out | All | |
| Friday, May 3, 2002 | |||
| 8:00 am | Executive Committee Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 am | Executive Committee Session | ||
| 12:00 pm | Executive Committee Adjourns | ||