Title :
Advanced Automation Systems design
Author :
Benel, Russell A. ; Dancey, Robert D. ; Dehn, Jon D. ; Gutmann, James C. ; Smith, Donald M.
Author_Institution :
IBM, Rockville, MD, USA
fDate :
11/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Advanced Automation System (AAS) is being developed for the US Federal Aviation Administration to provide air traffic control automation support well into the twenty-first century. The authors provide an overview of the AAS design and discuss key-requirement design drivers. The extremely high system-availability requirements are described, and the architectural, hardware, and software approaches to meeting them are discussed. The replacement of paper flight progress strips with an all-electronic display workstation for the air traffic controller has demanded a major effort in human engineering. The scope and results of this effort to date are described
Keywords :
air traffic computer control; engineering graphics; engineering workstations; interactive systems; systems engineering; user interfaces; AAS; ATC; Advanced Automation System; US Federal Aviation Administration; air traffic control; all-electronic display workstation; human engineering; key-requirement design drivers; system-availability requirements; Air traffic control; Automatic control; Communication system control; Design automation; Hardware; Poles and towers; Radar tracking; Software design; System testing; Target tracking;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
