Enabling the Connected Aircraft of Tomorrow

- The national airspace system is facing

an unprecedented challenge:

how to enable an increasingly complex array

of operations to occur safely and seamlessly?

The FAA believes the answer is a fully interconnected system

from surface to space.

Shared data would be used to create

a common real time operational picture of the NAS.

It all begins with the connected cockpit.

The FAA envisions a future where all vehicles,

manned and unmanned, could share trajectory,

intent, and location information, both with each other

and with air traffic control facilities.

They could directly access FAA feeds

providing such information as airspace constraints

or runway closures.

They could communicate across air traffic control sectors

to build an end-to-end picture of the flight's planned path.

They could exchange information

with the entities responsible for coordinating

the operations of drones, air taxis,

and commercial space vehicles.

And they could receive alerts

from these vehicles themselves.

The MITRE corporation is researching ways

to accelerate this transformational shift.

We're exploring how mobile devices could augment

aircraft avionics.

We're examining the capabilities broadband satellite

and 5G networks will usher in.

We're investigating how piggybacking

onto commercial sector communication structures

can enable enhanced services.

And how all these improvements might be delivered

at far lower cost than is possible today.

At MITRE, we're embracing the power of open data sharing

to revolutionize NAS operations.

The future of aviation depends on it.