Presented to: MPAR Working Group

By: Garth Torok, Weather Processors Group, Aviation Weather Office, Air Traffic Organization (ATO)

Date: 11 September 2007

Federal AviationAdministrationMulti-function Phased

Array Radar (MPAR)

Concept of Operations (CONOPS) Status

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Accomplishments

• Working Group convened on 24 July at Silver Spring

• Validated/Refined CONOPS Purpose

• Established document outline – Tailored from FAA’s SEM

• Identified Scope (system verses agency service provider)

• Defined contents of Sections/Subsections• Began assigning authors and writing

sections/subsections

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CONOPS Purpose

• Internal – Guide for phased array radar R&D– Tool to request funding for R&D – Provides framework for the development and/or

validation of future system requirements, architecture, and performance

• External– Tool to spread phased array technology awareness

to potential stakeholders/users– Tool to establish agency/industry partnership in the

establishment of an R&D program

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Outline/Content/Scope - Decisions

• Document will be bound by the system interfaces (i.e., subsystems and internal/external interfaces)– Concept will discuss data/products that are produced and

disseminated from the system and the input controls– Generic references will be made to End-users/Service

Providers, however, details will be provided in addendums as required at a later date.

• Attempt will be made to make the document non-system specific where possible. However, to extol the benefits of the technology, it will sometimes be necessary to talk specifics

• “Living” document that will be modified to support the program phase

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SWIMGIG

EnterpriseServices

Other AgencyEnterpriseServices

Radar Control,Logic & Processing

Automation System (ADS-B Track correl.)

Numerical Weather Prediction

Data Assimilation

Data ProcessingSystems

Data ProcessingSystems

Data ProcessingSystems

Decision SupportTools

Decision SupportTools

Decision SupportTools

Decision SupportTools

Decision SupportTools

Decision SupportTools

Extended ScopeCONOPS Scope

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Issues/Questions

• Limited resource availability within working group

• Funding – available to support CONOPS development (e.g., SMEs)?

• Effort is larger than originally planned (CONOPS effort for system of this scale can require 5-10 people for a year)

• Function allocation unknown (e.g., will the system be required to track cruise missiles or detect wake vortices)

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Plans

• Continue assignment of subsections• Continue populating subsection• Identify resource needs (e.g., SMEs) and

authors• Continue developing operational scenarios• Schedule next Working Group meeting

(November?)

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Schedule

• DocumentWorking Draft - October 2007

Preliminary – January 2007

Final - ?

• Working Group Meeting– October/November 207