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Requirements Focus Group (RFG)
Overview:
The Requirements Focus Group (RFG) is a International
group consisting of members from the FAA, RTCA, Eurocontrol, EUROCAE,
and other interested parties. The RFG is operating as a joint
RTCA/EUROCAE activity. The primary object of the RFG is
to internationally harmonize operational concepts and minimum
safety and performance requirements for ground surveillance (GS) and
aircraft surveillance (AS) applications. These GS and AS
applications are defined in
Package 1 which lists initial applications to be implemented based
on the Principles of Operation for Airborne Separation Assistance
Systems (PO-ASAS).
To accomplish these objectives, the RFG will produce three (3)
documents for each application.
This document suite produced by the RFG for
each application will consist
of an Operational Services and Environment Description (OSED), a
Safety and Performance Requirements (SPR) specification, and an
Interoperability specification (INTEROP). The OSEDs will be developed by
the Application Description (AD) subgroup, while the SPRs are
developed by the SPR subgroup. (Both subgroups will contribute
on to the Interoperability specification.)
The
RFG activities are directly related to RTCA, EUROCAE and Eurocontrol
ADS-B work activities. Much
of the work done on the applications specified in the Aircraft
Surveillance Applications (ASA) MASPS will be used as a starting
point for the OSEDs and SPRs developed by the RFG. Further, the documents
that have been delivered by the RFG have been
published by RTCA/EUROCAE and will eventually be the basis for a joint revision of the ASA MASPS
(RTCA/DO-289).
For more information about the RFG. visit the
official RFG web site hosted by Eurocontrol, or contact
Stuart Searight or
Jörg Steinleitner.
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To date, the RTCA/EUROCAE Requirements Focus Group
has produced the complete specifications of the following
applications. These documents have been published by RTCA and
EUROCAE under their respective document numbers and titles given
below. Please contact RTCA or EUROCAE for the purchase of
these specifications.
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Document Identifier |
Description / Title |
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RTCA/DO-303 and EUROCAE ED-126 |
Safety, Performance and Interoperability Requirements
Document for the ADS-B Non-Radar-Airspace (ADS-B NRA)
Application |
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RTCA/DO-312 and EUROCAE ED-159 |
Safety, Performance and Interoperability Requirements
Document for the In-Trail Procedure in Oceanic Airspace (ATSA-ITP)
Application |
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RTCA/DO-314 and EUROCAE ED-160 |
Safety, Performance and Interoperability Requirements
Document for the Enhanced Visual Separation on Approach (ATSA-VSA)
Application |
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RFG Meetings:
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Date/Time |
Location |
Agenda, Minutes and
Working Papers
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20 |
11 - 15 May 2009 |
United Airlines Operational Center
Elk Grove Illinois near Chicago |
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19 |
23 - 27 February 2009 |
Eurocontrol Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium |
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18 |
17 - 21 November 2008 |
Casa dell Aviatore
Rome, Italy |
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17 |
22 - 26 September 2008 |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
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16 |
24 - 27 June 2008 |
Honeywell International Offices
Redmond, Washington |
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15 |
8 - 11 April 2008 |
Eurocontrol Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium |
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14 |
22 - 25 January 2008 |
Hosted by Rockwell Collins
Melbourne, Florida |
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13 |
16 - 19 October 2007 |
DSNA
Toulouse, France |
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12 |
10 - 13 July 2007 |
Hosted by Volpe near MIT
Boston, Massachusetts |
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11 |
17 - 20 April 2007 |
NLR Facilities
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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10 |
29 January - 2 February 2007 |
Eurocontrol Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium |
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9 |
25 - 29 September 2006 |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
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8 |
12 - 16 June 2006 |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
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20 - 23 March 2006 |
Eurocontrol Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium |
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17 - 19 January 2006 |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
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5 - 7 December 2005 |
Interoperability Requirements
Subgroup meeting
with RTCA SC-186 WG-4 STP Subgroup
RTCA SC-186 Plenary, 8 Dec 2005
RTCA Offices, Washington DC |
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7 |
10 - 13 October 2005 |
AD and SPR Subgroups 10 - 12
RFG7 Plenary, 13 Oct 2005
Eurocontrol, Brussels, Belgium |
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20 - 22 September 2005 |
Interoperability Requirements
Subgroup meeting
with RTCA SC-186 WG-4 STP Subgroup
RTCA Offices, Washington DC |
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6 |
11 - 14 July 2005 |
Malmo, Sweden |
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5 |
7 - 10 February, 2005 |
DoubleTree Hotel,
Miami, Florida |
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18 - 21 October, 2004 |
Eurocontrol Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium |
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4 |
21 - 24 June, 2004 |
STNA,
Toulouse, France |
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29 March - 2 April, 2004 |
AD and SPR subgroup meetings
Mitre/CAASD, McLean Virginia |
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3 |
3 - 4 December, 2003 |
RTCA Offices
Washington DC |
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2 |
11 - 12 June 2003 |
Eurocontrol Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium |
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1 |
1 April 2003 |
Eurocontrol Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium |
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* = location tentative
ADS-B surveillance in non-radar areas
(Radar-like Services): One of the first applications being worked
on by the subgroups working on the OSED and SPR documents will be ADS-B in
non-radar areas (ADS-B-NRA), or radar-like services (RLS) as it is commonly
referred to in the United States. The work on this application will be
largely based on existing documentation of operational concepts and hazard
analyses done for the certification of equipment and operations in both Alaska
as part of the Capstone project, and Australia. Some of the documents on
which this RFG work will be based are made available through the following
table.
Click here to download a 10.3 MB ZIP
file containing all of the documents found below.
Click here to download a 8.9 MB ZIP
file containing the 7 Capstone documents found below.
Click here to download a 1.5 MB ZIP
file containing the 2 ICAO documents found below.
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Capstone Documents |
| Document Description |
Filename (*.pdf) |
| FAA Operational Safety Assessment for ADS-B which
includes Operational Services and Environment Definition (OSED), Operational
Hazard Assessment (OHA), and Allocation of Safety Objectives and
Requirements (ASOR) for the "use of ADS-B and TIS-B in the context of
surveillance services and situational awareness." |
ADS-B Operational Safety Assessment 2001-09-27 |
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| FAA findings and recommended safety requirements from the
ADS-B preliminary hazard analysis. This Preliminary Hazard Analysis
(PHA) was "conducted using the FAA System Safety Management Program and the
methodology defined in the FAA System Safety Handbook." The PHA was
conducted "to identify safety related risks and develop controls to either
eliminate or mitigate those risks to an acceptable level for ADS-B being
integrated into the NAS out to the year 2015." |
ADS-B
PHA Vol 1 2001-09-20 |
| Volume II of the PHA for ADS-B integration into the NAS
contains hazard analysis tables supporting the work and conclusions
documented in volume 1. |
ADS-B
PHA Vol 2 2001-09-20 |
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| Capstone Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) for
ADS-B Radar-Like Services. This document "outlines the activities for
the use of the Capstone ADS-B system for radar-like services for airspace in
and around Bethel, Alaska. These activities are based on a transition
from aircraft supplemental VFR use of Capstone avionics to authorizing
ATC use of ADS-B in applying procedures for separation, sequencing,
and other VFR & IFR radar-like services. |
Radar Like
Services -TEMP- 2001-01-30 |
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| Volume 1 of The Capstone System Safety Engineering Report,
prepared by the Capstone System Safety Working Group. Volume 1
contains the Preliminary Hazard Analysis conducted for Capstone ADS-B
Radar-like services using methodologies based on MIL-STD-882D.
"The PHA was conducted to identify potential accident scenarios that are
associated with Capstone providing ADS-B services." |
Capstone I PHA Vol 1 2000-12-02 |
| Volume 2 of The Capstone System Safety Engineering Report
contains matrix of scenarios on which the end-to-end system PHA found
in Volume 1 was based. |
Capstone I PHA Vol 2 2000-12-02 |
| Volume 3 of The Capstone System Safety Engineering Report
lists recommended precautions, controls, and mitigations resulting from the
PHA found in volume 1. |
Capstone I PHA Vol 3 2000-12-02 |
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| Capstone Program Office status report and initial findings
for the Capstone Phase II RNAV Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA). This
work was based on the Capstone PHA Phase I Core Bethel work which is
available in three volumes above. |
Capstone Prelim Hazard Analysis Status 2003-04-11 |
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ICAO Documents |
| Document Description |
Filename (*.pdf) |
| Generic design safety case for the operational use of ADS-B
in non-radar airspace prepared by the ICAO Separation and Airspace Safety
Panel. "The aim of this safety case is to identify and document
generic safety requirements associated with the operational use by air
traffic control of a surveillance system based on ADS-B in non-radar
airspace. |
ADS-B in
NRA Safety Case |
| Draft amendments to PANS ATM doc 4444 to include
provisions for ADS-B separation minima and services, prepared for the ICAO
Separation and Airspace Safety Panel November 2003 meeting. |
PANS ATM Doc
4444 proposed changes |
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