ABSTRACT
In the NextGen environment, pilots will be required to make more complex and strategic decisions than are required in current-day operations, such as selfseparation management or route replanning for weather avoidance. However, no effective flight deck tool exists to support such activities. To address this gap, Aptima is developing a Trajectory-Based Operations Adaptive Information Display (TBO-AID), which is aimed at providing real-time, mission-critical, and timesensitive decisional information. TBO-AID will incorporate innovative display techniques that specifically address (1) the unique information needs associated with conducting 4D operations; (2) the uncertainty and risks associated with weather and aircrafts being equipped, or not, with NextGen technologies; (3) the potential advantages gained through multimodal information presentation; and (4) the need for model-based, situationally-aware display adaptation to support information processing and decision making. TBO-AID is expected to increase the safety and efficiency of air traffic self-management and navigational deconfliction in NextGen operations.
