Air Traffic Control

Abstract

Program Element (PE) 0604633A Air Traffic Control funds continuous efforts in the development of modernized tactical Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems that enable safety of aircraft operations. ATC systems are required to achieve or maintain compliance with civil, military, domestic and international ATC mandates and combat identification requirements. The Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) is the Army's program of record for Airspace Control (AC) and enroute Air Traffic Services (ATS). TAIS provides Airspace Management, planning, and dynamic execution capabilities at all echelons above Brigade, and enroute flight following air traffic services. TAIS is the only Army system with direct interface to the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System for submission of the Army's requests for airspace from the Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD). Airspace Coordinating Measure Requests (ACMREQs) received from other mission command systems are passed to TAIS for approval or higher coordination. TAIS software supports U.S. Army commanders, airspace users, airspace managers, Army air traffic controllers, Joint organizations, and Unified Action Partners (UAP) by providing digitized, multi-echelon planning and execution of airspace management and Air Traffic Services. TAIS provides AC planning and enhanced AC execution; improved theater, intra-, and inter-Corps/Division Air Traffic Services (ATS) support; effective battlespace synchronization; and direct links to the Theater Air Ground System (TAGS) through interface with the automated airspace planning and communications systems of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC). TAIS Common Operating Environment (COE) convergence to Integrated Mission Planning and Airspace Control Tools (IMPACT) will provide interoperability with Army Mission Command, Joint, and UAP systems. This will facilitate AC capabilities, enhance situational understanding, reduce risks, and provide more effective Air-Ground Integration to enable Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), Joint All Domain Operations (JADO), and Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). IMPACT will be instantiated across Command Post Computing Environment (CE), Mounted CE, and Mobile/Handheld CE and will extend AC services to the tactical edge. TAIS/IMPACT will leverage Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) technology. ASTARTE provides artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms which will allow IMPACT to achieve more rapid synchronization of airspace planning and dynamic execution. This will enable commanders to maximize airspace usage, increase freedom of maneuver in the 3rd dimension, enhance safety and fratricide prevention, and enable seamless integration / deconfliction of fires and aviation operations in highly congested and complex environments during Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). The Air Traffic Navigation Integration and Coordination System (ATNAVICS) is a highly mobile Airport Surveillance Radar and Precision Approach Radar system that provides Air Traffic Services at Army airfields and landing sites at Division, Corps, and Echelons above Corps to include services for Joint and Allied aircraft. ATNAVICS integrates capabilities to control aircraft both Outside of the Continental United States and in the Continental United States. ATNAVICS is upgrading the Interrogation Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) system to maintain international airspace compatibility, capture flight information through the reception of aircraft self-reporting data broadcasts, and process into an interconnected air picture.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0604633A_5_2040_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: Decreased funding to support higher Army priorities.
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• C4I
• Cyber
• Kinetic Weapons

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Air Traffic
• Air Traffic Controllers
• Airport Radar Systems
• Airspace Control
• Artificial Intelligence
• Combat Operations
• Command And Control
• Ground Control Stations
• Machine Learning
• Multi-Domain Operations
• Radar
• Small Business
• Software Development
• Technology Transfer
• United States
• Warfare

Readers

• Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
• Space