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Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System (PDARS)
Overview
PDARS started as a joint FAA-NASA effort that was an element of the Aviation Safety Monitoring and Modeling (ASMM) Project. The ASMM Project had the objectives of providing decision makers with insightful measures of the performance and safety of the national aviation system to identify life-threatening conditions, events and trends that could compromise safety. In addition, it wanted to provide reliable predictions of system-wide effects of proposed changes to the aviation system in technology, procedures and training.
Solution
ATAC developed PDARS under joint sponsorship of FAA and NASA to monitor, measure, analyze, and graphically display air traffic operations performance, based on radar flight track data from air traffic control facilities. This created a system-wide capability to monitor day-to-day operations of the National Airspace System (NAS) and to measure Air Traffic Control’s delivery of services, to ensure that they are safe, efficient, and meet the needs of its customers.
Radar-based flight track visualization in PDARS
PDARS is a distributed, component-based system that provides end-to-end data collection, processing, reduction, analysis, reporting, visualization, publishing, distribution, and archiving capabilities for air traffic control data. The system accomplishes these tasks on a continuous basis with a high degree of automation, accuracy, and reliability.
PDARS incorporates innovative technology for the automatic collection and analysis of radar tracks and flight plans; the automatic generation and distribution of daily report; 4-D traffic visualization utilizing GRADE; and a secure WAN to distribute data and reports amongst the ATC facilities. For a comprehensive presentation of the systems capabilities, please review the Concept and Operations of the Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System (PDARS).
In 2003, PDARS was recognized by NASA's Office of
Aerospace
Technology for its contribution toward meeting NASA's aeronautics goals and objectives. On June 11, PDARS received the Administrator's Award at the 2003 Turning Goals into Reality (TGIR) Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Administrator's Award is the most prestigious of the TGIR awards, which recognize the year's top teams for their significant contributions to NASA's aeronautics and space objectives.
Client: NASA Ames and FAA ATO-P
Prime Contractor: ATAC Corporation
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