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Description / Abstract:
This document provides means to establish the operational,
safety, performance, and interoperability requirements for ATS
supported by data communications, to assess their validity, and to
qualify the related CNS/ATM system. It is a single source document
that provides guidance for approval of the CNS/ATM system and its
operation where coordination is necessary across organizations. The
guidance material considers the allocations of the operational,
safety, performance, and interoperability requirements to the
elements of the CNS/ATM system. These include ground-based
elements, operational procedures, including the human, and aircraft
equipage.
Some ATS supported by data communications provide surveillance
functions. The performance associated with these functions may be
characterized by required surveillance performance (RSP). During
the preparation of this document the definition of RSP and methods
for asserting RSP were considered. The conclusion reached, however,
was that the specification of RSP is not currently defined to the
level required for this purpose. Hence, this document does not
provide guidance for RSP.
Other RTCA special committees and EUROCAE working groups may
provide guidance material related to human performance, development
assurance, and security. This document is intended to support such
future guidance material.
Assessments that are not within the scope of this
document include the following examples:
• safety assessments related to the disposal of hazardous
materials used in test and evaluation, or in technical system
development;
• performance assessments related to establishing requirements
for optimizing efficiency for ATM;
• interoperability assessments related to data communications
between two ATS units (ATSU) or between ATSUs and aircraft
operational control (AOC) units; and
• occupational health and safety assessments for ATS facility
workers.
However, States and organizations that perform such assessments
can conduct them in concert with the activities related to the
operational assessments to which this guidance material
relates.