Virtual Airport Simulation Technology

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Virtual Airport Simulation Technology
History of VAST² Summer 06 NYCRI research
project by Matthew Jurgielewicz Compilation of
data on Airport safety Analysis and break-down of
airport risk-factors Explanation of ARFF Review
of Airport Emergency Plan Clarification of
Airport Operations and Procedures

• Abstract
• As the Airport strives to adapt to a modernizing
  world, its needs and concerns also evolve. This
  inevitable process demands close attention, since
  changes relate not only to procedure, but public
  safety as well. While the airport industry has
  made major advancements in technology and policy,
  little has been altered in the field of airport
  training. The objective of VAST² is to produce an
  innovative training tool not yet used in the
  airport industry. Its focus is on adequately and
  promptly addressing issues formerly overlooked.
  These issues include
• Airside risk reduction
• A nonexistent standardized airside training
  format
• Inconsistent training methods
• Enhanced instruction at less Total Cost for

VAST²

• About VAST² Today
• VAST² is being designed using Raytheons
  FIRSTplus Air Traffic Control simulation
  technology as the base system. This product was
  designed to meet the needs of airport training
  and is fully suited to address
• Procedural Position Training
• Airport Familiarization
• Airport and Runway Utilization Analysis
• Airport Construction and Design
• Radio/Telephone Phraseology Training
• Runway Incursion Training
• Emergency Event Training
• -Cited from FIRSTplus Technical Highlights
• http//www.raytheon.com/products/amhs/simulation/t
  ech_highlights/index.html
• For more specific details and graphics, the
  programs currently employed include Vega Prime,
  Multigen-Paradigm, Autocad and Photoshop.

• New employees
• Recurrent trainees
• Airfield movement area drivers

Project Concern i.e., Safety and the Target
Trainee The role of airside management and
inspection is an important and consequential one.
Duties included in this field are specific but
fall within a wide range of responsibilities.
Employees are required to be thoroughly familiar
with the airport environment. Within these
particular areas, the employees must be at all
times attentive to the areas they facilitate. Not
only that, but the employees also have to be
aware of normal, abnormal and emergency
procedures. The airport environment is dynamic
and it is therefore vital that the employee be
knowledgeable and apply precautionary tactics
sensibly. In an airport, the failure to follow
procedures appropriately can result in grave
outcomes. Such procedures vary from applying
basic radio phraseology to identifying airport
hazards, e.g. wildlife or terrorist threats.

• Objectives of VAST²
• To provide an effective, standardized,
  site-specific format for training curricula to be
  developed and delivered via 3D fully interactive
  simulation.
• To define expectations required of trainee by
  means of Trainer/Supervisor evaluations.
• To represent thoroughly and accurately each
  lessons training objectives and visual
  environment.
• To outline a training syllabus applicable for the
  mapping, modeling and simulating of specific
  areas.
• To address the FAA requirements and safety
  responsibilities of

1. New hire employees
2. Initial and recurrent training and certification
3. Airfield drivers training movement areas and
   non-movement areas

Cited from VAST_2_FAR_139_Training_Outline_062707
-Heidi Benaman
Why This is Important VAST² NGATS
Safety In the opinion of VAST² advocates, the
training of airside personnel will be improved
with virtual reality simulation. Currently,
airside maintenance positions have the highest
turnover rates. Furthermore, airside employees
receive only minimal academic classroom training
and rely mostly on on-the-job (OJT) training with
a senior employee. In essence, the training
emphasis for new employees is primarily OJT with
limited standardization and no guarantee of the
thoroughness or effectiveness of the training.
The old paradigm for airport training needs to be
changed, and the goal of VAST² is to provide
airports with a new methodology and the tools to
address the current and future training needs of
airports. With VAST², airports will be ready for
the challenges posed by the Next Generation Air
Transportation System (NGATS).

• Recent Accomplishments and Plans for the
  Immediate Future
• Accomplishments
• Creation of storyboards for lesson outlines
• Detailed analysis of lesson format
• Ongoing investigation of software
  capabilities
• Plans
• Formation of images for airport simulation
• Finalization of storyboard format and design
• Development of lesson activities in complete
  detail
• Bring to Life the fully integrated and
  interactive simulation to improve
• situational awareness (SA) of all airport
  stakeholders

Specifics Simulated Lesson 5.0
Familiarization with driving airport
perimeter/fence-line Lesson 6.0
Familiarization with wildlife program Lesson
7.0 Familiarization with driving gate and ramp
areas Lesson 8.0 Familiarization with driving
in the movement areas including
proper communication Lesson 9.0
Perform FAR 139 self inspections Lesson 11.0
Familiarization with FAR Part 77 Lesson 12.0
Familiarization with airport emergency response
plans
Sponsors National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center (GSFC) NASA Goddard Institute for Space
Studies (GISS) NASA New York City Research
Initiative (NYCRI) Contributors P.I. - Jeffrey
DeCarlo Co-P.I. - Isabel Martin NYCRI Apprentice
- Natalia Hubbard