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MINUTES Airborne Internet Collaboration Group April 17, 2003 Ralph Yost of the FAA Tech Center opened meeting and led a short discussion on the following: OBJECTIVES FOR THIS MEETING:
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PRESENTATIONS: (To see individual presentations, click on the hypertext)
Objectives of Today's Meeting (30Kb) Ralph Yost, FAA Technical Center Jim Meer, Microflight Inc.
Summarized above
Facilitation/Agenda (27K) Paul Masson, Facilitator/Organizer, Starnet LLC
XML Web Services To The Cockpit Randy Schmidt, Microsoft Corp. Randy utilized various technologies to be able to make this presentation from Colorado Springs. The gist of the presentation was that we are now able to do many of the communication and physical activities by virtual means utilizing XML (Extensible Mark-up Language.) XML while like HTML incorporates many other resources that now become available for "discovery" and use by the aviation community as well as other enterprises. Randy lead us in this discussion and focused his comments on the single page in his briefing titled EMBRACE AND EXTEND.
NEXCOM VDL3 Radio System (1 Mb) Dieter Thigpen, AND-360, NEXCOM Program Office, FAA Dieter is a member of the FAA NEXCOM Program Office and provided a good review of the NEXCOM's objectives time tables, advantages and limitations of VDL and related RF technologies.
Technology Changes New CNS Paradigm Iain Ronis, ICARUS Instruments Iain, representing ICARUS Instruments provided a possible new "killer app" in the use of GPS, Satellite tracking and Satellite phones to provide significantly increased safety and actually an actual example of a life saving use.
Mobil Routing, TCP/IP Security (5.8Mb) Will Ivancic, NASA Glenn Research Center Will presented a PowerPoint treatise on everything you might want to know about Mobile Routing including new initiatives such as NEMO (NEtworks in MOtion) and their demonstration of mobile routing with the US Coast Guard.
Joint En-Route Mission (JEMPRS) (Randy Schmidt, Microsoft; Tom Freeman, NASA LARC) Jemprs Demo/VideoTS (66Mb AVI movie file) Jemprs Demo/Video NT (21Mb AVI movie file) http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/photolib/mc02/jemprs/JointEnRouteMissionPlannin/ These two videos presentation were provided by Tom Freeman and describe the rapid implementation of web services and the Internet to rapidly plan and execute tactical military operations. The presentation of JEMPRS was coordinated by both Tom Freeman and Randy Schmidt.
Organizational Issues and Options (73Kb) Paul Masson, Starnet LLC Paul led a discussion as to how we should define the AICG and what steps could be followed to achieve an organization to achieve the objective implied in the definition. The definition was discussed from the beginning of the meeting and modified by removing the word "private" as it was decided there were public elements needed. "Security" was added as that would be required and what the inclusion of the word "private" came to imply. Then Paul discussed some organizational options as follows:
The discussion concluded by agreeing that we would look into these issues and discuss and decide on a course of action at the next AICG meeting. At the next AICG meeting we would develop a Charter, Objectives and a Work Plan that would identify resources that we could contribute or identify.
Finding Killer App for Airborne Internet (45Kb) Ralph Yost, FAA Technical Center Participants in the AICG generally agreed that the "killer app" or "anchoring app" was identified after the system is actually built and put into use. What could be done before system implementation is to have a group of applications and determine which one was the best "value proposition." A value proposition is one that provides significantly more value to the consumer than it costs. GPS and now cell phones are examples. However, in their early development, it was not inexpensive but the value was so great as to have, first technically oriented users, then early adopters and the explosion into general use.
Fundamentals of Organizing Public/Private Technology Partnerships (59Kb) Paul Masson, Starnet LLC In this presentation, Paul lays out the value of a public private partnership that might be one the AICG would want to follow. The presentation included how such an organization would affect policy as well as the commercialization of technologies identified or developed.
Close Out: Next Meeting Actions (25Kb) Paul Masson, Starnet LLC Mulkerin Associates has offered their facilities for the next meeting. The next meeting will continue the provision of information exchange and the development of a charter, objectives, work plan and resources for the AICG. |
