Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Test Plan for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Bulk Weather Telecommunications Gateway (FBWTG)

摘要

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Bulk Weather Telecommunications Gateway (FBWTG) is a communications gateway to the FAA for high-resolution gridded weather forecast data (e.g., Eta Forecast Model, Aviation (AVN) and Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) and airborne observation data (e.g., Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System (MDCRS)) from the National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway (NWSTG). The FBWTG will provide the capability to simultaneously and continuously receive high-resolution gridded weather forecast data and MDCRS data from the NWSTG and disseminate this information to other National Airspace System (NAS) subsystems. The purpose of this plan is to provide an overview of the Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) phase of System Testing for both pathways; NWSTG to FBWTG located at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC), and FBWTG to National Weather Service (NWS) Filter Unit (NFU)-Test device located at the William J. Hughes Technical Center. To accomplish this objective, the FBWTG, an end-state subsystem, must be operationally integrated with NAS subsystems. This plan establishes test strategy, test objectives, test criteria, and detailed test and evaluation descriptions to be used in the generation of the Test Procedures and Test Report's entrance and exit criteria for the program.