Aviation Mashups

This paper describes the work that was done by Boeing Advanced Air Traffic Management (AATM) and IBM on the Joint Network Enabled Operations (NEO) Spiral One Project and carried forward using internal research and development funding. NEO is a project that provides interagency communication and collaboration through the use of modern network focused information systems tools and technologies. The work described here provided a set of aviation related data and services that could be combined by using IBM's Mashup technology. Mashup technology provides the capability to create lightweight, network- enabled applications by combining data and services according to user specifications. The Mashup environment allows users to create these applications in minutes. The applications are created by combining data and services that are realized as reusable components called widgets. Using the IBM Mashup environment, widgets providing access to aviation specific data and services such as an airports database, a runways database, Notices to Airman (NOTAM), Meteorological Reports (METAR), NOAA Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) Weather, the Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS), and other geospatial services were created. This paper shows how these widgets can be ¿wired¿ together to address a variety of aviation specific business cases.