Collaborative Trajectory Option Program demonstration

The FAA initiated the Mini Global (MG) project in 2013 as a collaborative effort between the FAA and the international aviation community. This effort will provide a global networked infrastructure environment to research and validate System Wide Information Management (SWIM) concepts using the global exchange models including Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM), Flight Information Exchange Model (FIXM), and Weather Information Exchange Model (WXXM). The MG Phase I demonstration in 2014 engaged Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) in both the Atlantic and Pacific regions. Currently in Phase II, the project will integrate regionally diverse Enterprise Messaging Service (EMS) providers to become the Global EMS (GEMS) messaging exchange infrastructure. MG's Phase II objectives also include complex scenarios and the development of new applications and services to benefit global aviation. These applications will be evaluated through the GEMS infrastructure to demonstrate their usefulness for future consideration and potential commercialization. This paper describes the development, integration, and demonstration of a Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (CTOP) application in the GEMS infrastructure.