While current communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) capabilities in the oceanic environment sustain today’s operation, there is potential for improvement that will better benefit oceanic users in the near future.

To assist industry in mitigating common operational inefficiencies (such as sub-optimal trajectories that reduce flight performance and increase fuel burn), FOTO35 aims to implement dynamic end-to-end trajectory-based operations in the oceanic environment. 

Doing so will:

• Enhance operator abilities to fly closer to desired flight profiles with minimal Air Traffic Control (ATC) intervention and constraints;
• Reduce fuel burn, costs and carbon emissions;
• Enable operators to leverage real-time data to modify flight plans and optimize their routes; and
• Result in seamless operations across FAA air traffic systems and interoperable, globally harmonized processes and procedures.
   

Additionally, implementing seamless end-to-end concepts and systems would harmonize with other FAA and partner ANSP ATM programs, systems and plans, such as ICAO’s Global Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) concept, and FAA’s Multi-Regional TBO and Time-Based Management (TBM) initiatives.

This harmonization will effectively enable and enhance international end-to-end operations for airspace users and seamless airspace transitions between ANSPs.

DETEOps is intended to serve as the FAA’s mechanism for implementing core components of Global TBO in FAA-managed oceanic airspace.