SETIS - Program Overview

Find out how to get started and what information to include in your initial request.

The SETIS portfolio is one of the largest FAA has ever awarded and consists of 15 highly qualified prime/subcontractor teams who offer a wealth of NAS technical knowledge. Each contract has the same 10 year Period of Performance structured as a 3 year Base Period from date of award, a 3 year Option Period 1,...

Systems Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions (SETIS) Contracts

What is SETIS?

• SETIS is the follow-on vehicle to the SE2020 and SE2025 contracts, which provides a broad range of research, service analysis, strategic planning, systems engineering, technical, financial, and programmatic support services, and other aviation related support services, that will enable the FAA to accomplish its NAS modernization, Mission Support, and other aviation related mission objectives.
• SETIS is an IDIQ-based contract portfolio which issues...

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ADS-B FAQ

FAQ: Weather Delay

• What is the largest cause of delay in the National Airspace System?
• Which airports have the worst weather-related delay?
• What type of weather causes the most delay?
• What happens when en route flights encounter thunderstorms?
• What happens if thunderstorms prevent landing at an airport?
• How far in advance do traffic flow...

Confidence Metrics

Background

For operational use, the NextGen Weather Processor (NWP) must provide deterministic "radar-forward" storm predictions out to 8 hours and convey confidence in the predictions so strategic planners know whether to take action or not. 

NWP confidence metrics are specifically designed to convey uncertainty in the predicted airspace constraints due to weather, not uncertainty in the weather forecast itself. The forecast is communicated via the display of the TCF...

Translation Products

Effective strategic management of traffic flows during convective weather events requires a system that can translate convective weather information into anticipated air traffic operational impact. Predictions of convective weather impacts enable proactive traffic flow management, leading to an increase in the effective use of available airspace and a reduction in overall air traffic delay.

Predicting Air Traffic Impact due to Convective Weather

Convective weather delays...

2-8 Hour Predictive Products

Baseline: Convective Forecast Planning

The forecast used today by traffic management stakeholders is the Traffic Flow Management (TFM) Convective Forecast or TCF. The TCF consists of three contour maps created every 2 hours showing high-confidence regions of thunderstorms at 4, 6, and 8 hours into the future. The TCF indicates expected storm coverage via blue polygons filled a with light hatch pattern for sparse (25-39 percent) coverage...

Traffic Management Overview

Traffic Management versus Air Traffic Control

The primary responsibility of air traffic controllers is the separation of aircraft. They control traffic in and around airports and in the terminal and en route airspace in between. Controllers speak directly with pilots, notifying them of traffic or weather in their vicinity. Pilots depend on the instructions they receive from air traffic control to safely and efficiently travel from their origin to their destination. 

In...

Support for Strategic Traffic Flow Management

Traffic managers at Air Traffic Control System Command Center have primary responsibility for traffic flow management in the National Airspace System.

NextGen Weather represents the consolidation, modernization, and improvement of FAA weather capabilities. One of the primary...