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Micro-Services for Flight Operators

A diverse marketplace of appropriately authorized service providers distributed throughout the aviation ecosystem supporting flight operations with a wide range of micro-services to meet the varied needs of each operator in the local airspace.

Attributes

  • Wide range of micro-services to meet each operator’s specific needs
  • Complements the services the operator chooses to provide for themselves (self-services)
  • Federated to meet NAS-level requirements while serving operators in the local environment
  • Tightly interwoven in the data fabric of the aviation ecosystem
  • Market driven to encourage continuous performance improvement
  • Safety critical micro-services are FAA regulated to ensure service providers meet appropriate performance requirements
  • Intelligent and adaptive automation applied by market leaders to provide standout service
  • Aggregation of micro-services where needed to ensure safety

Sub Capabilities

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Research Questions

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How is safety impacted by a proliferation of micro-services vs. aggregated services?
What are the economics behind the monetization of services?
How will denial of service prevention be implemented?

Barriers

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