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    NASA is inviting media to observe practice simulations in May for a new study of Distributed Air/Ground Traffic Management at NASA's Langley and Ames Research Centers. Researchers will link airline pilots and air traffic controllers across sites to evaluate using advanced aircraft technologies to supplement overburdened air traffic control systems and improve efficiency. In June, researchers will formally study how well the system works by observing simulations and collecting extensive data as pilots fly simulated aircraft into a mock airspace using new automation tools while air traffic controllers direct traffic.

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    NASA is inviting media to observe practice simulations in May for a new study of Distributed Air/Ground Traffic Management at NASA's Langley and Ames Research Centers. Researchers will link airline pilots and air traffic controllers across sites to evaluate using advanced aircraft technologies to supplement overburdened air traffic control systems and improve efficiency. In June, researchers will formally study how well the system works by observing simulations and collecting extensive data as pilots fly simulated aircraft into a mock airspace using new automation tools while air traffic controllers direct traffic.

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    NewsRelease

    National Aeronautics and


    Space Administration
    Langley Research Center
    Hampton, Va. 23681-2199

    Kathy Barnstorff For Release: May 13, 2004


    Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
    (Office: 757/864-9886/Cellular: 757 344-8511)

    Jonas Dino
    Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
    (Office: 650/604-5612)

    RELEASE: 04-031

    NOTE TO EDITORS:
    NASA INVITES MEDIA TO NEW AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CONCEPT SIMULATION

    Airline pilots will link up with air traffic controllers by computer in NASA laboratories on
    opposite sides of the country this summer to evaluate new air traffic management technology.

    Researchers using the newly created Air Traffic Operations Laboratory at NASA's Langley
    Research Center in Hampton, Va., and the Airspace Operations and Flight Deck Display
    Research Laboratories at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., are studying
    ways to improve efficiency and reduce flight delays as demand for air travel continues to
    grow. One promising approach is to use advanced aircraft and ground technologies to
    supplement overburdened air traffic control systems. NASA calls this Distributed Air/Ground
    Traffic Management. This study is an important component of NASA's Advanced Air
    Transportation Technologies Project, under the Airspace Systems Program.

    Media are invited to NASA Langley in Hampton, VA and NASA Ames in Mountain View,
    CA to observe a practice of the Distributed Air/Ground Traffic Management simulation
    experiment, May 20, 21, 24 and 25. For more information call Kathy Barnstorff at
    757/864-9886 or Jonas Dino at 650/604-5612.

    During the practice simulation, airline pilots and some stand-in researchers will be at
    computer workstations flying simulated aircraft into a mock-up of the Dallas Fort Worth
    airspace. Air traffic controllers, using new automation and data communication tools, will be
    able to see those aircraft on simulated air traffic control monitors. The pilots will use an
    experimental autonomous flight management system to plan their own routes to safely and
    seamlessly fit into the traffic flow.

    During the formal simulation in June, researchers at Langley and Ames will not only observe
    the experiment but will also take extensive data to verify how well the system works.

    -end-

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