{"id":349238,"date":"2023-06-13T12:10:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T16:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=349238"},"modified":"2023-09-29T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T23:23:04","slug":"core-area-of-expertise-air-traffic-management","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/core-area-of-expertise-air-traffic-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Area of Expertise: Air Traffic Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 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hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAir Traffic Management\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNASA\u2019s Ames Research Center Ames is one of a few NASA Centers that has been conducting aeronautics research for more than 80 years. \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/acd20-0006-068_0.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Advanced Air Mobility demonstration with San Francisco configuration\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/acd20-0006-068_0.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/acd20-0006-068_0.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, 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\/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Air Traffic Management <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Air traffic management, or ATM, is much like the \u201crules of the road\u201d when driving, but vastly more complex. ATM is about making sure that all air vehicles in the airspace stay safely separated while also making sure the traffic is as efficient as possible. Unlike cars and other vehicles of ground transportation that drive independently under established traffic rules, commercial air transportation is more coordinated with the help of air traffic controllers and other operators. The system also must deal with delay-causing severe weather or traffic congestion. Aircraft can\u2019t slow to a stop midair, so ATM technologies prevent and alleviate these impacts.   <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg?w=1500\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Artist's concept of various types of flying vehicles operating in an urban environment\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg?resize=768,577 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg?resize=1024,769 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg?resize=900,676 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/uam-v3_0.jpg?resize=1200,901 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA\u2019s definition of \u201curban air mobility\u201d is a safe and efficient system for vehicles, piloted or not, to move passengers and cargo within a city.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eu003cemu003eCredits: NASAu003c\/emu003eu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>During peak times, there are 50,000 operations a day involving commercial aircraft in our national airspace, and thanks to advancements developed by NASA, today\u2019s aviation industry is better equipped than ever to safely, reliably, and efficiently transport passengers and cargo to destinations around the world. In fact, every U.S. aircraft flying today, and every U.S. air traffic control facility, uses NASA-developed technology in some way.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside cockpits, cabins and jet engines; in traffic control facilities; and from departure gate to arrival terminal at airports everywhere, the DNA of the entire aviation industry is infused with technology that has its roots in NASA research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ames\u2019 Role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ames is one of a few NASA Centers that has been conducting aeronautics research for more than 80 years. NASA\u2019s predecessor \u2013 the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) \u2013 established Ames in 1939 to help the United States make rapid technological advancements in aviation and reveal the basics of flight \u2014 aerodynamics and the way humans and technology work together to fly safely and smartly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Ames\u2019 aeronautics legacy, every U.S. aircraft and U.S. air traffic control facility has NASA-developed technology on board. Ames researchers have decades of experience innovating air traffic management and performing key research with government, academic and industry partners. Their efforts to study the flow of air traffic and evaluate new concepts have shaped the tools and regulations that govern our nation\u2019s airspace and directly benefits the flying public. Ames develops, tests and identifies the most promising capabilities in automation solutions, technologies, and procedures to help air traffic controllers safely optimize our skies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ames\u2019 advanced airspace simulation and modeling expertise as well as tools for system-wide aircraft scheduling allow air traffic controllers to increase the number of aircraft that can safely move through the airspace; maximize airport capacity by generating predictable and accurate takeoff and landing schedules; reduce weather and congestion delays; and increase fuel efficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These efforts have helped bring about the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, which will transform the National Airspace System (NAS) \u2013 all the airspace, facilities, equipment, services, workforce, and procedures, that enable the nation\u2019s air transportation system \u2013 to a safer, more reliable and efficient system. NextGen will build an integrated way to share information and provide air traffic controllers, pilots, and other airspace users more accurate, real-time information about the nation\u2019s traffic flow, weather, and routing, and will reduce the impact of aviation on the environment, improve system performance, meet continued growth in air traffic, and increase the nation\u2019s mobility to support economic progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ames\u2019 Facilities and Capabilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\nAmes has some of the most sophisticated and strategically important facilities and capabilities in the world for developing and evaluating aeronautics technologies to meet the nation\u2019s current and future aerospace needs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FutureFlight Central  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s FutureFlight Central (FFC) is a full-scale, fully-immersive, 360-degree, visualization facility that can represent airports, vertiports, and urban air mobility environments to test and evaluate new technologies and operating procedures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility\u2019s unique capabilities enable researchers to bring together planners, managers, controllers, pilots and airlines for real-time simulations under realistic conditions. The FFC has been used to solve traffic congestion problems at the nation\u2019s busiest airports. For example, FFC has been configured to test airport modifications \u2013 such as expansion plans \u2013 in a safe and cost-efficient manner. In addition, planetary science projects have used the FFC\u2019s 360-degree format as a visualization tool for robotic mission planning and evaluation of communication procedures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vertical Motion Simulator <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Air taxi demonstration participants looking at screens showing vertiport configuration\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg 5573w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=300,206 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=768,528 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=1024,704 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=1536,1056 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=2048,1408 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=400,275 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=600,413 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=900,619 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=1200,825 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/acd20-0006-039_0.jpg?resize=2000,1375 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Advanced Air Mobility demonstration with San Francisco configuration at the Vertical Motion Simulator.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA \/ Dominic Hartu003cbru003eu003ca href=u0022https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/simlabsu0022u003eNASA SimLabsu003c\/au003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) at Ames is a large flight simulator with six independent degrees of freedom in motion. The VMS motion system offers the greatest range of any ground-based flight simulator in the world, and moves as far as 60 feet vertically and 40 feet horizontally inside a ten-story tower. This unique flight simulation complex provides researchers exceptional tools to explore, define, and solve issues in both aircraft and spacecraft design. Its flexible simulation architecture, reconfigurable cockpits, and large motion envelope provides realistic sensory cues that are comparable to actual flight. Researchers have used the VMS to simulate virtually every type of aerospace vehicle, whether existing or still in the design phase, including airships, helicopters, fighter jets, spacecraft, and <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW249763917 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-feature\/ames\/air-taxi-ride-quality-seeking-a-smooth-ride-at-the-vertical-motion-simulator\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">air taxis<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ASA\/FAA\u202fNorth Texas Research Station (NTX) <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Researchers Al Capps (seated) and Paul Borchers demonstrate ATD-2 tools.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg 4288w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=2048,1360 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=900,598 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=1200,797 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dsc_0007.jpg?resize=2000,1328 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">At NASA\u2019s air traffic management laboratory near the Dallas\/Ft. Worth International Airport in Texas, researchers Al Capps (seated) and Paul Borchers demonstrate Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 tools that air traffic managers have been successfully testing since 2017 at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina to more efficiently direct departing traffic.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eu003cemu003eCredits: NASA \/ Jim Bankeu003c\/emu003eu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The NASA\/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) North Texas Research Station (NTX) field laboratory features a network of high-fidelity air transportation data and analysis tools embedded in a busy and complex air transportation environment. The NTX capabilities help NASA develop, evaluate, and transition advanced concepts and technologies that support NextGen. In addition, NTX represents more than 25 years of collaboration with the FAA on ATM research and technology transfer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Air Traffic Management Simulation Laboratories <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When researchers develop new ATM concepts or tools, they need a range of simulation facilities and capabilities to try out new approaches in a laboratory setting, before rolling out a new tool in real operations. These facilities, all based at Ames, include: the Sherlock Data Warehouse, which is a repository of flight, weather, and airspace data; the ATM TestBed, which generates airspace scenarios for ATM simulations; and multiple laboratories for simulations for airspace operators managing a variety of vehicles, including commercial flights and air taxis. NASA uses these facilities to develop tools to create realistic airspace traffic and conditions, using extensive air transportation databases, and provide visualization.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These facilities are used to testing includes simulations ranging from dozens to hundreds of virtual aircraft; modeling the performance of portions of airport operations to the entire air transportation system; to simulations focused on the impact of the new tools on air traffic controllers and other airspace operators.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Airspace Operations Laboratory <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aerospace engineers, software developers and human-machine interaction experts invent together in the Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) at Ames. For example, using the Ames-developed innovative, automated, cloud-based Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) tool, the laboratory provides a framework to study urban airspace and operations at varying levels of autonomy. The AOL has the capabilities to interface with NASA- and industry-developed services and systems to be a central simulation and live testing facility with real-time views into UTM and Advanced Air Mobility operations at sites across the country.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aerospace Cognitive Engineering Lab Rapid Automation Test Environment (ACELeRATE) Facility <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility uses an immersive cockpit with realistic visual databases to enable pilots to test and modify vehicle controls and displays to optimize capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM)  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?w=2016\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"UTM researcher being interviewed.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_5236.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">UTM researchers being interviewed in the UTM Lab at NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center during a TCL2 media briefing.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eu003cemu003eCredits: NASA \/ Don Richeyu003c\/emu003eu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For work that falls under the \u201cthree Ds\u201d \u2013 dirty, dangerous or dull \u2013 small drones (weighing 55 pounds or less) may be the best tool for the job. There are many applications where these low-flying aircraft (400 feet and below) could save lives, time and money. Drones could inspect roads, cell phone towers, and powerlines; monitor crops or keep an eye on volcanoes; capture images of a fire or assist emergency responders with search and rescue operations; deliver goods, and more.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But because the \u201crules of the road\u201d don\u2019t yet exist for drone traffic, Ames developed the innovative, automated, cloud-based Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) tool. UTM enables uncrewed aircraft to safely join the already busy, bustling airspace and become more a part of our daily lives and economy. Experts predict more than a million commercial, private and government UAS, or drone, operations per day in the near future. Today\u2019s air traffic control capabilities\u202fcannot handle the estimated future demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The air traffic control system that manages today\u2019s commercial airplanes relies on a central body like the Federal Aviation Administration. However, UTM allows for distributed digital airspace management based on sharing planned flight details. This collaboration tool gives each user the same situational awareness of the airspace, the ability to detect other drones in the area, share flight paths, and monitor weather, congestion and terrain conditions to maintain a safe and accessible environment. The UTM team has tackled challenges with scheduling and safe spacing of drones; ensuring small aircraft can detect and avoid each other; and clearing the airspace for priority or critical search-and-rescue operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learn more:  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW263572618 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/utm\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What is Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management?<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW263572618 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/offices\/oct\/nasa-announces-2020-invention-and-software-of-the-year-awards.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management wins the 2020 Government Invention of the Year award<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For researchers:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW263572618 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/utm.arc.nasa.gov\/index.shtml\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) technical site<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1417\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg?w=1417\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Aerial view of a city with various vehicles in flight.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg 1417w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aam-design3c-sm.jpeg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1417px) 100vw, 1417px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Advanced air mobility, with its many vehicle concepts and potential uses in both local and intraregional applications, is shown in this illustration.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eu003cemu003eCredits: NASAu003c\/emu003eu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A new future for air transportation is in the works at NASA. The goal, known as Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), is a safe and efficient system where everything from small delivery drones to passenger-carrying air taxis or air ambulances can operate over populated areas \u2013 bringing big convenience to small towns and even our largest, densest cities.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA is working with prospective vehicle manufacturers and operators, airspace service providers, communities and local governments, and the FAA to facilitate community-wide learning, test operations, understand impacts and concerns, and formalize best practices to enable the development of regulations and certifications that will get these revolutionary new aircraft off the ground and flying in our National Airspace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learn more: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW263572618 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aam\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Air Mobility<\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW263572618 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/nisv-podcast-live-air-taxis\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA in Silicon Valley Live \u2013 Air Taxis and the Future of Flight<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW263572618 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/ames\/nasa-and-uber-test-system-for-future-urban-air-transport\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA and Uber Test System for Future Urban Air Transport<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\n<p><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW263572618 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/aeroresearch\/one-word-change-expands-nasas-vision-for-future-airspace\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One Word Change Expands NASA\u2019s Vision for Future Airspace<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For researchers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW52920806 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/nari.arc.nasa.gov\/aam-portal\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) technical site<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Airspace Technology Demonstration-2 (ATD-2)  <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Graphic showing improved scheduling enables efficient spacing for aircraft to merge into air traffic.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?resize=1536,804 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?resize=400,209 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?resize=600,314 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?resize=900,471 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/atd2_animatinov1.1_impvsched-v2_0.jpg?resize=1200,628 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Improved scheduling enables efficient spacing for aircraft to merge into air traffic.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eu003cemu003eCredits: NASAu003c\/emu003eu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>At most airports today, the order in which planes push back from the gate determines when they take off \u2013 it\u2019s basically first-come, first-served. For busier and more complicated airport environments, this can lead to clogged taxiways and excessive taxi and hold times. NASA\u2019s\u202fAirspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) project developed and demonstrated an\u202fIntegrated Arrival\/Departure\/Surface (IADS) system that will improve the predictability and efficiency of operations at the nation\u2019s busiest airports. From 2017 to 2020, in partnership with the\u202fFAA and industry, NASA demonstrated the ATD-2 IADS system at Charlotte Douglas International Airport \u2013 the sixth busiest airport in the United States. ATD-2 has delivered promising results, including lower fuel consumption, reduced carbon dioxide emissions, reduced congestion on taxiways, and fewer departure delays. The FAA is committed to deploying IADS capabilities to 27 airports beginning 2022, as part of their Terminal Flight Data Manager program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ATD-2 features many innovations to these decision support systems, including Surface Collaborative Decision Making departure metering, which helps traffic controllers know when to hold departing flights a little longer at the gate instead of having them wait in long departure queues at the end of the runway. Shifting some of the departure wait time from the taxiway to the gate saves fuel, reduces emissions, and gives airlines and passengers more flexibility in the period prior to pushback. 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