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1. Wide Area Augmentation System-Based Flight Inspection System.

Author

Kim, Euiho, Walter, Todd, and Powell, J. David

Subjects
*GLOBAL Positioning System, *AIR traffic control, *AERONAUTICAL safety measures, *INSTRUMENT landing systems, *AIR traffic control clearances, *REGRESSION analysis
Abstract

The Federal Aviation Administration's augmentation to the global positioning system for civil aviation is called the wide area augmentation system. This paper introduces the wide area augmentation system-based flight inspection system. This system is better optimized than the current flight inspection systems in terms of accuracy, cost, and efficiency. Although they meet the Federal Aviation Administration's flight inspection system accuracy requirements, the current flight inspection systems are either higher cost or less efficient. The innovative use of the wide area augmentation system with a radar altimeter and a television positioning system without a requirement for an inertial navigator makes it possible for the wide area augmentation system-based flight inspection system to have low cost and high efficiency in flight inspection for instrument landing system calibration. The wide area augmentation system-based flight inspection system meets the Federal Aviation Administration's accuracy requirements for CAT III ILS calibration and also provides firm integrity algorithms. The performance of the wide area augmentation system-based flight inspection system is confirmed with tests using flight data taken in collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008
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2. U.S. air transportation: An approaching perfect storm.

Author

Donohue, George L.

Subjects
*AEROSPACE industries, *AIR traffic control, *AIR traffic controllers
Abstract

This article offers information on problems and challenges being faced by the U.S. air transportation system, despite of air traffic management initiatives. The industry's growth has surpassed GDP growth. Air travel demand is projected to increase, based on the official data from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The nation is experiencing problems in air spacing requirement. Another concern is the aging air traffic controller workforce.

Published
2006

3. New plans for easing air traffic congestion.

Author

Lopez, Ramon

Subjects
*AIR traffic control
Abstract

Reports that the United States Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have separately unveiled plans to simplify air traffic management in the National Airspace System (NAS). Utilization of satellite-based technology; Key differences between the two strategies; Problems that limit the capacity of the NAS. INSET: NASA's critical research.

Published
2001

4. ATM: The only constant is changing.

Author

Scardina, John A. and Simpson, Theodore R.

Subjects
*AIR traffic control
Abstract

Reports that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is updating its air traffic management equipment and exploring concepts such as free flight for instrument flight rules aircraft. Components of air traffic management; Three major categories of controlled airspace; Increase in the amount of air traffic being supervised by the FAA.

Published
1996

5. Digital data links unite, and divide, the world.

Author

Butterworth-Hayes, Philip

Subjects
*RADAR air traffic control systems, *AIR traffic control, *RULES
Abstract

Offers information on the Multimode Digital Radio program that the United States Federal Aviation Administration is set to provide to air traffic control centers in 2003. Goal of the program; Benefits offered by the controller pilot datalink communications service; Forms of digital ground-air radios.

Published
2001

6. Air transportation.

Author

Chaudhary, Ravi I. and McMillan, A. J.

Subjects
*AIR travel, *AIRBUS A380, *AIR traffic control, *COMMERCIAL aeronautics
Abstract

The article reports on several developments in the area of air transportation in the U.S. in 2007. They include progress on the Airbus A380, Boeing 787, and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) tanker replacement. The final implementation of Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center by the Federal Aviation Administration allowed aircraft flying over the North Pacific Ocean to fly more direct routes, save fuel, and achieve better on-time performance.

Published
2007

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