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PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:08 pm    Post subject: NASA technology to aid in landing aircraft Reply with quote

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We all know about the NASA Space program putting astronauts into space and flying missions to distant planets. Less is known about the advantages the space program development has on ordinary day to day life. Often the US government is criticised for the amount of money spent on R&D and space exploration, but this is a very much misunderstood investment.

The latest technology to be released from the NASA R&D boffins is TSS Tools (Terminal Sequencing and Spacing), a software suite to assist in the next generation of air traffic management. The concept of the TSS tools is to radically upgrade the Air Traffic Management system to improve the approach and spacing of aircraft into airports enabling more aircraft to spend less time in the air. This would not only cut travel times for the flyer, but also help in conserving fuel and thus reduce carbon emissions.

TSS Tools has now been handed over to the FAA (at no charge) and is expected to be implemented over the next 5 years with the initial operations starting in 2018. For more information about NASA’s involvement in Next Generation air traffic management click here

The public release of NASA technologies is known as NASA Spinoffs. The spinoffs from NASA technology affect almost every aspect of our lives, from non-stick cooking pans made from Teflon to Mobile phones and navigation technology. The reality of the benefits that the, relatively, small investment by the US government reaps in our everyday lives is quite stunning. If NASA did not give the technology away, but received a penny in royalties for every thing that uses their research then NASA would be a self funded, profit making enterprise. Click here to learn more about NASA Spinoffs.

The NASA press release:

A new NASA-developed computer software tool designed to aid air traffic controllers was presented to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a ceremony Monday at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

The Terminal Sequencing and Spacing (TSS) technology will enable air traffic controllers to better manage the spacing between aircraft as they fly more efficient approaches into airports, saving both time and fuel and reducing emissions. TSS is the another step in NASA’s support of the development of a Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, which is a joint multi-agency and industry initiative to modernize and upgrade the nation's air traffic control system.

"With TSS, NASA's aeronautics innovators have delivered to the FAA another valuable tool that will soon benefit our environment, our economy and every individual traveler," said Jaiwon Shin, NASA's associate administrator for aeronautics research.

The software enables the routine use of what are called Performance Based Navigation procedures, resulting in fewer course and altitude changes, while also reducing the frequency of necessary communications between controllers and pilots.

The TSS tool provides information to controllers about the speeds they should assign to aircraft as they follow fuel-efficient, continuous-descent arrival procedures while passing through a region of airspace surrounding an airport called the TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control), covering a distance from an airport of about 50 miles.

NASA's Airspace Systems Program, which is part of the agency's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, began the research that led to the development of TSS in 2009, with prototype development beginning in 2011. NASA used these prototypes to test TSS in 16 high-fidelity simulations involving controllers and pilots.

The FAA is working to implement the tool in the next five years, targeting an initial operating capability around 2018. The initial site has not yet been determined and implementation will depend on funding availability.

Through a highly effective technology transfer process enabled by the NASA/FAA Research Transition Teams, NASA has delivered to the FAA three other key software tools that enable more efficient air traffic and fuel savings.

For more information on NASA’s NextGen initiative, visit:
http://go.nasa.gov/1rnOyeE

For more information about aeronautics research at NASA, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics
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