NextGen technologies for mid-term and far-term air traffic control operations

This paper describes technologies for mid-term and far-term air traffic control operations in the next generation air transportation system (NextGen). The technologies were developed and evaluated with human-in-the-loop simulations in the airspace operations laboratory (AOL) at the NASA Ames research center. The simulations were funded by several research focus areas within NASA´s Airspace Systems program and some were co-funded by the FAA´s air traffic organization for planning, research and technology. Results indicate that advanced trajectory-based air traffic control automation This paper describes technologies for mid-term and far-term air traffic control operations in the next generation air transportation system (NextGen). The technologies were developed and evaluated with human-in-the-loop simulations in the airspace operations laboratory (AOL) at the NASA Ames research center. The simulations were funded by several research focus areas within NASA´s airspace systems program and some were co-funded by the FAA´s air traffic organization for planning, research and technology. Results indicate that advanced trajectory-based air traffic control automation at the controller workstation integrated with data com and moderate flight deck upgrades shows great promise to increase airspace capacity significantly in the mid-term and far-term.at the controller workstation integrated with data com and moderate flight deck upgrades shows great promise to increase airspace capacity significantly in the mid-term and far-term.