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Better Decisions Surface from Research
A major focus for improving the capacity of transport aircraft
operations at and between major airports is to develop new decision
support tools that help air traffic controllers, airline dispatchers,
and pilots improve air traffic management from gate to gate.
NASA developed Surface Management System (SMS), a decision support tool
that helps manage the movements of aircraft on the surface of busy
airports. A simulation of SMS was conducted at Future Flight Central at
NASA Ames, a facility that offers a 360-degree, full-scale, real-time
view of any airport in the world. Controllers from Dallas/Ft. Worth,
Memphis, and Norfolk participated, along with representatives from
FedEx, UPS, Northwest, United, and American Airlines. SMS was deployed
to the Fed Ex Ramp Tower in Memphis in late 2002, and an operational
demonstration of SMS was conducted at Memphis in 2003, and continued to
be tested at a number of airports.
SMS Team
NASA Ames Research Center, Metron Aviation, Raytheon, Boze-Allen, Titan, FedEx
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