NASA awards IAI $1.5NASA awards IAI $1.5 million NEXTGEN contract million NEXTGEN contract

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), under the SBIR Phase II Select partner program, has awarded Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) a $1.5 million contract to develop an extensive Metroplex planning system to assist coordinate flights between the enroute and Metroplex domains, and maintain surface traffic, applying Next-Generation Air Transportation System (NEXTGEN) concepts.

 

Futuristic tools to raise the efficiency of air traffic control systems must handle with the complexity generated by a mixture of numerous aircraft types and business news  models, increased traffic volume, and differing aircraft performance. To target this need, IAI’s key invention in this effort is the formation of a Metroplex-based arrival, departure, and surface optimization system called MetroSim.Read complete story at http://www.tendersontime.com/blog-detail/nasa-awards-iai-15-million-nextgen-contract-241.php