NASA has developed a far-term air traffic management concept, termed Distributed Air/Ground Traffic Management (DAG-TM). One component of DAG-TM, En Route Free Maneuvering, allows properly trained flight crews of equipped autonomous aircraft to assume responsibility for separation from other 'autonomous' aircraft and from Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft. Ground-based air traffic controllers continue to separate IFR traffic and issue flow management constraints to all aircraft.
Conflict Resolution Performance in an Experimental Study of En Route Free Maneuvering Operations
2005
14 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aircraft , Flight management systems , Air traffic control , Aircraft maneuvers , Human factors engineering , Routes , Instrument flight rules , NASA programs , Flight simulation , Automatic control , Flight conditions , Air traffic controllers(Personnel) , Aircraft pilots , Ground based control , Aircraft safety , Flight operations , Situational awareness