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Integration and Training

The Integration and Training Group is committed to improving the efficiency and safety of the National Air Transportation System, with an emphasis on emerging operations enabled by increased automation. This group develops and evaluates methods to better integrate humans into future air transportation systems, drawing from human factors principles/expertise and related disciplines. The group includes full-mission laboratories associated with air traffic management, flight deck procedures, and remote piloting. It also includes labs dedicated to complex human-systems design and human-automation teaming.

Researchers from the Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) during an Upper Class E Traffic Management (ETM) study.
NASA Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) researchers during an Upper Class E Traffic Management (ETM) simulation and study.
Credit- NASA

Every day, the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic controllers provide services to more than 45,000 flights and 2.9 million passengers. By 2030, experts are predicting a significant increase in air travel, with potentially 12 billion travelers taking to the skies. As demand for air travel continues to grow, and new vehicles are introduced into the National Airspace System (NAS), the demands on the pilots, air traffic controllers and flight operators continues to grow.

Pilot David Zahn fine-tunes the traffic display screen of the ownship aircraft in the VMS’s R-Cab during the AVA-1h simulation in the VMS, N243.
Pilot David Zahn fine-tunes the traffic display screen in the NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator’s (VMS) R-Cab during the AVA-1h simulation at NASA Ames Research Center
Credit- NASA

The Integration and Training Branch consists of the following labs:

Contact

Jeffrey Homola- jeffrey.r.homola@nasa.gov