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Stay up-to-date with the latest content from ATM-X as we transform the air traffic management system to safely accommodate the growing demand of new air vehicles to enter the airspace to perform a variety of missions.

NASA Machine Learning Air Traffic Software Saves Fuel
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A NASA air traffic management planning tool has saved more than 24,000 pounds of jet fuel and prevented the release…

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NASA Delivers on Making Gate to Gate Flights More Efficient
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For a team of NASA’s aeronautical innovators working with government and industry partners, the past five years or so were…

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Advanced Air Mobility Looks Ahead to Automation
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Read this feature in Spanish here. Using software to handle tasks to assist people is not a new concept –…

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NASA Competition Seeks Student Data Crunchers for Runway Solutions
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Every day, millions of airline passengers fly in and out of airports across the National Airspace System (NAS) onboard tens…

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NASA Invites Collaboration to Define Sky for All
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We’ve long held dreams of what the future of air travel could look like. Something out of the Jetson’s TV…

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What is Air Traffic Management eXploration?
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Transforming air traffic management to accommodate new air vehicles and demand for increased mobility Operators of new and emerging aircraft…

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NASA Working to Bring Air Mobility Vision to Stratospheric Heights
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When flying on a commercial airliner, it can feel like you’re on top of the world, riding higher than any…

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NASA Testing Saves Airlines One Million Gallons of Jet Fuel
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Results of an ongoing demonstration of NASA-developed air traffic scheduling technology at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina surpassed a…

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A Story for Axel: Small Drones, Big Ideas for Better Air Mobility
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This is the final part of a three-part series in which NASA Aeronautics’ senior writer Jim Banke tells his newborn…

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A Story for Axel: Detect and Avoid, Command and Control
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This is the second of a three-part series in which NASA Aeronautics’ senior writer Jim Banke tells his newborn grandson,…

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A Story for Axel: NASA Drone Projects Achieve Critical Early Work
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This is the first of a three-part series in which NASA Aeronautics’ senior writer Jim Banke tells his newborn grandson,…

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NASA Sets Stage for Future Flights, Auditions Advanced Air Mobility Technologies
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As any performer knows, it’s important to rehearse, rehearse, and – when you think you’re ready – rehearse some more.…

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NASA and Federal Aviation Administration Sign Collaboration Agreements
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Nearly a century of collaboration between aeronautical innovators who now work for NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will…

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NASA Air Traffic Management Tool on Display
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This close up view of a cockpit display screen shows NASA’s Tailored Arrival Manager (TAM) air traffic management tool in…

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NASA Tests New Air Traffic Management Tool on Boeing 787
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A view from the front office of a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner during a recent series of test flights in which…

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Montana Sunset Frames Boeing 787 Research Aircraft
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Sunset at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow, Montana, where this 787-10 Dreamliner on loan from Etihad Airways served as the…

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NASA Partners with Boeing on Test Flights to Advance Aviation
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A pair of NASA research projects to gather data on aircraft noise and test an air traffic management digital data…

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Air Traffic Management – eXploration (ATM-X) Description
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The Air Traffic Management – eXploration (ATM-X) project will transform the air traffic management system to safely accommodate the growing…

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NASA Embraces Urban Air Mobility, Calls for Market Study
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NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) conducts research based on a deliberate and well-coordinated strategic implementation plan. This plan is…

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NASA Air Traffic Management Demonstration Goes Live in Charlotte
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The forward cabin door is closed. Everyone is sitting down with their seat belts fastened. Then comes the gentle nudge…

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NASA Completes its Latest Drone Traffic Management Flight Campaign
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NASA and its partners are wrapping up tests of the most recent version of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic…

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Media Invited to Demonstration of NASA UAS Traffic Management Technologies
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Media are invited to see the latest technologies NASA is working on as part of its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)…

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NASA Selects Research Proposals for Improving Air Traffic Management
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As NASA and its partners continue work to modernize the nation’s air traffic management system, known as NextGen, many promising…

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First Steps Toward Drone Traffic Management
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NASA recently successfully demonstrated rural operations of its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management (UTM) concept, integrating operator platforms, vehicle…

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The Next Era of Aviation: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management Convention
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“The sky could become increasingly crowded as personal and commercial uses of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones, become…

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NASA Langley Drone Flying Site Open for Testing
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It was more than a year in the making, but researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center have finally completed their…

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The Cloud and Collaboration: NASA Leads Development of a New System to Manage Low Altitude Drones
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“The sky could become increasingly crowded as personal and commercial uses of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones, become…

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Cockpit Software Could Help Pilots Plot Best Path
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NASA-developed computer software could help aircraft operators save time and fuel by allowing technology in the cockpit to help determine…

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