CURRENT DIP ACTIVITIES

NASA Deputy Administrator Visits North Texas

December 3, 2024

The Air Traffic Management eXploration (ATM-X) Project hosted NASA’s Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy and others, to North Texas on December 3, 2024. During the visit, they visited the North Texas Research Station (NTX) to engage with the DIP team and their airline operator partners, executives from the FAA, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) to learn about the operational demonstrations that are accelerating the National Airspace System’s transformation towards advanced, data-driven, digital services to promote efficient aviation.

DIP Pre-Departure Rerouting Tool Approved for Use at United Airlines

January 9, 2025

United Airlines Network Operations Center (NOC) approved the use of DIP’s Pre-Departure Rerouting decision support tool in their operation. The DIP team aided with United’s internal safety risk assessment of the tool and trained 41 air traffic control coordinators and managers over several days. United Airlines will coordinate with the Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) to determine whether United flights are good candidates for a reroute.

Houston Facilities Tour and IAH Quarterly Meeting

February 12-13, 2025

On the 12th, the DIP field team, the FAA Next Gen and NATCA visited United Airlines’ Ramp, George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) Air Traffic Control Tower, Houston TRACON, and the Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center. The group had opportunities to discuss and learn about weather disruptions on the Houston operation, as well as to assess the adoption and utility of the DIP web applications. On the 13th, the DIP field team attended the IAH Quarterly meeting and provided a briefing on recent predeparture reroutes and benefits. Overall, the observations and discussions with representatives of United Airlines and ATC facilities were instrumental to assess progress in the operational environment.

DIP Awards SFNP Operational Flight Test Contract to Boeing

March 5, 2025

The DIP sub-project awarded a contract, titled “Sustainable Flight National Partnership- Operational 2 (SFNP-Ops 2) flight demonstration” to Boeing Research & Technology. In the demonstration, Boeing will conduct a flight test, which will include an oceanic flight segment, using an operational aircraft. During the flight, the Aircraft Operational Intent (AOI) data from the onboard Flight Management System (FMS) will be sent to the ground station, which will then be transferred to the DIP platform. The focus is to demonstrate real-time air-ground data collection from the live flight and evaluate benefits associated with AOI data elements on trajectory prediction accuracy and sustainability. The flight test is expected to take place in the late fall of 2025.

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