NASA and Partners Open New Research Lab at Charlotte Airport

NASA and Partners Open New Research Lab at Charlotte Airport. NASA Aeronautics’ Shawn Engelland (right) briefs NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden on how multiple streams of data will be displayed and coordinated through a new airspace technology demonstration laboratory called “ATD-2” at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). The lab is part of a five-year test project aimed to streamline the arrival and departure of aircraft and improve surface operations to increase safety and efficiency and reduce fuel use in our nation’s aviation system.

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