Coming Up: NGATS Day on Capitol Hill/U.S. Senate
Air Traffic Management Researchers
& Decision-Making
Testing a Critical Next Generation System Issue
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Example of a tool used to analyzing airport capacity. Proper testing is critical to NGATS planning. Credit: Luciad
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Making critical decisions on transforming the air traffic management system is not an easy task, and must be based on solid research and testing to ensure that changes truly result in improvements to the system. But what does "solid" mean? When the Next Generation System is in place, how will decisions have been made on vital issues, such as aircraft separation, automated routing, or jet noise? Through results achieved through simulated testing? Or those that passed a "real world" try-out?
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Shared Situational Awareness:
Big Benefits to National Defense and Security
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SSA: the right information to the right person at the right time.
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NGATS Communications Director Karl Grundmann spoke to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s Air Traffic Management Committee in Kiev, Ukraine on May 10-12. His message: the Next Generation System will provide "big picture" airspace information needed to defend our nation.
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Travel and Tourism Merchants Introduced to NGATS
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The JPDO team at the TIA Int'l Pow Wow. From l to r: Al Prest, Karl Grundmann, and Nestor Pylypec.
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According to the Travel Industry Association of America, travel and tourism generates $1.3 trillion in economic activity in the U.S. each year. For that reason, changes in air transportation matter to leaders in the travel industry. Those who participated in the TIA International Pow Wow on May 6-10 in Orlando, Florida had the opportunity to learn more about the Next Generation System.
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NGATS Debuts in the NY Times
The Next Generation Air Transportation System was featured in the New York Times in its coverage last month of the World Travel and Tourism Council's Annual Global Travel & Tourism Summit.
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