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Advisory Systems Save Time, Fuel for Airlines
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2011 |
Category: |
Transportation |
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| Page: |
70 |
Center: |
Ames Research Center |
| State: |
IL |
Manufacturer: |
Boeing |
| Origin: |
Software tools to improve air traffic control operations |
| Tech Terms: |
CTAS, air traffic control, software algorithms |
| Abstract: |
| Heinz Erzberger led a team at Ames Research Center to develop a suite of automated tools to improve air traffic control operations. Chicago-based Boeing licensed one of the tools and incorporated it into a product called Direct Routes, which can save tens of thousands of flight minutes and millions in fuel costs and thousands of tons of carbon emissions for commercial airlines. |
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