ATMOSPHERE supports NASA on NextGen!

We are happy to announce that ATMOSPHERE has been chosen to support the ongoing flight tests of the NASA’s Air Traffic Management Technology Demonstration-1 (ATD-1). This experimentation is part of NASA’s contribution to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Programme.

NASA's ATD-1 campaign

The ATD-1 flight test campaign aims at demonstrating a new prototype aircraft spacing tool, a possible answer to the following issue:

How to optimise the arrival capacity at airports during the busiest times?