27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-11.11.3

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF AUTOMATION FOR EFFICIENT ARRIVALS IN CONSTRAINED AIRSPACE

R. Coppenbarger, G. Dyer*, M. Hayashi**, R. Lanier*, L. Stell, D. Sweet***
NASA Ames, USA; *Federal Aviation Administration, USA; **UARC, USA; ***Sensis Corporation, USA

Keywords: automation, arrivals, constrained airspace

NASA is developing the En Route Descent Advisor (EDA) as a tool for computing real-time arrival solutions in busy traffic that are fuel efficient and environmentally responsible. This paper describes the concept and design behind EDA, and progress towards developing, testing, and deploying EDA for the NextGen air-transportation system.

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