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Stay up-to-date with the latest content from the SWS Project as we make flight more efficient and accessible, even as the global demand for air transportation services steadily increases, will require new research tools, innovative technologies, and operational methods. Enabling this to be done safely at every step is the goal of the System-Wide Safety project.
Air travel is changing, and NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project conducts world-class research to ensure safety as new types of…
System-Wide Safety (SWS) project leaders are listed here. Project ManagerDr. Kyle Ellis Deputy Project ManagerSummer Brandt Associate Project ManagerDr. Wendy…
NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project identifies and addresses safety threats to improve the efficiency of flight and access to airspace.…
The National Public Safety Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Conference was held at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, March 12-13. NASA…
NASA is celebrating National Mentoring Month by recognizing the importance of mentors to students and young professionals whose careers are…
NASA’s aeronautical innovators have completed a significant step in their pursuit of safer, more efficient aviation technologies that spot hazards…
Operations within the National Airspace System continue to grow in scale and complexity. As a result, causal factors of risks…
Abused. Neglected. Abandoned. Terry Morris was dealt a horrible set of cards in life, but in his words, “you play…
NASA System-Wide Safety (SWS) project members recently participated with industry leaders in a panel session discussing the concept of an…
To keep our nation’s busiest airports running smoothly, thousands of people and systems must work harmoniously to manage the risks…
In this video, Peter Mehlitz of the Robust Software Engineering group at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California demonstrates the…
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Companies around the world are creating innovative new aircraft designs like electric vertical take-off and landing…
NASA announced a partnership with AIRT (DRONERESPONDERS) to research and develop automated safety processes and procedures to enable highly automated…
Read this feature in Spanish here. Looking forward to catching an air taxi? NASA is working to answer where Advanced…
As NASA and industry partners continue working towards a future that sees aviation meet cleaner sustainability standards, new technologies are…
NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project is committed to researching how the growing complexity of advanced aviation systems will impact safety.…
Read this feature in Spanish here. Using software to handle tasks to assist people is not a new concept –…
Read this feature in Spanish here. Hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes – our planet faces many of these natural disasters each…
Heading home for the holidays may fill you with joy, as well as a little dread at the thought of…
For the first time ever, air traffic researchers can view and analyze archived flight data collected and merged from all…
As NASA and its partners continue work to modernize the nation’s air traffic management system, known as NextGen, many promising…
A new software tool developed by NASA, and being deployed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is positioned to help…
NASA-developed software tools deployed in the 1990s – CTAS, TMA –are the backbone of many air traffic control systems. They…
NASA-developed tools have been in use by the FAA and its controllers for decades.
The holiday season is upon us and you know what that can mean — crowded airports, delayed flights, and a…
From a lofty cruising altitude to a sweet runway touchdown, pilots know the most fuel-efficient way to approach an airport…
