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Researchers Al Capps (seated) and Paul Borchers demonstrate Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) tools that air traffic managers began testing in 2017.

Airspace Technology Demonstrations Project


Editor’s note: This project has concluded. This content is being kept online for historical purposes, but is no longer being updated.

Geared toward delivery of near-term benefits to air transportation system stakeholders, the Airspace Technology Demonstration project is a collection of critical technology development and demonstration activities.

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Kevin Witzberger

NASA Delivers on Making Gate to Gate Flights More Efficient

In this story from March 2022, a summary of NASA's three-part Airspace Technology Demonstration (ATD) project is presented. It details how a team of NASA's aeronautical innovators working with government and industry partners spent fives years developing and demonstrating new tools to help you fly from here to there in the most time-efficient, fuel-saving, and cost-effective manner possible.

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Researchers Al Capps (seated) and Paul Borchers demonstrate Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) tools that air traffic managers began testing in 2017.
At NASA’s air traffic management laboratory near the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport in Texas, researchers Al Capps (seated) and Paul Borchers demonstrate Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) tools that air traffic managers began testing in 2017.
NASA / Jim Banke

Airspace Technology Demonstrations News

Read the stories that tell about NASA's work in Airspace Technology Demonstrations.

NASA Delivers on Making Gate to Gate Flights More Efficient
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For a team of NASA’s aeronautical innovators working with government and industry partners, the past five years or so were…

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NASA’s Aviation Tech to Roll Out to Airports, Save Time for Passengers
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Orlando International Airport in Florida Wednesday and met with aviation leaders to discuss implementing aircraft flight…

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What is the Airspace Technology Demonstration 2?
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NASA technology helps air travelers get smoothly from gate to sky. After more than a year of pandemic-related travel restrictions,…

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NASA, Partner to Highlight Passenger-Friendly Aviation Technology
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will visit Orlando International Airport in Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 24 and meet with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) CEO Phil Brown. They will discuss implementing NASA-developed flight…

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NASA Transfers Air Traffic Management Tool Updates to FAA
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As part of an effort aimed at making aviation more sustainable, NASA has transferred findings from an air traffic management…

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NASA, FAA Invite Media to Briefing on Air Traffic Control Updates
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NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a virtual briefing for media Tuesday, Sept., 28 at 1 p.m.…

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NASA Testing Saves Airlines One Million Gallons of Jet Fuel
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Results of an ongoing demonstration of NASA-developed air traffic scheduling technology at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina surpassed a…

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NASA and Federal Aviation Administration Sign Collaboration Agreements
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Nearly a century of collaboration between aeronautical innovators who now work for NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will…

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NASA Showcases Benefits of Air Traffic Management Tools
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Two years into a three-year demonstration of new technology for more efficiently scheduling takeoffs at a major airport, NASA researchers…

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NASA Presents FAA with New Air Traffic Management Technology
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NASA technology developed so aircraft arriving at busy airports can be managed more efficiently was officially transferred to the Federal…

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NASA and Alaska Airlines Test Software that Saves Time, Fuel
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NASA researchers are testing cockpit-based software that combines the power of integrated, real-time flight data with the touch-and-go ease of…

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Center Snapshot: Kurt Swieringa
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As a kid, Kurt Swieringa daydreamed about soaring above the clouds. “Ever since I was maybe 10 years old I…

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