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Building Airport Surface HITL Simulation CapabilityFutureFlight Central is a high fidelity, real-time simulator designed to study surface operations and automation. As an air traffic control tower simulator, FFC allows stakeholders such as the FAA, controllers, pilots, airports, and airlines to develop and test advanced surface and terminal area concepts and automation including NextGen and beyond automation concepts and tools. These technologies will improve the safety, capacity and environmental issues facing the National Airspace system. FFC also has extensive video streaming capabilities, which combined with the 3-D database capability makes the facility ideal for any research needing an immersive virtual and or video environment. FutureFlight Central allows human in the loop testing which accommodates human interactions and errors giving a more complete picture than fast time simulations. This presentation describes FFCs capabilities and the components necessary to build an airport surface human in the loop simulation capability.
Document ID
20170000661
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Chinn, Fay Cherie
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
January 20, 2017
Publication Date
October 24, 2016
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN36726
Meeting Information
Meeting: Joint Workshop for KAIA/KARI - NASA ATM Research Collaboration
Location: Moffett Field, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: October 24, 2016
End Date: October 26, 2016
Sponsors: NASA Ames Research Center
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
facility capabilities
FutureFlight Central
simulation
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