AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS IN AN ADVANCED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. VOLUME I: SUMMARY

The Advanced Air Traffic Management System (AATMS) program is a long-range investigation of new concepts and techniques for controlling air traffic and providing services to the growing number of commercial, military, and general aviation users of the national airspace. This study of the applications of automation was undertaken as part of the AATMS program. The purposes were to specify and describe the desirable extent of automation of AATMS, to estimate the requirements for man and machine resources associated with such a degree of automation, and to examine the prospective employment of humans and automata as air traffic management is converted from a labor-intensive to a machine-intensive activity. Volume I is a summary document, stating the background and objectives of the study and describing the major study results. It also contains a discussion of the implications of the results for an advanced air traffic management system and a suggested strategy for implementation of automation.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Paper copy also available in set of 10 reports as PB-236 800-SET, PC$59.00.
  • Corporate Authors:

    TRW Systems Group

    Westgate Research Park
    McLean, VA  United States  22101

    Transportation Systems Center

    55 Broadway, Kendall Square
    Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
  • Authors:
    • Mertes, F
    • Jenney, L
  • Publication Date: 1974-8

Media Info

  • Pagination: 196 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00080183
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
  • Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-512
  • Files: NTIS, TRIS
  • Created Date: Jan 29 1975 12:00AM