In this paper we present a multimodal dialogue system designed as a learning tool for air traffic control officer trainees (ATCO). It was developed using our discrete-event simulation dialogue management framework with cloud-based speech recognition and text-to-speech systems. Our system mimics pilots in an air traffic communication, allowing the ATCOs to practice a control of a virtual airspac...

Current implementation of new technologies for Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM systems) along with computational improvements on airborne and ground systems developed in the last two decades, point out the need for more strategic navigation and air-traffic control procedures based on four-dimensional (position plus time) trajectories. Moreover, the CN...

Business intelligence in a future global air traffic management can be accomplished via integrated and intelligent operational decision support technology for airports and airline operators, air traffic controllers and pilots. It aims to support decisions regarding the management and the control of the global traffic flows, of the capacity of the airports and of the global air space-time resour...

The Multi-Center Traffic Management Advisor (McTMA) tool, being developed jointly by NASA and the FAA, is being tested to aid with the coordination and management of highly congested air traffic in the "Northeast corridor" of the United States. The McTMA systems interconnect to form a data network and are being field tested in six air traffic control (ATC) facilities: Boston Air Route Traffic C...

The StayCentered Project at Technische Universität Chemnitz aims for assisting air traffic controllers in stressful traffic situations. Therefore we are seeking to comprehend air traffic controllers’ principles of operation within the dyadic team structure. First exploratory research revealed insights into air traffic controllers’ practices, their information processing (mental models), potenti...

Recent increase in air traffic demands makes the role of Air Traffic Control (ATC), which supports safety and efficiency of aviation, more important than ever. As aviation technologies have progressed, automation and computer supports are being introduced in cockpits, but ATC still heavily relies on human expertise of Air Traffic Control Officers (ATCOs). It is therefore necessary to understand...

Conflict resolution has always been a sensitive matter in air-traffic management. Current European projects aim partial or total automation of air traffic control to deal with the constant growth of air traffic. Technological advances on flight management system allows us to consider an automatic conflict resolution using continuous trajectories. In this paper, we present a new methodology that...

The Air Traffic Control (ATC) domain is concerned with controlling and monitoring air traffic from a source airport to a destination airport. A number of cooperating agents distributed throughout the ATC environment ensure that a safe, orderly and expenditious movement of traffic in airspace is achieved. Starting with a general discussion on the mechanics of ATC especially its operation, the pa...

Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar, military Air Traffic Surveillance (ATS) radar and meteorological radar operate in S-Band frequency range. In fact 4G communication systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) make also use of these frequencies. Test and measurement of their coexistence is absolutely essential as performance degradation of mobile devices and networks and even malfunction of ATC rad...