Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2)
The Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) participated in a multi-lab effort and a field evaluation of the integration of a number of tools that comprise the Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) system. ATD-2 is an ambitious NASA project which, in collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), air carriers, airports, and the general aviation community, aimed to integrate multiple concepts and technologies to enable integrated arrival, departures, and surface (IADS) operations in a metroplex environment. The AOL’s role was specialized in evaluating airspace solutions and human factors from an operational stand-point. ATD-2 aimed to improve the predictability and the operational efficiency of the air traffic system in metroplex environments through the enhancement, development and integration of the nation’s most advanced and sophisticated arrival, departure and surface prediction, scheduling and management systems.
In recognition of the many important contributions made by the roughly 150 members of the project team, NASA selected Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 as the 2021 NASA Software of the Year Runner-up.
