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Mitigating Risk in Commercial Aviation Operations
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
About this technology
Overview
Researchers at the NASA Langley Research Center have invented a software based on machine learning algorithms that uses data from over 200 airports and over 400 individual systems to predict aviation related risks. One source of the National Airspace System (NAS)’s flight operations data is available from the System Wide Information Management (SWIM) program which are not adequately leveraged due to their relative inaccessibility and the lack of software to collate and interpret the information. The new NASA software can transform the data into a usable form, then support real-time dispatchers guiding aircraft approaches and departures through the developed machine learning models. This has the potential to improve safety within commercial aviation terminal area operations, which will be especially pertinent as the number of flights per day increases. This software may also be leveraged to manage autonomous flight activity.