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Spinoff story
Advisory Systems Save Time, Fuel for Airlines
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Heinz Erzberger led a team at Ames Research Center to develop a suite of automated tools to improve air traffic control operations. Chicago-based Boeing licensed one of the tools and incorporated it into a product called Direct Routes, which can save tens of thousands of flight minutes and millions in fuel costs and thousands of tons of carbon emissions for commercial airlines.