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Metron Aviation Garners Best-of-Session Honors at ATM 2009
Dulles, Virginia — September 3, 2009 — The ATM 2009 Seminar and Conference series, jointly planned by the FAA and EUROCONTROL, awarded Metron Aviation’s research paper Optimizing Airspace Sectors for Varying Demand Patterns, as Dynamic Airspace and Capacity Management’s Best-of–Session. The paper, authored by Metron Aviation’s Robert Hoffman, Ph.D., in conjunction with University of Maryland’s Shin-Lai (Alex) Tien, develops an optimization technique to design sector boundaries, taking time-varying traffic demand and use of multi-controller operating teams into account.
“This Best-of-Session award is a great honor for Metron Aviation,” said Norm Fujisaki, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. “The ATM Conference continues to be an important source of collaboration for the ATM R&D community and gives us the opportunity to share and examine important research topics that ultimately advance NextGen and SESAR concepts. These concepts hold the promise of harmonizing future ATM systems for optimal efficiency and environmental sustainability, while improving safety.”
The ATM 2009 Conference also selected two other research papers from Metron Aviation’s advanced research group:
- Linking Traffic Management to the Airport Surface, written by Metron Aviation’s Nathan Doble, John Timmerman, Ted Carniol and Mark Klopfenstein, in conjunction with the FAA’s Midori Tanino and Ved Sud, examines a Departure Flow Management (DFM) capability and departure timing decisions resulting from airspace constraints, and what it takes to evolve into the next generation of capability. Results from field studies are presented along with the introduction of Tower Flight Data Manager (TFDM), which will provide decision support for airport surface processes such as taxi planning and pre-pushback gate operations.
- Environmental Performance of U.S. NextGen, written by Metron Aviation’s Terence Thompson, Mike Graham and Chris Ermatinger, in conjunction with NASA's Mike Marcolini and Old Dominion University's Jerry Creedon, discusses the fuel-efficiency, noise, air-quality and climate-related characteristics of the NextGen system in 2025 and beyond. Quantitative estimates of several future evolutions of NextGen were evaluated and the effects of operational improvements and new engine and airframe technologies highlighted.
In continuous efforts to further the science necessary to lead to a harmonized global Air Traffic Management (ATM) system, the FAA and EUROCONTROL have jointly organized an international conference series focused on ATM Research and Development. These conferences have been held in both Europe and the U.S. For more information, visit www.atmseminar.org.
About Metron Aviation
Metron Aviation is a world leader in Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM), surface operations management, airspace design, environmental analysis and advanced research services for the aviation industry. Metron Aviation fuses advanced science and mathematics with unparalleled ATFM expertise to provide groundbreaking Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) solutions for the world’s leading Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), airports, airlines, logistics firms and other stakeholders.
Founded in 1995, Metron Aviation pioneered the advancement of ATFM research, and today has a proven track record of deploying and supporting major ATFM systems. Metron Aviation employees are renowned subject-matter experts and industry leaders for both advancing flow management research and deploying powerful ATFM systems. Metron Aviation customers include the FAA, NAV CANADA, NASA, ATMB, ATNS, FedEx, Air Canada, Memphis International Airport, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Airservices Australia. For more information, please visit www.metronaviation.com.
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