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Overview What is FutureFlight Central? NASA FutureFlight Central is a national Air Traffic Control/Air Traffic Management (ATC/ATM) simulation facility dedicated to solving the present and emerging capacity problems of the nation's airports. The two-story facility offers a 360-degree full-scale, real-time simulation of an airport, where controllers, pilots and airport personnel participate to optimize expansion plans, operating procedures, and evaluate new technologies. The facility has established a precedent for enabling stakeholders to achieve consensus through a common vision of the future. + Back to Top Visual Airport Model We provide a detailed and highly realistic 3-D airport database model displayed on twelve projection screens to provide a 360-degree out-the-window view of the airport. The 3-D airport database is built up from the following:
Multiple Views The database supports views of the airport from any location, allowing the simulation and playback recordings to show the views from the ATC tower, ramp tower, pilot and ground vehicle operator. + Back to Top Radar Displays Interactive displays support all air and ground positions controlling traffic within a terminal air space.
Real-time Traffic Simulation FutureFlight Central air traffic scenarios encompass the terminal air space and surface of the airfield. Up to twelve controller positions, eight ramp tower positions and thirteen pseudo-pilot positions are networked in real-time. Adacel Inc. provides the simulation software. Aircraft Library The simulator's aircraft model database currently contains over 100 3-D aircraft models and ground vehicle models. The library collection includes detailed liveries of airlines represented at the airport under study. FutureFlight Central continuously updates this collection based on customer needs. Performance Modeling & Control Aircraft and ground vehicles are controlled by pseudo-pilots. Pseudo- pilots use interactive displays to control many aspects of aircraft movement. Examples of modeled parameters include:
Built-in Voice Communications System The voice communication system can be configured to support all radio frequencies operating at an airport control tower. Controllers, ramp operators and pseudo-pilots participating in the simulation are each equipped with a communication touch screen interface and headset. + Back to Top Data Recording During a simulation run, FutureFlight Central can collect measurements of surface performance for ground vehicles and aircraft, controller/pilot communication, and audio/video observational data. We can capture the following:
Multimedia Presentation Capabilities FutureFlight Central contains facilities for creating broadcast quality presentation materials. We can prepare for you a professional presentation of simulation results including narrated out-the-window and in-tower video, including audio recordings, and graphical presentation of data. + Back to Top Integrated Simulation Capability Through Virtual Airspace Simulation Technologies (VAST), FutureFlight Central is integrated with the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) and the Crew-Vehicle Systems Research Facility (CVSRF) to provide simultaneous cockpit and air traffic control perspectives. This unique capability enables systems-level analyses of concepts across multiple domains and creates the building blocks for simulating more of the operations encompassed within the national airspace system. + Back to Top |
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