Aviation Systems Division Supports California Aerospace Days
March 17, 2016
On February 29 to March 1, 2016, the fifth California Aerospace Days were held at the California State Capitol Building in Sacramento, California. The Aviation Systems Division supported this event with a booth highlighting Airspace Technology Demonstration-2 (ATD-2) and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) research from Ames Research Center. Division researchers Rich Coppenbarger and Jane Thipphavong hosted exhibits on ATD-2 metroplex departure scheduling and ATD-3 Dynamic Weather Routes (DWR) and explained to approximately 1,000 visitors, from area schools and the state legislature, how these technologies build towards the larger ATD vision of gate-to-gate trajectory-based operations in the National Airspace System. (POC: Rich Coppenbarger)