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	+ Home Search Aviation Systems		ATD-2 Exhibit at NATCA Communicating for Safety (CFS) conference in Las Vegas, NV September 27, 2019 Pictured left-to-right: Bernie Davis (American Airlines), Shawn Gorman (NASA/Mosaic ATM), John Short (NATCA), Shawn Engelland (NASA) NASA collaborated with American Airlines to exhibit Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) technologies at the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)-hosted Communicating for Safety (CFS) conference (September 16-18, 2019) in Las Vegas, NV. The CFS conference was attended by over 1,500 participants and approximately 70 sponsors and exhibitors. This year’s CFS theme, “Every Day is a Training Day,” is also the name of NATCA’s important new safety initiative. The NASA team presented live-data views of the ATD-2 Integrated Arrival/Departure/Surface (IADS) system running at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to familiarize CFS attendees with the technology and how it will impact operations at airports across the country in the near future. The ATD-2 system currently being demonstrated at CFS is blazing the trail for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) Program. Beginning at CFS in the Spring of 2021, the FAA TFDM Program will deploy surface traffic management capabilities similar to the ATD-2 system to 27 airports across the country. The NASA ATD-2 system includes decision support tools for both FAA air traffic controllers and for the American Airlines personnel that control ramp operations at CLT. FAA TFDM decision support tools, which were also exhibited at the CFS conference, will replace the ATD-2 system in the CFS air traffic control tower. The TFDM Program will provide data feeds which airline and airport operators will use to run their decision support tools. NASA and American Airlines used this CFS exhibit to emphasize the need for industry (i.e. flight operators, airport operators, and solution providers) to equip in a timely manner so as to be ready for TFDM deployment. + Previous Highlights + Back to Top
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