26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-10.5.3 (AIAA 2008-8897)

AN AUTOMATED SIMULATION PILOT CAPABILITY TO SUPPORT ADVANCED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TRAINING

R. Tarakan, N. Rozen, K. Baldwin
The MITRE Corporation, USA

Keywords: Controller Training, Simulation Pilot, Automated Speech Recognition, FAA, enrouteTrainer

The MITRE Corporation conducted field trials at the Indianapolis ARTCC to evaluate the benefits of advanced ATC training tools and techniques.  The tools included an autonomous simulation-pilot capability that uses automated speech recognition and synthesis.  This paper describes the simulation pilot capability and presents performance results collected during the trials.

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