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 2008-11.9.2 (AIAA 2008-8931)

SIMULATION RESULTS FOR AIRBORNE PRECISION SPACING ALONG CONTINUOUS DESCENT ARRIVALS

B. E. Barmore, T. S. Abbot*, W. R. Capron**, B. T. Baxley
NASA, USA; *Booz Allen Hamilton, USA; **Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA

Keywords: AIRBORNE PRECISION SPACING

NASA is participating in the FAA’s Flight Deck-based Merging and Spacing (FDMS) Working Group to develop and test a prototype tool for airborne spacing that is acceptable for use with Continuous Descent Arrivals. Fast-time and HITL simulator studies were conducted to validate the feasibility of the combination.

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