Aeronautics: ATD-2 Selected as NASA Software of the Year Runner-Up
July 2021
Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) was selected as a runner-up for the 2021 NASA Software of the Year award. The agency-wide annual competition rewards high-quality and innovative software that uses efficient software engineering processes to meet NASA's stringent safety and reliability standards. Sponsors of the competition include the NASA Chief Engineer, the NASA Chief Information Officer, and the NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. The ATD-2 project is comprised of technology development and demonstration activities geared toward delivery of near-term benefits to air transportation systems. Arrival, departure and surface activity including terminal sequencing and spacing, and air traffic flow management are several of the projects NASA is working on to make air travel safer and more reliable. The ATD-2 effort provides solutions to several problems in the complicated, multi-airport environment. At most airports, departures are managed in the order they push back from the gate, which can overload runways and cause excessive taxi and hold times. ATD-2's software algorithms assist ground and local air traffic controllers with managing flights and suggest the sequence the flights should depart.
NAMS staff supporting ATD-2 are from USRA, Crown, Moffett Technologies, and Mosaic ATM.
Alex Amblard (USRA), Leonard Bagasol (USRA), David Brinton (Mosaic ATM), Jason Burke (Mosaic ATM), Steven Chan (USRA), Liang Chen (MTI), Jinn-Hwei Cheng (USRA), Andrew Churchill (Mosaic ATM), Jeffrey Currence (Mosaic ATM),Cynthia Freedman (USRA), Shawn Gorman (Mosaic ATM), Saugata Guha (USRA), Dave Hicinbothem (Mosaic ATM), Shaymaa Khater (Mosaic ATM), Young Kim (Mosaic ATM), Matt Kistler (Mosaic ATM), Jaelin McCreary (USRA), Tyler Ngo (USRA), Jody Null (USRA), Pat O’Neal (USRA), Brian Phipps (Mosaic ATM), Dan Pietrasik (Mosaic ATM), Robie Remple (USRA), Keenan Roach (USRA), Isaac Robeson (Mosaic ATM), Scott Sahlman (USRA), JD Sanders (USRA), Kelly Schriner (Crown), Patrick Schultz (Mosaic ATM), Amanda Unger (Mosaic ATM), Easter Wang (USRA), Elliott Wang (USRA), Dan Wesely (Mosaic ATM), Stuart Wilson (Mosaic ATM), and Sarah Youlton (USRA).
