Sentences with phrase «air traffic control system»

Or take aviation, where we're making a huge technological leap forward and transitioning from a radar - based air traffic control system to a satellite - based one.

A government - mandated shutdown of an airport or air traffic control system due to a Natural Disaster.

For example, the entity could work with NASA to unlock the potential of UAS Traffic Management (UTM), a proposed air traffic control system for low - altitude drones that many believe will integrate drones faster, smarter and better.

Put it another way would anyone use and rely on an unvalidated air traffic control system in real time?

Senator Charles Schumer is calling the President's plan to privatize the National Air Traffic Control System bad for consumers.

The FY 2013 budget includes more than $ 1 billion to modernize America's air - traffic control system and help transition from the radar - based air traffic control system of the past to the more reliable, efficient, satellite - based system of the future, known as NextGen.

Privatizing air traffic control will have implications for the future of U.S. drone regulations, much of which hinges on efforts to create a national drone air traffic control system capable of real - time reporting, tracking and managing of flights.

I'd tell you that the transition to America's NextGen air traffic control system is happening and gaining momentum — with ADS - B capability expanding rapidly.

But aside from a few fringe extremists who think we should go back to being a lawless frontier nation, it's hard to imagine that are too many Americans who don't think we should have a fully functioning air traffic control system.

And NASA is already working with the FAA to design a next generation air traffic control system specifically for this kind of autonomous aviation.

Given Chao's proclivity toward industry interests, she may be more open to privatizing an integrated air traffic control system and working with the drone industry's timelines.

A next - generation global air traffic control system is vulnerable to malicious hacks that could cause catastrophe

Cebu is the first carrier to mount night flights and utilise the upgraded air traffic control system and newly - installed night navigational equipment at the Godofredo Ramos Airport.

«This milestone culminates substantial efforts by our company working with the FAA to position Southwest as a leading participant in a modernized air traffic control system.»

Holden also said that Uber has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to create a brand - new air traffic control system to manage these low - flying, possibly autonomous aircraft.

Involved in developing and integrating software for Air Traffic Control System programming in C / C + + and ADA.

«RNP is a significant step in the future for the NextGen air traffic control system,» said Mike Van de Ven, Southwest's executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Ocado has previously described the technical issues around controlling thousands of robots in real time, requiring a sophisticated, AI - based air traffic control system and a new communications program to talk to the robots 10 times a second.

But AirMap's technology is used on a screen next to the national air traffic control system.

President Trump's proposal to update the air traffic control system won't ease congestion on the ground at the busiest U.S. airports.

Doug Parker, American Airlines Group CEO, weighs in on Donald Trump's Air Force One tweet, and reforming the air traffic control system.

The White House has billed this «infrastructure week» and planned a series of events, beginning with a push by the president Monday to privatize the nation's air traffic control system and separate it from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Many of the highest return infrastructure investments — such as improving roads, repairing 60,000 structurally deficient bridges, upgrading schools or modernising the air traffic control system — do not generate a commercial return and so are excluded from his plan.

«Having executive function in the brain is like having an air traffic control system at a busy airport to manage the arrivals and departures of dozens of planes on multiple runways,» is how the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University describes it.

Rep. John Katko says he will likely support Trump's plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system and transfer about 30,000 FAA employees to an independent outside agency.

Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the government to boost security against a cyberattack on the nation's air traffic control system.

The nation's air traffic control system is vulnerable to hackers, Sen. Chuck Schumer said — urging the feds to beef up cybersecurity protections.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John Katko says he will likely support President Donald Trump's plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system and transfer about 30,000 Federal Aviation Administration employees to an independent outside agency.

The nation's air traffic control system is vulnerable to hackers, according to US Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is urging the feds to beef up cybersecurity protections.

The Senate sub-committee that makes decisions on transportation funding rejected a proposal Tuesday to privatize the air traffic control system.

Sen. Charles Schumer says President Donald Trump's plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system could mean higher costs for consumers.

«We're hoping that national companies that want to be part of the building of these radar systems and this air traffic control system, will know that you should set up a business in central New York to be in the hub of where this activity is taking place,» Mahoney said.

Some people in D.C., however, continue to push proposals to privatize the nation's air traffic control system.

The committee granted a moderate funding increase above FY 2017 levels for the Federal Aviation Administration's NextGen initiative to modernize the nation's air traffic control system.

This week's pain happens to be distraction and writer's block, so as I read Bari Walsh's lead story on executive function — described in this video as «an air traffic control system in the brain» — I had to wonder whether my own current disconnections were somehow related.

Working Paper # 11: «Building the Brain's Air Traffic Control System» about executive function and self - regulation skills.

Researchers at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University describe executive function as an air traffic control system for the mind — helping us manage streams of information, revise plans, stay organized, filter out distractions, cope with stress, and make healthy decisions.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulates aviation safety and pilot certification and operates the air traffic control system.

The only good news is that the air traffic control system is still working because traffic controllers are paid from the Aviation Trust Fund, which still has a positive balance.»

These funds are used for such purposes as construction and safety improvements at airports, as well as technological upgrades to the air traffic control system.

The Federal Aviation Administration regulates aviation safety and pilot certification and operates the air traffic control system.

FAA air safety; certification of airmen; civil aviation security; air traffic control system; airspace and air traffic management; private launchings of rockets and satellites; air navigation aids.

It will look at the most successful mechanisms to ensure investment and sustainable development of airports, air traffic control systems, cruise terminals, high speed rail, roads, hotels and shopping malls.

FERC is currently funded by user fees, and the improvements in the national grid control system that are required could be funded in a manner similar to the air traffic control system, and would add perhaps one - 10th of a percent to the typical electric bill.