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| Boeing Air Traffic
Management: Working together to create
a global air system that works for everyone |
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| In our newly completed
laboratory facilities, we are demonstrating the technologies
that will make up the future ATM system. We can show
ATM system benefits and capabilities before decisions
about long-term investments in the air traffic system
infrastructure are made. |
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The air transport industry currently moves
1.8 billion passengers and 40 percent by value of the
world’s manufactured goods each year. Both passenger
traffic and cargo traffic levels are expected to grow
dramatically over the next 20 years. The stress placed
on the global air transportation system by this volume
of traffic underscores the need for dramatically improving
air traffic systems throughout the world.
Boeing established its Air Traffic Management (ATM) unit in November
2000 to help achieve this vision. Our goals are to enhance safety, security,
affordability and accessibility for all users, while reducing delays and congestion
and supporting existing air traffic initiatives around the globe.
We are working closely with air system stakeholders to determine
how best to develop this new system. The “Working Together” process
began when 39 air system stakeholders from across North America — including
airlines, cargo carriers, military interests, ground-based personnel, the general
aviation community and others — came together to create a list of over
170 specific performance requirements for a new air transportation system. The
team distilled those requirements into a set of 16 key cornerstones for air system
performance. We also initiated the “Working Together” process with
stakeholders in Europe and Asia with the goal of generating a global set of common
performance objectives.
Boeing won several important contracts in 2002, including the Global
Communications, Navigation and Surveillance System for improvements to the National
Airspace System; a NASA contract for work on the Virtual Airspace Modeling and
Simulation project; and the first ATM contract in Asia, with the Civil Aviation
Authority of China to provide modeling and simulation expertise to Beijing International
Airport in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. ATM also reached a significant
agreement with Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland (LVNL), the air traffic control
organization of The Netherlands, to develop a range of concepts addressing safety,
efficiency and environmental concerns in the Dutch air transportation system.
We established a permanent data collection presence on Connexion
One, Connexion by Boeing’s specially equipped Boeing 737, which will be
used to demonstrate the feasibility of adding secure broadband and narrowband
communications capabilities to the National Airspace System.
Boeing also completed the construction of integrated lab facilities
in McLean, Virginia, and Bellevue, Washington, and opened offices in Brussels
and Hong Kong to facilitate closer contact with customers in Europe and Asia. |
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