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The 2007 ATCA/FAA/NASA Technical Symposium
By Tammy J. Lusk, Esq.
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The 2007 ATCA/FAA/NASA Technical Symposium was held in Atlantic City from May 8 th through May 10 th. The theme this year was “Bridging the Gap from Concept to Reality with Technology.” Pete Dumont, President of the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) opened the convention. Among the introductory and keynote speakers were Wilson Felder, Director of the Technical Center, and Vicki Cox, Vice-President, Operations Planning, who emphasized upcoming technologies and pertinent issues facing the agency. The Technical Center was also represented by a number of speakers including Jim Williams, Ben Willems, and Bill Benner. |
The Technology Transfer program from the Technical Center was one of the exhibitor booths and displayed some of the FAA’s latest innovative technologies and commercial partnerships. Among the new technologies displayed was Dr. Todd Truitt’s two patent pending prototype data systems: the Tower Operations Digital Data System (TODDS), which combines textual electronic flight data with airport surface surveillance displays; and the Perceptual-Spatial Tower Operations Digital Data System, which makes use of airport surface maps, rather than rely on surface surveillance. Other items displayed included Lou Delemarre’s patent pending Aircraft Geometric Height Measurement Element (AGHME), developed in support of the Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation program (DRVSM). Finally, the patented Adiabatic Expansion Nozzle was also displayed which performs faster, cleaner and more efficiently than traditional fire extinguishers.
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