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Researchers to Demo New Technology at DBIA for Arrivals, Departures, Runway Incursions

Daytona Beach, Fla., Nov. 9, 2007 -- New technologies for an “airport of the future” will be demonstrated Nov. 14 at Daytona Beach International Airport (DBIA) by an aviation industry consortium led by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Lockheed Martin, and DBIA.

The research consortium presenting the demonstration is focused on developing solutions for flight issues that plague the traveling public, such as flight delays, crowded airspace, and inaccurate weather forecasting. In addition, the projects will develop safety and security solutions for aircraft moving around the surface of the airport.

The scenarios to be demonstrated will highlight the integration of new technologies that make travel around airports safer and more efficient.

The demonstrations will be held in the airport’s International Terminal.

Demonstrations (10 a.m. to Noon):

Departure Scenario 1: Chris Brinton, president and principal strategist, Mosaic ATM
Arrival Scenario: Chris Brinton, president and principal strategist, Mosaic ATM
Departure Scenario 2: Todd Waller, senior research associate, Embry-Riddle
Runway Incursion Scenario: Jonathan Vanger, Transtech Airport Solutions

The Integrated Airport Project, to be implemented by the consortium over a three-year period, will showcase emerging technologies in safety, security, capacity, and overall efficiency of the next generation of airports. The effort comes amid industry predictions that air traffic will increase by 300 percent by the year 2025.

The project began in 2006 to address such timely issues as airport security and business operations; airline dispatch and ramp operations; FAA terminal radar approach control and surface operations; and collaborative arrival and departure management. DBIA will be the national test bed for this project.

Other consortium members are Boeing, CSC, ENSCO Inc., Frequentis, Jeppesen, Mosaic ATM, Sensis, Transtech Airport Solutions, and the Volpe Center.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of arts and sciences, aviation, business, and engineering. The university educates more than 34,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through its Worldwide campus at more than 130 teaching centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.erau.edu