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The NASA/FAA North Texas Research Station (NTX), a collaborative effort between NASA Ames Research Center and several Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) organizations, supports NextGen research through field evaluations, shadow testing, simulation evaluations and data collection and analysis. Since 1995, NTX has been the site for numerous air traffic management automation tool field evaluations including: Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) , Final Approach Spacing Tool (FAST) , Conflict Prediction and Trial Planning (CPTP), Collaborative Arrival Planning (CAP) and Direct-To (D2). In addition to conducting these large-scale field evaluations, the NTX team (NASA civil servants and contractors) has developed expertise in: airspace and surface operations analyses; ATC, air carrier and airport procedures; integrating research prototype systems into operational environments and the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative air transportation system data sets.
Working out of a 5,000 sq. ft. purpose-built laboratory on the premises of the FAA's Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), the NTX team develops and manages research infrastructure at a variety of FAA, air carrier and airport operational facilities. The NTX lab is situated immediately adjacent to Fort Worth ARTCC and American Airlines operations center, 5 miles from DFW airport TRACON and Towers, 15 miles from Dallas Love Field and Southwest Airlines operations center and 15 miles from the FAA's Southwest Region Headquarters (home of the new Air Traffic Organization Central Service Area). This unique location, combined with an experienced and motivated engineering staff, high-quality infrastructure and long-standing relationships with key FAA, air carrier and airport organizations, enables NTX to support the full range of NextGen research activities.
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