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ASTi will participate in a cooperative research and development agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support industry research as part of its National Aviation Research Plan (NARP) for 2024–2028 to develop a certification path for simulated air traffic control environments.
ASTi (Advanced Simulation Technology, Inc.) welcomed three FAA representatives to its facility in Herndon, Virginia, for two days in June for on-site demonstrations and discussions on the role of immersive Simulated Air Traffic Control Environment (SATCE) technologies in flight simulation and pilot training.
Grant Morfitt, research engineer; Somil Shah, aerospace engineer; and Larry McDonald, senior technical specialist for Flight Simulation Systems joined members of ASTi’s development team to experience ASTi’s immersive Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC (SERA) in action. SERA is an industry-leading SATCE solution, shipping over 300 systems and integrating with more than 20 simulator manufacturers around the world.
The ongoing study will occur over the next three years in multiple phases. The FAA will install SERA on an Airbus A320 flight simulator at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Follow-up installations at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, will find SERA on an A330/320 Level D full-flight simulator for evaluation. ASTi anticipates that the initial results of this research will lead to the issuance of FAA policy, guidance and best practices for SATCE technologies.
ASTi will work with the FAA throughout its research plan to better understand how SATCE systems can improve pilot training and reduce the number of incidents caused by pilot miscommunication.
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