FAA expands AI air traffic advice

1. 05:20
   Ars Technica · AI

   The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration expands the AI tool SMART to assist in national airspace traffic management.

   The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration expanded the AI tool SMART to assist in national airspace traffic management. Since its implementation in the Washington D.C. airspace on September 21, the system has helped reroute 180 flights, saving an average of 10 minutes and nearly 80 gallons of fuel per flight. The SMART system predicts air traffic patterns based on weather patterns, flight paths, traffic flow, and controller workload indicators, proposing scheduling recommendations, identifying optimal routes, and determining aircraft landing sequences, but the final recommendations are verified by the FAA expert team in Washington D.C.

1. 06:28
   Ars Technica · AI

   U.S. Federal Aviation Administration expands AI tool SMART to apply to all U.S. airspace traffic management

   The US Federal Aviation Administration has expanded the use of the AI tool SMART for air traffic management across the entire US airspace. Since its deployment in the Washington D.C. airspace on September 21st, the SMART system has assisted in rerouting 180 flights, saving an average of 10 minutes and nearly 80 gallons of fuel per flight. The SMART system predicts air traffic patterns based on data such as weather patterns, flight paths, traffic flow, and controller workload, and proposes scheduling recommendations, identifies optimal routes, and determines the order of aircraft landings, but the final recommendations are verified by the FAA expert team in Washington D.C.

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