FAA Accepting Bids for AI System to Assist Air Traffic Controllers

FAA accepting bids for AI system to assist air traffic controllers

The FAA is working to develop artificial intelligence software to help air traffic controllers manage flights across the nation's airspace.

Palantir, Thales, and a startup are competing to build the FAA’s predictive air traffic AI

In short: The FAA is developing SMART (Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories), an AI system that would extend air traffic conflict prediction from 15 minutes to two hours, with Palantir, Thales, and Air Space Intelligence competing for the contract. The project follows the LaGuardia crash that exposed controller overwork and aging systems, and sits […] This story continues at The Next Web

FAA quietly developing AI-enabled predictive air traffic management system

The Federal Aviation Administration is quietly developing a new artificial intelligence-powered software tool for air traffic management that could fundamentally change how the U.S. airspace system operates, according to several people familiar with the project.  Dubbed Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories (SMART), the stealthy program is being spearheaded personally by Administrator Bryan Bedford who views it as a central pilla…