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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 117 - Napa, CA - March 2016
Agenda Location	8 SUBCOMMITTEE E – FLIGHT, PROPULSION, AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS 8.3 Dynamics and Controls in the Next Generation Air Traffic Management
Title	Dynamics and Controls in the Next Generation Air Traffic Management
Presenter	P.K. Menon
Affiliation	Optimal Synthesis
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Abstract	Global air traffic is expected to increase substantially from the current levels by the year 2025, as more and more of the world's population choose this as the preferred mode of transportation. Purely controller-centered traffic management procedures currently employed are unlikely to scale to accommodate safe transition to these traffic densities. In recognition of this fact, in the United States, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration have been spear-heading the development of automation tools for supporting the controller as well as the flight deck to create the Next-Generation (NextGen) air traffic management system. Similar initiatives are underway in Europe. This talk will focus on the application of techniques from dynamics and control to create automation tools to support the controller, as well as to transfer some of the traditional air traffic control functions to the flight deck. Specifically, issues in modeling traffic flows, conflict detection-resolution, navigation through the airspace, demand-supply resource matching and control under uncertainty will be discussed. Finally, application of these techniques to high-density, low-altitude operation of unmanned air vehicles will be indicated.