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Airspace Operations and Safety Program

The Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP) works with the Federal Aviation Administration, industry and academic partners to conceive and develop Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) technologies to further improve the safety of current and future aircraft as they move through the National Airspace System.

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program director

Akbar Sultan

deputy program director

Cheryl Quinn

Airspace Operations and Safety Program Leadership

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Akbar Sultan, AOSP Director, NASA Aeronautics

Mr. Akbar Sultan

Director

Cheryl Quinn, Deputy Director for Airspace Operations and Safety Program

Cheryl Quinn

Deputy Director

Projects

The Airspace Operations and Safety Program currently divides its research portfolio into four projects.

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Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response (ACERO)

Changes in climate are leading to larger and more frequent wildfires across the globe. Through its Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations project, NASA is enabling remotely piloted aircraft to identify, monitor and suppress wildfires 24 hours a day.

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Air Mobility Pathfinders (AMP)

Air Mobility Pathfinders will tackle one of the most important challenges in the Advanced Air Mobility industry — researching how to safely integrate emerging electric air taxi technologies into cities and the national airspace system to help revolutionize air transportation.

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Air Traffic Management—Exploration (ATM-X)

The Air Traffic Management – eXploration project will transform the air traffic management system to safely accommodate the growing demand of new air vehicles to enter the airspace to perform a variety of missions.

System-Wide Safety (SWS)

The transformation of aviation to make flight more efficient and accessible, even as the global demand for air transportation services steadily increases, will require new research tools, innovative technologies, and operational methods. Enabling this to be done safely is the System-Wide Safety project's goal.

Sky for All

Tomorrow's aviation system is being shaped today. Developing a mid-21st Century Vision for the future aviation system, together. Join us.

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