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| Jaiwon Shin, NASA’s associate administrator for Aeronautics Research, and Jaeboong Lee, president of the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement, signed an agreement Nov. 17, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: NASA |
[Avionics Today 11-20-2014] NASA and the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding for future cooperation on the development of advanced Air Traffic Management (ATM) technologies. The agreement aims to benefit airline passengers and citizens of both nations by advancing air transportation automation for the benefit of the aviation industry under the NextGen program in the United States and the National Air Traffic Management Reformation and Enhancement program in South Korea.
“The United States and South Korea are close allies and strategic partners,” said Jaiwon Shin, NASA’s associate administrator for Aeronautics Research. “Our ability to work closely together will benefit each nation by optimizing air transportation operations to reduce delays, fuel consumption, noise and emissions in airspace operating conditions.”