NASA Announces Maryland Aeronautics Research Award

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Airspace Systems Program, Washington, has awarded approximately $728,000 to University of Maryland, College Park, Md., for work described in their NASA research announcement proposal entitled "Dynamic, Stochastic Models for Managing Air Traffic Flows."

The award is designed to foster close collaboration with and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among researchers at NASA, industry, academia, and other government agencies, in a manner that benefits the nation's aeronautics community.

The Airspace Systems Program conducts cutting-edge research that will enable the Next Generation Air Transportation System. In partnership with the Joint Planning and Development Office, the program will help develop the concepts, capabilities and technologies that will lead to the significant enhancements in capacity, efficiency and flexibility needed to meet the nation's airspace and airportal requirements for decades to come.

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     J.D. Harrington
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