This paper reviews research conducted in the Texas A&M University Flight Simulation Laboratory on intelligent systems for general aviation. Over the last eight years several intelligent cockpit systems and pilot decision-aiding tools have been created and developed for general aviation aircraft, using fix-based flight simulation validation and evaluation. This paper reviews these results, and a...

Most of us are familiar with the role of “black boxes” as they exist in aircraft. We know that they are there to help us learn from mistakes and thereby improve the performance of aircraft and the aviation system as a whole. Imagine what would happen if the aviation system did not learn and adapt to changes quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, this is the case with most organizations. Nevert...

The Federal Aviation Administration is leading the National Airspace System modernization e ort, in part by supplanting traditional air tra c services with GPS aided by the Wide and Local Area Augmentation Systems (WAAS & LAAS). Making GPS the sole-means of navigation will enhance safety, exibility and e ciency of operations for all aircraft ranging from the single engine general aviation aircr...

This report is the 4th in a series of joint ATM operational performance comparisons between the US and Europe. Building on established operational key performance indicators, the goal of the joint study conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and EUROCONTROL on behalf of the European Union is to understand differences between the two ATM systems in order to further optimise ATM p...

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) is seeing renewed interest for its ability to support future aviation navigation and surveillance needs. It is one of the primary technologies being examined by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) project to support needs to provide an alternative to global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) in the N...

This paper reviews research conducted in the Texas A&M University Flight Simulation Laboratory on intelligent systems for general aviation. Over the last eight years several intelligent cockpit systems and pilot decision-aiding tools have been created and developed for general aviation aircraft, using fix-based flight simulation validation and evaluation. This paper reviews these results, and a...