NASA and the Netherlands Aerospace Laboratory Sign Aviation Agreements

Sept. 13, 2012

Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1979
michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov


RELEASE: 12-316

NASA AND THE NETHERLANDS AEROSPACE LABORATORY SIGN AVIATION AGREEMENTS

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research
Jaiwon Shin and National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) of The
Netherlands General Director Michel Peters signed two cooperative
agreements in the field of air traffic management in Amsterdam
Thursday.

"NASA and NLR share a mutual interest in optimizing airport surface
traffic," Shin said. "The collaborative research emanating from these
two agreements will help our airports avoid surface conflicts, reduce
delays, eliminate congestion and improve efficiency benefiting all
airline passengers."

One agreement relates to cooperative research in reducing air traffic
congestion in the terminal area. The other agreement outlines
cooperation in predicting conflicts to increase safety and airport
surface traffic to reduce delays thereby saving fuel while reducing
noise and emissions.

These agreements will lead to a mutual beneficial collaboration in
research. Because both NASA and NLR independently have developed
tools for efficient terminal operations, the collaboration will
validate these tools and concepts through simulations and operational
trials with airlines, airports and air navigation service providers.

According to Peters, NASA and NLR already are working together in
several areas, such as aircraft noise modeling and simulation.

"We recognize the need for international cooperation to achieve
innovations for aviation, ensuring global interoperability," Peters
said. "Our extended cooperation is a logical step forward to mature
new technologies for applications in air traffic management."

For more information about NASA and agency aeronautics programs,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

For more information about NLR, visit:


http://www.nlr.nl


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