NASA SimLabs News

VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1
http://www.simlabs.arc.nasa.gov/newsletter/news.html

January 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, SimLabs News is a quarterly publication reviewing current projects at the NASA Ames Simulation Laboratories (SimLabs). NASA SimLabs is comprised of three unique Flight Simulators, an Air Traffic Control radar simulator and a high fidelity Air Traffic Control Tower simulator. The facilities support government as well as private industry in a wide array of applications. To find out more, read on!

1. Toward Safer Rudder Control Systems

SimLabs is helping the FAA revise rudder certification requirements.

2. Strategic Trajectories May Reduce Airspace Congestion

NASA studies continuous clearances to improve efficiency in the National Air Space.

3. High-fidelity Simulation: a new tool for the Lunar Program

High-fidelity simulation will help develop handling qualities and train astronauts for the new Lunar Lander.

4. Planners to "Stress Test" the Future Ivanpah Airport

Airport planners will look well into the future when considering alternatives.

5. Controllers "See Clearly Now" in FutureFlight Central

Visual system upgrade gives controllers exceptional vision in tower simulator.

6. Thinking of doing business with NASA SimLabs?

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