NASA SELECTS ROBUST ANALYTICS FOR RUNWAY INCURSION SAFETY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

NASA awarded a six-month feasibility research contract to Robust Analytics to develop technology or prevent runway incursions.  Our Surface Anomalies and Intent Forecast (SAIF) technology is a robust, extensible surface track monitoring and alerting tool that integrates the operational data and ATC clearances to identify deviations as soon as they occur. The SAIF tool provides an additional layer of safety assurance over the operations by monitoring surface traffic patterns and ATC-pilot communications to infer deviations by pilots or air traffic controllers. The existing layers of safety provided by ASDE-X and controller interference are reactive in nature and an alert is generated after an incursion or when significant deviation occurs. Context awareness of SAIF helps alert the controllers to any potential non-compliance immediately after it occurs.