June 2010: Dr. Robinson briefs WSI Commercial Aviation User Group
Dr. Robinson briefed the 2010 WSI Commerical Aviation User Group in Andover, Maryland. The two-day user group featured educational presentations on industry innovations and advancements, product presentations and discussions, along with networking. AeroTech participated in the session introducing the integrated WSI Turbulence Solution, which uses automated turbulence reporting and enhanced forecast services to reduce maintenance cost and improve safety.
April 2010: AeroTech Research on winning team for NASA contract
NASA has selected five companies to provide its Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with aerospace vehicle development support. Analytical Services & Materials Inc. of Hampton, Va. is one of the successful companies, and ATR is a part of their team. The Structures, Materials, Aerodynamics, Aerothermodynamics, and Acoustics Research and Technology (SMAART) contract is valued at $400 million over five years.
March 2010: Dr. Robinson participates in Aviation Insurance Conference
Dr. Paul Robinson was invited to take part on a safety panel at the 2010 Willis IATA AAPA Asia Pacific Aviation Insurance Conference in Sanya, China. He spoke about the need for better weather information and better dissemination methods as a way to mitigate the risks of injuries and aircraft damage. Also appearing on the panel were (from Left to right), Capt. Wee Kee Gui (ACR Group), Dr. Paul Robinson, Philip Clarabut (Willis), Capt. George Snyder (GHS Aviation Group), and Capt. Rick Howell (Cathay Pacific).
January 2010: NASA Selects AeroTech Research to Develop a Real-Time Wake Encounter Reporting System for Aircraft
AeroTech Research announced the award of a NASA contract to develop a system which will detect and transmit reports of wake encounters from an aircraft to other aircraft and air traffic controllers thereby significantly increasing safety of operations around airports. The system will be readily implemented on any modern commercial airliner to make these encounter reports in real-time.
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October 2009: Hong Kong Observatory Selects AeroTech Research to Analyze Wind Shear and Turbulence Events using Lidar and Flight Data
The Hong Kong Observatory selected AeroTech Research to process wind shear and turbulence data from their ground-based laser-radar (Lidar) detection systems at the Hong Kong International Airport. Wind shear and turbulence can have dangerous effects on aircraft landing and taking off. Ground-based measurements systems such as Lidars can make wind speed measurement along the approaches to runways to identify wind shears and other hazardous phenomenon. Of key importance is that the Lidar measurements correlate with what the systems on board aircraft detect.
AeroTech Research has many years of experience in developing wind shear and turbulence detection algorithms for both ground-based sensor and flight data. AeroTech will process the lidar and flight data using its proprietary algorithm toolset to demonstrate suitable Lidar processing techniques which will correlate to wind shear and turbulence hazards measured on-board aircraft.
