Small Aircraft Transportation System simulation analysis of the HVO and ERO concepts
(Web-Based Document)

Title from title screen (viewed on March 5, 2012).

"March 2003."

"Sponsoring/monitoring agency report number: NASA/CR-2003-212170"--Tech. report doc. p.

Available online.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).

Contractor report.

It is acknowledged that the aviation and aerospace industries are primary forces influencing the industrial development and economic well being of the United States and many countries around the world. For decades the US national air transportation system has been the model of success - safely and efficiently moving people, cargo, goods and services and generating countless benefits throughout the global community; however, the finite nature of the system and many of its components is becoming apparent. Without measurable increases in the capacity of the national air transportation system, delays and service delivery failures will eventually become intolerable. Although the recent economic slowdown has lowered immediate travel demands, that trend is reversing and cargo movement remains high. Research data indicates a conservative 2.5-3.0 annual increase in aircraft operations nationwide through 2017. Such growth will place additional strains upon a system already experiencing capacity constraints. The stakeholders of the system will continue to endure ever-increasing delays and abide lesser levels of service to many lower population density areas of the country unless more efficient uses of existing and new transportation resources are implemented. NASA s Small Aircraft Transportation System program (SATS) is one of several technologies under development that are aimed at using such resources more effectively. As part of this development effort, this report is the first in a series outlining the findings and recommendations resulting from a comprehensive program of multi-level analyses and system engineering efforts undertaken by NASA Langley Research Center's Systems Analysis Branch (SAB). These efforts are guided by a commitment to provide systems-level analysis support for the SATS program.

Prepared by Swales Aerospace, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center under contract,NAS1-00135,786-40-10-10