FAA rolls out AI-assisted flight planning tool to streamline U.S. airspace
TL;DR
FAA launches SMART, an AI-powered system to assist air traffic controllers at Reagan National, Dulles, and Baltimore/Washington, promising faster decisions and fewer delays without replacing humans, during a 90-day pilot before wider rollout; the rollout comes as the agency also contends with a Northeast infrastructure outage that briefly snarled operations.
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- Aviation regulators turn to AI to help manage the nation's airspace NPR
- FAA set to test AI air traffic system at DC area airports, reports say FOX 5 DC
- Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Delivers State-of-the Art Air Traffic Control Management Tool to Transform The Flying Experience, Reduce Delays & Cancellations For the Traveling Public | US Department of Transportation transportation.gov
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