#air traffic control
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The Download: moon city problems and drone traffic controllers
Building a lunar base, cement that cuts emissions, and the new job of drone air traffic controller.
MIT Technology Review · 2m
Air traffic controller flies to work by paramotor
Colorado air traffic controller uses paramotor to commute after radioing his own tower.
Dexerto · 1m
Newark and Philadelphia flights recover after cable cut
Flight disruptions ease after a fiber cable break knocked out backup systems at air traffic control facilities serving New York and Philadelphia.
CNBC · 1m
UK Air Traffic Glitch Cuts 2000 Flights
A millisecond software glitch caused 2,000 UK flights to cancel.
Seattletimes · 1m
FAA's AI tool eases airline panic
The FAA's new SMART system for managing air traffic sparked weeks of industry confusion before officials clarified it would launch with a limited scope.
Business Insider · 3m
Verizon cable cut disrupts hundreds of flights
A construction crew in New Jersey accidentally severed a Verizon fiber line, knocking out backup systems for air traffic controllers across the New York and Philadelphia region.
CNBC · 2m
Feds Test AI Air Traffic Tool at BWI Airports
Federal AI tool to manage airport traffic debuts at BWI, Dulles and Reagan before nationwide rollout.
The Banner · 1m
FAA turns to AI for air traffic control
Aviation regulators are deploying artificial intelligence to manage America's increasingly crowded skies.
NPR · 1m
Millisecond software glitch grounds UK flights for six hours
A legacy software defect corrupted flight data in an instant, causing mass cancellations and delays across the UK and sparking calls for accountability.
the Guardian · 1m
UK air traffic control fails again in two weeks
A second major technical glitch at Britain's air traffic control system in as many weeks has grounded flights and sparked calls for leadership change.
BBC News · 2m
A cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US
Construction crews accidentally severed a critical Verizon fiber line, grounding flights across the Northeast.
The Verge · 1m
Air traffic controller warns AI system could cause disaster
A veteran controller fears the new SMART system could hallucinate data and endanger flights at America's busiest airports.
Futurism · 1m
AI air traffic control launches as East Coast flights grounded
Hundreds of flights delayed across major northeastern airports as the government begins testing a new AI system to manage airspace.
Futurism · 1m
FAA bets $875M on AI to fix air traffic chaos
The Federal Aviation Administration is launching an AI system to help overwhelmed air traffic controllers manage flights more safely.
TechCrunch · 1m
Trump's arch could complicate D.C.'s already risky airspace
Aviation experts warn a 250-foot monument near Reagan National Airport adds unnecessary danger to one of America's most congested flight paths.
NPR · 3m
FAA deploys AI to run air traffic control
The Federal Aviation Administration is spending $875 million on an AI system to manage US airspace, starting with Washington DC this week.
Futurism · 1m
FAA deploys $875M AI tool to untangle air traffic
The SMART system will help manage congestion above Washington, DC, before rolling out nationwide, but the stakes are high as the agency grapples with a decades-long controller shortage.
Ars Technica · 2m