Feds Push Satellite Technology to Make Skies (and Runways) Friendlier
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 10:49
in Earth & Climate
With commercial airline traffic expected to top one billion passengers annually by 2016 (compared with the 769 million who flew in 2007), there are more aircraft than ever taxiing, taking off and landing on airport runways. All of this airfield congestion requires technology that can monitor what is happening at the dizzying pace it is occurring, and radar, a World War II–era invention, is not up to the task. [More]