Air Traffic Control
Corridor Integrated Weather System
The Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) is now in use at eight en route centers in the northeast U.S., six major terminal control areas, and the Aviation Research System Command Center. The CIWS integrates data from national weather radars with thunderstorm- forecasting technology, and aids analysis of airspace congested by convective weather, the largest cause of air traffic delay in the National Airspace System. Ongoing software engineering efforts to restructure the CIWS prototype will enable coverage of the continental United States.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory continues to support the Federal Aviation Administration in the development of new technology for air traffic control. Work historically has focused on aircraft surveillance and weather sensing, collision avoidance, and air/ground datalink communications. Emphasis has now shifted to the development of advanced integrated weather systems, decision-support technologies to improve aviation safety and efficiency, open system architecture applied to air surveillance sensors, information security, and collaborative approaches to air traffic management.
Find out more about the Air Traffic Control mission:
- Program overview
- Principal accomplishments over the past year
- Future outlook and focus for upcoming year
Leadership for Air Traffic Control
Dr. Mark E. Weber
Mr. James M. Flavin
Ms. Elizabeth R. Ducot
Dr. Marilyn M. Wolfson
Dr. James K. Kuchar
Dr. Herbert E. M. Viggh
Technical Groups
Descriptions of the two technical groups contributing to the Air Traffic Control mission, the Surveillance Systems Group and the Weather Sensing Group, can be found on the Organization of Technical Divisions page.
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