FAA expands SMART, its AI tool for managing air traffic, to all 22 US control centers
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding the use of SMART, an artificial intelligence tool valued at 875 million dollars, to help manage air traffic across the national airspace. The system has been tested since September in Washington, D.C., where the FAA says it changed the routes of 180 flights with an average saving of 10 minutes and 80 gallons of fuel per trip. The agency maintains that SMART only suggests alternative routes and does not affect aviation safety.
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- The FAA is extending SMART to the country's 22 air traffic control centers after tests in Washington, D.C.
- During the tests, routes of 180 flights were changed, with average savings of 10 minutes and 80 gallons of fuel per trip
- The FAA says SMART only suggests alternative routes and that a human team validates recommendations before they reach controllers
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