Small Aircraft Transportation System

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Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) [1] er et forskningssamarbejde mellem FAA, NASA, lokale lufthavne og andre luftfartsmyndigheder i USA. SATS er beregnet til automatisk at styre og guide mange større og mindre luftfartøjer. Dette inkluderer VTOL-fartøjer; [2] flyvende biler som f.eks. Moller Skycar og LaBiche Flying Sports Car No. 1.

Maj 2007 blev det annonceret at computersystemet er tæt på at være færdigt. [3]

En væsentlig motivation for at fremskynde SATS var Terrorangrebet den 11. september 2001.

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  1. Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) Project Office
  2. April 17, 2005, 60 minutes: Flying Cars Ready To Take Off Citat: "...The Highway in the Sky" is a computer system designed to let millions of people to fly in their very own vehicles. (CBS/NASA)...It's called the AirScooter, and self-taught inventor Woody Norris says it goes on sale later this year...It's called the CarterCopter, and it has a large top rotor and small wings which double as fuel tanks..."
  3. 05/28/2007, dailybulletin.com: Getting ready for flying cars Citat: "...NASA's "Highway in the Sky," the revolutionary computer-generated system designed to move a virtually unlimited amount of air traffic through uncontrolled airspace, is nearing completion..."

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