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Transcript: NASA SELECTS TEAMS FOR RESEARCH AGREEMENTS -- A "WEATHER CHANNEL" IN EVERY COCKPIT?
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- May 20, 1998
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Airlines and smaller airplanes are one step closer to having
up-to-the-minute, graphical weather displays in their cockpits, thanks
in part to a new NASA aviation safety initiative.
NASA has selected research proposals from eight industry
teams to develop Aviation Weather Information (AWIN) systems for commercial
airliners and general aviation aircraft.
"Pilots tell us their number one priority is graphical
weather information. We want to make it as easy to get a weather channel
in the cockpit as it is in your living room. Technologies already
exist
that could help make that happen," said Michael Lewis, Director, NASA
Aviation
Safety Program (AvSP), ...