The Design and Evaluation of a Traffic Situation Display for a SATS Self Controlled Area

Graphical, interactive, and intelligent displays will be an integral part of the future of aviation cockpits. NASA’s vision for a national Small Airport Transportation System based on Self Controlled Areas is a good test case for the challenge of designing avionics functionality to support pilots in performing new flight procedures – flight procedures that have the potential of improving the efficiency of our National Airspace System. The authors developed and evaluated a Primary Flight Display and Traffic Situation Display that includes elements of synthetic vision, Highway-In-The-Sky, conflict detection and artificial intelligence. The displays were evaluate