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Technical Leadership in the Air Traffic Management Industry

A leader in Air Traffic Management (ATM), Flatirons Solutions applies expert systems engineering, software engineering, and program management experience to the development of mission-critical systems that ensure the safe and efficient operation of aircraft through the National Airspace System (NAS). Flatirons supports key research and development programs for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA).

Our experience spans the traffic flow management, en route, terminal, surface, and oceanic domains and allows our ATM clients to achieve quality systems development and deployment within schedule, budget, and technical performance constraints.

We are specialists in many areas critical to operational air traffic management systems including:

  • Systems Engineering
  • Adaptation Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Operations Analysis
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Decision Support Tool Development
  • System Performance Measurement and Improvement

Flatirons Solutions' depth and breadth of experience is extensive and includes:

  • Key FAA modernization efforts:
    • Traffic Flow Management - Modernization (TFM-M)
    • En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM)
    • Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS)

  • Future air transportation system developments:
    • Joint Program and Development Office NextGen (JPDO)
    • System Wide Information Management (SWIM)
    • Collaborative Air Traffic Management Technologies (CATMT)
    • Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS)
    • Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
    • Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS-B)
    • Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS)

  • Current operational system development and support:
    • FAA ATO-R (System Operations (SysOps)) Engineering Support Services
    • Center TRACON Automation System Traffic Management Advisor (CTAS TMA)

  • Aeronautical and adaptation data systems:
    • NAS Adaptation Services Environment (NASE)
    • National Airspace System Resource (NASR)
    • National Flight Data Center (NFDC)
    • ARINC 424 formatted data including the FAA National Flight Database (NFD)
    • Host Computer System Adaptation Controlled Environment System (ACES)
    • Digital Aeronautical Charting System (DACS)

  • Legacy systems:
    • Host Computer System
    • User Request Evaluation Tool (URET)
    • Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS)
    • Collaborative Decision Making (CDM)
    • Automated Radar Tracking System (ARTS)
    • Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS)

  • and NASA air traffic management decision support tool research including:
    • Center TRACON Automation System (CTAS)
    • Multi-Center TMA
    • Direct-To
    • Passive Final Approach Spacing Tool (pFAST)
    • Collaborative Arrival Planning (CAP)