air travel safety

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Study asks: Can cell phone signals help land a plane?

October 22, 2024 • Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and The Ohio State University are taking experimental navigation technology to the skies, pioneering a backup system to keep an airplane on course when it cannot rely on global positioning system satellites.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: air travel safety, Doppler effect, GPS, GPS-denied navigation, LDRD, navigation, weather balloon

Computer code may help speed up airport security

May 9, 2022 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Imagine moving through airport security without having to take off your shoes or belt or getting pulled aside while your flight boards — while keeping all the precautions that ensure the safety of passengers and flight crews. This is the challenge tackled by a team including researchers...

Categories: Homeland security

Topics: air travel safety, airport security, aviation, Sandia National Laboratories

In-flight sensor tests a step toward Structural Health Monitoring for safer flights

September 29, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nine commercial aircraft flying regular routes are on the frontier of aviation safety, carrying sensors that monitor their structural health along with their routine maintenance. These flight tests are part of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification process that will make the sensors widely available to U.S....

Categories: Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering, Transportation

Topics: air travel safety, airlines, aviation, aviation safety, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, FAA, NDI, nondestructive inspection, SHM, structural health monitoring