Cooperative agreement

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region awarded a $913,453 cooperative agreement to The Ohio State University Office of Sponsored Programs under the Aviation Research Grants program (CFDA 20.108). The award will support development of guidance for designing human-automation systems for air traffic control over a two-year period from December 2022 to December 2024.

Under the award, The Ohio State University will collaborate with the University of Michigan, Virginia Tech, and Roth Cognitive Engineering to produce reports and guidance. Phase 1 will include literature reviews on automation design guidelines and future applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in aviation. Phase 2 will identify representative automation applications for air traffic control, address human factors issues, and develop design guidelines for human-automation systems incorporating these technologies. The final deliverable will be a guidance document on the design, implementation and evaluation of artificial intelligence and machine learning in human-automation air traffic control systems.