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In alignment with Transportation Secretary Duffy’s pilot program to safely connect rural communities, reduce road congestion, and enhance medical transport, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center is helping FAA pave the way for a quieter, safer airspace.
Working with FHWA, the U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) team is standardizing how road data is shared with navigation apps, helping drivers safely navigate active construction.
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s analysts recently collaborated with NASA to evaluate the market viability of the Hybrid Electric Turboprop Commercial Freighter (HETCOF) concept—a key part of NASA’s vision for electrified aircraft propulsion in subsonic commercial flight.
As civil-military liaisons for U.S. DOT to U.S. Space Force, U.S. DOT Volpe Center experts are helping navigate critical ground-control modernization shifts. We’re bridging the gap to ensure stable, uninterrupted GPS signals for more than 330 million civil users.
As air travel demand increases, optimizing terminal airspace is critical. The U.S. DOT Volpe Center partnered with FAA in the research and evaluation of Multiple Air Route Separation (MARS)—an innovative concept designed to enhance efficiency by utilizing Performance-Based Navigation (PBN). MARS...