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Flight Safety Technologies Inc., based in Mystic, Conn., has received a $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation/Volpe Center for continued work on wake vortex sensor technology, which it is testing at Denver International Airport.
It has been testing technology aimed at developing a reliable sensor for wake turbulence as part of a wake vortex advisory system that air-traffic controllers would use to safely separate planes during takeoffs and landings.
Such a system might let air-traffic controllers eliminate longer 5- and 6-mile separations, allowing airports far more landings and takeoffs per hour.
