Federal officials plan to launch an artificial intelligence-powered system in the Washington, D.C., area as early as Monday, the first step in a broader push to modernize U.S. air traffic management.
The software — known as Smart, or Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories — is designed to analyze flight schedules, weather forecasts, airport runway capacity and operational limits to predict traffic flows and spot potential bottlenecks ahead of time.
