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Press Release
SATS 2005 SET FOR DANVILLE JUNE 5-7, 2005

Hampton, VA.     October 21, 2004---The National Consortium for Aviation Mobility (NCAM), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are combining forces to present SATS 2005: A Transformation in Air Travel at the Danville Regional Airport in Danville, Va., on June 5-7, 2005.

Designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) project, the event will showcase technologies designed to make small aircraft and airports more accessible to more people. The goal of the five-year, public-private partnership project is to show that emerging aviation technologies can be integrated into operations in a small airport environment.   

The high profile event is designed to attract aviation entrepreneurs and enthusiasts, business executives, congressional leaders, state and local economic development officials and members of key science and aviation agencies.      Students will also be on site participating in a SATS educational experience that teaches through interactive displays.  

The event will open with a dynamic fly-in at the Danville Regional Airport on Sunday, June 5, followed by two days of technology demonstrations, service provider displays and in-depth business and economic analysis.  

SATS research is focusing on four operating capabilities that will help people and goods to travel faster and farther, anywhere and any time.   These technologies would allow:

A benefit to SATS technology is that planes could safely fly into under-used rural and suburban airports, including many airfields that don’t have radar or air traffic control towers.    Nearly all of the people in the U.S. live within 30 minutes of one of these airports.     

For registration and/or exhibit information for SATS 2005, visit www.sats2005.com (currently under construction) or telephone September Moon Productions at 248-355-3700 or email roz@septembermooninc.com.

ABOUT NCAM

The National Consortium for Aviation Mobility (NCAM) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to coordinate and integrate the technical works and products of its members, foster technology transfer and the standards needed for commercialization.     NCAM’s partners include the Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiment (AGATE) Alliance Association, and many universities, industry members and state and local governments organized in SATS laboratories.   These SATS laboratory partners perform the technical work and are located in   Indiana, Maryland (Mid-Atlantic), Michigan, North Carolina (Upper Great Plains), the Southeast and Virginia.     NCAM is headquartered near Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

ABOUT NASA

NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is advancing NASA's long tradition of aviation research and developing technologies to make planes and the airspace they fly in safer, quieter and more efficient. NASA aeronautics research is also contributing to NASA's bold new course into the cosmos, a journey that will take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars and beyond. The Vision for Space Exploration calls for human and robotic missions to achieve new exploration goals, starting with returning the Space Shuttle safely to flight, completing the International Space Station, and beginning missions into the solar system.

ABOUT FAA

FAA’s mission is to provide a safe, secure, and efficient global aerospace system that contributes to national security and the promotion of U.S. aerospace safety. As the leading authority in the international aerospace community, FAA is responsive to the dynamic nature of customer needs, economic conditions, and environmental concerns.

Press Contacts:                 

Colleen Robar , Mullen
313-394-0304 313-304-8639 (cell)
colleen.robar@mullen.com

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