Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) [1][2] er et forskningssamarbejde mellem FAA, NASA, lokale lufthavne og andre luftfartsmyndigheder i USA. SATS er beregnet til automatisk at styre og guide mange større og mindre luftfartøjer. Dette inkluderer VTOL-fartøjer; [3] [4] flyvende biler som f.eks. Moller Skycar og LaBiche Flying Sports Car No. 1.
Maj 2007 blev det annonceret at computersystemet er tæt på at være færdigt. [5]
En væsentlig motivation for at fremskynde SATS var Terrorangrebet den 11. september 2001.
- ^ Web archive backup: SATS – a partnership of NCAM, NASA & the FAA
- ^ Web archive backup: Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS)
- ^ Web archive backup: April 17, 2005, 60 minutes: Flying Cars Ready To Take Off Citat: "...The Highway in the Sky" is a computer system designed to let millions of people to fly in their very own vehicles. (CBS/NASA)...It's called the AirScooter, and self-taught inventor Woody Norris says it goes on sale later this year...It's called the CarterCopter, and it has a large top rotor and small wings which double as fuel tanks..."
- ^ Video: cbsnews.com: Highway In The Sky Arkiveret 3. april 2013 hos Wayback Machine
- ^ Web archive backup: 05/28/2007, dailybulletin.com: Getting ready for flying cars Citat: "...NASA's "Highway in the Sky," the revolutionary computer-generated system designed to move a virtually unlimited amount of air traffic through uncontrolled airspace, is nearing completion..."