In 2008 the Applied Technologies business of the McLaren Group, ported their knowledge of simulation systems to provide National Air Traffic Services with a predictive element to their Collaborative Decision Making system. Through a process of Open Innovation it was possible to utilise over twenty years of Formula1 racing experience to model and predict how aircraft would react in the future from a ground handling perspective based on current and future arrival and departure stream information. The predictive element of the NATS CDM platform allows for operators to envisage workloads up to thirty minutes into the future based on current information. In such a manner a predictive reckoning element may be added to the CDM system, which will allow airport wide operations to be streamlined with a previously unachievable level of accuracy and reliability. This paper looks at how the collaboration has come about, the design and control philosophies involved, as well as the achievements of the collaborations with regards whole airport management operations and where the state of the art is heading.
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