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Full Circle – Capital Sciences’ Legacy in FAA Surveillance
Herndon, VA — Since its founding in 2009, Capital Sciences, LLC (CapSci) has been quietly shaping the future of aviation surveillance from the ground up — and beyond. Capital Sciences, LLC has spent nearly two decades at the center of the FAA’s transition from traditional radar to modern ADS‑B based surveillance, growing from airport‑focused projects…
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Airport Surface Ballet
While sitting in my favorite spot at Atlanta Airport overlooking the ramp area between terminals A and B enjoying my spicy chicken (and an Old Fashioned of course) at PF Changs, I realized that having spent 25+ years in the aviation industry, much of it focusing on airport surface surveillance, I had never truly grasped…
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uAvionix and Capital Sciences Deliver First Surface Situational Awareness Systems for Major U.S. Airports
06/26/24|Press Release Bigfork, Montana — June 26, 2024 — uAvionix, a pioneering leader in aviation safety technology, proudly announces the successful delivery and approval of its surface situational awareness systems at two major U.S. airports: Indianapolis International Airport (IND) and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). Successful completion of the rigorous Service Acceptance Test (SAT) by uAvionix…
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A Quest for the Definition of AI
As I was waiting for my coffee to brew in our office kitchen this morning, I realized that by some definitions, the machine that was grinding the beans, heating the water to the desired temperature, extracting the maximum amount of flavor from those beans, and all the other steps required for a great cup of…
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CapSci Practices the Practical
As a cornerstone of the CapSci engineering approach, there is no replacement for practical, hands-on experience. Whether we are writing requirements for a data processing system, creating dashboards for situational awareness, designing an interface for a new ASTERIX format, or integrating a new radio onto a drone, practical knowledge of the underlying components is invaluable.…
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Grove City Career Fair
Capital Sciences recently had the privilege of attending the Grove City Career Fair. The college did a great job of welcoming employers, providing assistance, lunch, and refreshments throughout the fair. We were treated with four hours full of eager students interested in hearing about our work and looking at whether our opportunities for internships or…
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Attending the SWIFT Development Conference
At CapSci, we have been working with FAA SWIM data for several years. Given our rich history in surveillance and data analysis, the SWIM data is a rich resource of information that is easily accessible. Access to the SWIM data has provided us interesting areas of research. This year, our summer intern’s project integrated the…
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Innovating Command and Control Link Evaluation
CapSci is invested in finding innovative solutions for characterizing link performance, such as for Command & Control (C2) links for Uncrewed Aviation Systems (UAS). Our team has developed the metaLink toolkit to facilitate agnostic testing of a UAS C2 link, passing data between the airborne and ground components of a UAS control system to assess…
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