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Coverage of Project Bluebird in international press, industry publications, and partner communications.

FeaturedThe ConversationAugust 2026

As the skies get busier, will AI help air traffic controllers keep planes flying safely?

Rob Procter explores how AI decision-support agents could help controllers manage rising traffic — and why establishing trust in their capabilities must come first.

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FeaturedTuring NewsMay 2026

New project to build trust in AI for air traffic control

Project DARTER announced to develop open-source tools to assure trustworthiness of safety-critical digital twins, building on work from Project Bluebird.

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FeaturedNATS blogMarch 2026

Award winning AI research for the future of UK airspace

Project Bluebird's AI research wins two awards at The Engineer UK Collaborate to Innovate Awards.

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FeaturedTuring BlogMarch 2026

A transatlantic flight for Project Bluebird

Project Bluebird shares its progress with AIAA SciTech forum 2026.

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FeaturedNATS blogJanuary 2026

NATS unveils digital twin platform for air traffic controller recruitment

NATS launches BLADE, a digital-twin platform used to assess candidates applying to become air traffic controllers, based on Project Bluebird research.

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FeaturedCANSO Airspace MagazineJuly 2025

Exploring the potential of AI

Richard Cannon shares how Project Bluebird's digital twin of UK airspace lets NATS safely explore the potential of AI in aviation, including trial results and lessons learned.

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FeaturedAerospace AmericaNovember 2024

AI at work: mastering the airspace

Aerospace America highlights how Project Bluebird is developing and comparing AI agents for air traffic control, with planned live trials in a digital twin of UK airspace before real-world use.

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FeaturedThe Financial TimesSeptember 2023

UK researchers start using AI for air traffic control

Project Bluebird is looking at how artificial intelligence could reduce the environmental impact of aviation

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FeaturedTuring BlogJuly 2023

Why we’re developing a digital twin of the UK’s airspace

Project Bluebird develops a digital twin of UK airspace to safely train and test AI agents for autonomous air traffic control.

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