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Embry-Riddle Enhances Aviation Radio Comms with AI
The artificial intelligence system is designed to transcribe and translate aviation radio communications
Jianhua Liu, Andrew Schneider, Chris Deputy
Embry‑Riddle researchers Jianhua Liu and Andrew Schneider are using AI to improve radio communications between pilots and air traffic controllers. Liu and Schneider are pictured with lead flight supervisor Chris Deputy (left) in the Flight Supervisor Tower. © Embry‑Riddle/Melanie Stawicki Azam

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have created an artificial intelligence (AI)( system designed to transcribe and translate aviation radio communications. The team said the technology addresses longstanding challenges that pilots and air traffic controllers face with unclear transmissions and aviation-specific phraseology.

To convert spoken radio transmissions into standardized text, the system combines automatic speech-recognition technology with natural language processing. The AI refines communications by standardizing terminology, formatting call signs and numbers, removing filler words, and identifying potential errors in pilot-controller exchanges.

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