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The ATS system also reduces engine
maintenance intervals because pilots shut
off aircraft engines on the ground.
" This provides a trickle-down savings, "
he says.

ronment encouraged Malicki to eventually
move his company there. In 2016, Malicki
moved ATS from Poland to Oklahoma and
Howie left his state job to become part
owner.
" We had completed design work and
needed to create a prototype so people
could see our concept in action, " Howie
explains. " We worked with the Oklahoma
State University New Product Development
Center (OSU NPDC) in Stillwater, Okla., to
design and develop the ATS system prototype. And we brought in experts to create
parts of the system. "

A Better Way to Taxi
The system is the longtime dream of Polish businessman and entrepreneur Stan
Malicki, ATS president. Malicki turned to
Howie to help develop the concept after a
pilot friend expressed frustration about the
lengthy taxi times and the needless burning
of aviation fuel. Helicopter engineers who
worked for Malicki in Poland created the
concept then patented it globally.
Malicki turned to Howie to help bring
his concept to life. At the time, Howie
worked as director of aerospace and defense
for the State of Oklahoma, where he
recruited aerospace companies to the state.
Oklahoma's strong aerospace background and pro-aviation business envi-

COVID-19 struck as ATS started work on
its prototype. The situation delayed the
project for almost a year. But ATS finally
broke ground on Jan. 14, 2021 to build a
prototype at Ardmore Industrial Airpark.
ATS hired Citadel Construction and
several Oklahoma subcontractors to build

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taxiway to the terminal. ATS is building a
prototype at Ardmore Industrial Airpark
in Oklahoma and will begin testing the
finished concept in June.
According to Vince Howie, senior vice
president and CEO at ATS, the best place to
tackle aircraft emissions is on the ground.
" Aircraft are noisy, you can smell the gas
and they burn a ton of fuel, " he says. " The
most noticeable emissions are those planes
emit on the ground. "
Howie stresses the ATS innovation
ushers in tremendous potential for environmental savings and meeting future
emissions limits. The development also
comes at the right time. The European
Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has
already released goals for engineless taxiing
by 2050. Eventually, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) will too.
Consider that Boeing 737s and Airbus
A320 aircraft comprise about 80% of the
commercial aviation fleet and burn about 9
gallons of fuel per minute during taxi, with
an average taxi time of 16 to 27 minutes.
Add in that when operating at
normal capacity, the average commercial large airport could see such
movement 800,000
to 900,000 times a
year.
" If an aircraft
uses 9 gallons of fuel
a minute for 16 minutes,
800,000 times a year, and fuel costs $2-$3
a gallon, you are talking some real money, "
Howie says. " The savings our system will
offer is huge. "
He adds the system not only saves fuel
but slashes emissions. Pilots can turn
off engines as electric tow cars pull the
aircraft.
" You cut emissions by up to 80% when
you turn off the main engines, " he says.
" The APU is the only thing that stays running to power air conditioning and provide
power to aircrew and passengers. "
Turning off engines also reduces noise.
" The noise reduction is immediate
and tremendous when you turn off the
engines, " Howie adds. " Our system also
reduces collisions because we follow a
track as we move aircraft to the terminal. "

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