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Task Order 1- Feasibility Study and Requirements Definition for Cooperative Human-Adaptive Traffic Simulation (CHATS)
Develop an implementation plan for:
- Determining the feasibility of developing a CHATS system capable of researching:
- Improvements in capacity, safety, and user flexibility
- Sensitivities of free-flight concept benefits
- Estimates of system stakeholder tendencies to compete and cooperate
- Operational elements appropriate for free flight maneuvering
- Estimates of future mix of user equipage
- Technology development needs
- If feasibility is deemed appropriate then,
- Develop functional design of CHATS
- Provide approach and recommendations for development of the simulation
- Provide detailed definitions of each stakeholder strategy team included in simulation
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Briefing: 
Final: Feasibility Study and Requirements Definition for CHATS
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Task Order 2- A Global Gap Analysis of Operational Requirements Derived from Future Operational Concepts for the NAS
- Identify non-NASA supported R&D efforts being conducted in support of implementing the Free Flight concept
- Establish the initial operational capability date for identified products
- Perform analysis of the Traffic Flow Management and Oceanic areas, extracting high level concepts, then expanding them by identifying the required capabilities.
- Assess the degree to which non-NASA efforts address the required capabilities in flight planning, surface, terminal, en route, oceanic and traffic flow management
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Briefing:
Final: Analysis of Aviation R&D Programs with Respect to the Level I Concepts of Operation
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Task Order 3- Development of Free Flight Simulation Infrastructure
- Develop and install a real-time simulation for future simulations of free-flight operational concepts
- Focus on the design and development of a laboratory simulation environment, and installing and integrating hardware and software in the Intermediate Development, Evaluation, and Simulation (IDEAS) Laboratory at LaRC
Deliverables:
- Report on Design
- Initial Laboratory hardware and software
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Briefing:
Final: Detailed Implementation Plan
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Task Order 4- Strategic Planning and Re-planning Concept Development
- Develop a design based on a flight deck operational concept that allows individual aircraft to obtain benefits, including a balance between the goals of flight planning for airline efficiency and the individual aircraft goals.
- Develop concept and design such that prototype human-in-loop simulations of a flight deck strategic planning decision aid, an airline dispatcher's decision aid, supporting communication functionality, and other services can be developed in a future task
Deliverables:
- Implementation plan and a quality control plan
- Report on the operational concept and design
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Briefing:
Final: Strategic Planning and Re-planning Concept Development
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Task Order 5A- Free Flight Simulation Components Development
- Develop a design concept to increase system capacity and user flexibility through distributed air/ground responsibility for traffic separation supporting decision-making times of up to 30 minutes
- Define flight crew decision aids and procedures, controller decision aids and procedures, and the exchange of information between the flight deck and air traffic control appropriate for human-in-loop simulation
Deliverables:
- Implementation plan and a quality control plan
- Report documenting the functional design
- Report containing technical and user documentation of simulation
- Code for simulation components
Awarded to: Lockheed Martin
Briefing:
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Task Order 5B- Free Flight Simulation Components Development
- Develop a design concept to increase system capacity and user flexibility through distributed air/ground responsibility for traffic separation supporting decision-making times of up to 30 minutes
- Define flight crew decision aids and procedures, controller decision aids and procedures, and the exchange of information between the flight deck and air traffic control appropriate for human-in-loop simulation
Deliverables:
- Implementation plan and a quality control plan
- Report documenting the functional design
- Report containing technical and user documentation of simulation
- Code for simulation components
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Final: Free Flight Simulation Components Development - Hazard Avoidance Planner
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Task Order 6- En Route Descent Advisor (EDA) Benefits Assessment
- Develop an approach to evaluate EDA en route trajectory efficiency benefits, and perform that analysis for three areas:
- Reduced Trajectory Interruptions
- Improved en route ascent trajectories (vertical profile and routing)
- Updated analysis of earlier studies where needed
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Briefing:
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Task Order 7- En Route Constrained Airspace Concept Definition
- Develop a detailed definition of the Constrained airspace problem
- Propose an operational concept for addressing the Constrained problem
- Summarize relevant DST and supporting technology in progress elsewhere
- Propose complementary AATT R&D activities (particularly DST products)
Deliverables:
- Report on Constrained Airspace Concept
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: En Route Constrained Airspace Concept Definition
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Task Order 8- Center Adaptation Tool
- Develop a software tool to facilitate adaptation of CTAS Center tools (CPTP, EDA) to Center airspace
- Make use of digital databases (for example, ASIS) when possible and help to incorporate procedural information not available in digital format
- Output adaptation files that are readable by the CTAS CPTP tool
Deliverables:
- Software (running on Sun Ultra workstations under Solaris)
- Tool User's Guide
- Adaptation files for Fort Worth and Denver Centers
- Report on use of tool at Fort Worth Center
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Final: Development of a Center Adaptation Tool to Support the EDA Component of the CTAS
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Task Order 9- Fuel-Related Benefits for En Route Data Exchange
- Perform a potential benefits analysis to evaluate the fuel-related en route economic benefits of data exchange on a national basis
- Outline analysis approach for further analysis and recommendations of any other significant flight-efficiency benefits mechanism that should be added to the analysis in any later work
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Briefing:
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Task Order 10- Potential
Benefits of Terminal Decision Support Tools (DSTs)
- Provide top-level benefit assessment/analysis of AATT tools in the Terminal domain
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
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Task Order 11- Potential Benefits of En Route Decision Support Tools (DSTs)
- Provide top-level benefit assessment/analysis of AATT tools in the En Route domain
Deliverables:
- Tool Definition
- Assessment of Technical Approach
- Technical Performance Metrics
- Final Report
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 12- Computational Human Performance Model Development
In support of air-ground decision aiding systems analyses and full mission simulation:
- Translate full mission simulation scenarios into human performance representations
- Conduct cognitive task decomposition in parallel with the full mission simulations
- Conduct data analyses focused on the performance data acquired from the simulation
- Conduct computational simulations of the procedural network relating air and ground operation of the traffic information and conflict probes
Deliverables:
- Report on computational human performance model
- Database and analysis report of model
- Results and analysis of the procedural network simulation
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 13- Benefits Assessment of Airline-influenced Arrival Scheduling
- Perform a benefits assessment which determines the impact of allowing the airline user to influence intra-airline arrival scheduling, by only assessing the impact on the air carrier and not on the ATC system itself
- Focus the impact assessment principally on economic issues and not implementation issues
Deliverables:
- Report of benefits assessment
Awarded to: Lockheed Martin
Briefing:
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Task Order 14- TASK WITHDRAWN
Deliverables:
Awarded to: N/A
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Task Order 15- Final Approach Spacing Tool (FAST) Scheduling Logic Velocity Vector Sensitivity Analysis
- Determine the impact of the FAST TS predicted flight path errors on the FAST SL aircraft sequencing and merging decisions
- Develop and demonstrate a Statistical FAST SL MATLAB Simulation
Deliverables:
- Analysis Report
- MATLAB software simulation
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Final: FAST Scheduling Logic Velocity Vector Sensitivity Analysis
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Task Order 16- Multi-facility TMA: Requirements for Philadelphia Installation
- Describe Philadelphia TRACON arrival operations, both current and planned
- Describe the Philadelphia TRACON Coordination/Operational Procedures
- Analyze Philadelphia's coordination and operational procedure relationship with the FAA's New York Center (ZNY) and Washington Center (ZDC) with respect to a proposed TMA installation at PHL
- Identify and examine candidate operational concepts, TMA software algorithm modifications and adaptation requirements
- Outline how the TMA tool could be integrated into the National Airspace System to support Philadelphia operations
Deliverables:
- Report on arrival procedures
- Report on candidate concepts for use of TMA
- Work plan for development, simulation and field test of TMA
- Source documentation (if not provided as part of other items)
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Briefing:
Final: Philadelphia TRACON Operations Document and Philadelphia TRACON Coordination/Operational Procedural Document
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Task Order 17-
Requirements Analysis for Simultaneous and Non-Interfering Rotorcraft Operations at Selected Airports
- Assessment of current rotorcraft IFR operations
- Identification of potential sites for the application of SNI
- Propose SNI scenarios and procedures
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Briefing:
Final: SNI Rotorcraft Operations
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Task Order 18- Automatic Dependent Surveillance for Rotorcraft Operations in a Low Altitude Non-Radar Environment
- Determination of system requirements
- Identification of candidate avionics suites
- Functional integration of avionics
- System acceptance
- FAA liaison
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Briefing:
Final: Automatic Dependent Surveillance for Rotorcraft Operations in a Low Altitude, Non-Radar Environment
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Task Order 19- Air Traffic Management System: History and Technical Trends
- Document the history of Air Traffic Management (1938-1998)
- Document the technical trends in Air Traffic Management
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Briefing:
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Task Order 20- Potential Investment Methodology for the Air Carriers in the Future NAS
- Study air carrier business strategies in the NAS in the future, given projected air traffic demand and resulting delays
- Describe future air traffic demand from FAA projections, across the NAS
- Propose a new business strategy for air carriers
Deliverables:
- Report describing the current and future operating environment for airlines
- Report on proposed methodology for evaluating economic impacts
- Report describing economic impacts of air traffic delay on the NAS and business mitigation strategies
- Final report and documentation
Awarded to: Logistics Management Institute
Briefing:
Final: A Method for Evaluating Air Carrier Operational Strategies and Forecasting Air Traffic with Flight Delay
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Task Order 21- Development of Free Flight Simulation Infrastructure
- Verify and maintain software functionality
- Expand FFSim utility and functionality
- Complete simulation-capabilities development to meet FY99 NASA research objectives
- Implement multiple infrastructures for NAS representation
- Expand modeling of advanced communications systems
- Develop airborne planner architecture
Deliverables:
- Final Report and documention
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Final: Free Flight Simulation Infrastructure Fiscal Year 2000
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Task Order 22- Free
Flight Simulation Traffic Scenario Development
- Develop data for scenarios according to NASA priorities on the baseline Free Flight Simulation Configuration
- Test and run these scenarios both on the baseline configuration and, to the extent possible, on modified version which data links the LDAPS software with the FFSim baseline
Deliverables:
- Documentation for each Traffic Scenario Specification (TSS)
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: NRA RTO-22
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Task Order 23- Assessment of Research and Development Efforts
Supporting Future Operational Concepts for the National Airspace System
- Develop list of gaps and overlaps for subsequent detailed analysis from the FAA, AATT, CIP, NOAA, Nextor, NASA TAP, and NCAR
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Assessment of Research and Development Efforts Supporting Future Operational Concepts for the National Airspace System
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Task Order 24- Communication System Architecture Development for Air Traffic Management and Aviation Weather Information Dissemination
- Develop a communications system architecture that will include ground base and space base communication systems for Aviation Weather Information
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International
Corporation
Briefing:
Final: Task 5
Task 6
Task 7
Task 8
Task 10
Task 11
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Task Order 25- Aircraft System Development and Engineering Support for En-Route Data Exchange (EDX)
- Develop, test, and integrate the B777 aircraft systems in compliance with the EDX phase 2 evaluation
Deliverables:
- Airline Modifiable Information (AMI) file components (text source code, complied source code, written instructions)
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
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Task Order 26- Modeling of Trajectory Efficiency Mechanisms in Support of EDA
- Improve the accuracy of CTAS trajectory predictions through the down-linking of user information
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Briefing:
Final: AIM Process Review
EDA & EDX ATM Interruption Benefits
Potential Benefits of User-Preferred Descent Speed Profile
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Task Order 27- Comprehensive Benefits Assessment for En-Route Data Exchange (EDX)
- Illustrate the entire range of capacity and fuel-related benefits associated with airline ATM information exchange
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Benefits Assessment Compilation for EDX
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Task Order 28- CTAS Performance Model Validation
- Validate aircraft performance models with an emphasis on critical/ sensitive performance regimes such as climb
Deliverables:
- Validation Plan
- Report on Findings
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
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Task Order 29- Software Design and Implementation of APATH Trajectory Optimization, Hazard Resolution, & Flight Rules Components
- Implement and design software in aircraft trajectory optimization techniques
- Develop aircraft hazard resolution techniques
Deliverables:
- Design and code software
- Development and implementation of a software functional verification plan
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Preliminary Interface Control Document for the Conflict Detection and Resolution Function of the AOP System
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Task Order 30- AOP Intelligent Decision-Aiding System Development: Inferring Aircraft Intent Through Interpretation of Continuous State Data
- Develop inferring intent
- Develop expertise in software component development for medium-fidelity simulations
- Develop expertise in user notifications development and implementation
Deliverables:
- Software design document
- Summary Report
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Final: Intent Inference, Confidence Assessment, and Hazard Prioritization
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Task Order 31- AOP Intelligent Decision-Aiding System Development: Inferring Aircraft Intent Through Interpretation of Discrete Actions
- Develop inferring intent
- Develop expertise in software component development for medium-fidelity simulations
- Develop expertise in user notifications development and implementation
Deliverables:
- Design and code software
- Development and implementation of a software functional verification plan
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 32- Multi-Facility TMA: Adaptation for Philadelphia Installation
- Produce CTAS software adaptation sufficient for initial simulations of three (3) concepts selected from AATT RTO-16
Deliverables:
- Fully Dependent TMA Analysis Final Report
- Demonstration
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Briefing:
Final: Multi-Facility TMA: Fully Dependent TMA Analysis
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Task Order 33- Multi-Facility TMA: Benefits Analysis for Philadelphia Installation
- Gather comprehensive analysis of benefits associated with three (3) candidate operational concepts selected from AATT NRA RTO-16
Deliverables:
- Report of benefits assessment
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
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Task Order 34- Inter-sector Planning (En-Route Controller Roles and Responsibilities)
- Initiate and perform interviews with the NAS Implementation Manager and en route controllers at the Denver Center
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 34B- Inter-sector
Planning (En-Route Controller Roles and Responsibilities)
- Assess and down-select from the candidate concepts for new controller responsibilities that were part of TO-34
- Recommend two concepts for rapid prototyping evaluation
- Investigate DST functionality
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Inter-sector Planning En Route Controllers Roles, Responsibilities, and Procedures
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Task Order 35- Updating the AATT Concept of Air Traffic Management Operations
- Create a cross-reference and prepare a coverage analysis amongst:
- The FAA's Concept of Operations 2005/2015
- The FAA's Architecture Version 4.0
- The FAA/NASA Integrated Plan (Version 3.0)
- NASA's AATT Project Level II/Level III plans
- The NRA efforts (TO-1 through TO-24)
Deliverables:
- Update of the AATT ATM/OPSCON
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Briefing:
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Task Order 36- Decentralized Control Techniques for Distributed Air-Ground Traffic Separation
- Apply existing principles and techniques of Decentralized/Distributed Control to model the interaction between system performance and stability in a DAG Traffic Separation paradigm of air traffic operations
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Decentralized Control Techniques for DAG Traffic Separation
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Task Order 37- Air Traffic Management (ATM) Problem Assessment
- Explore the potential benefits and technical feasibility of DAG-TM concepts including increases in user flexibility and efficiency of flight operations
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Briefing: Final: En Route User Deviation Assessment
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Task Order 38- Aerospace Safety Reliability Assessment - later terminated by mutual agreement of Project Office and Task Requester
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
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Task Order 39- Tradeoff Study and Concept Evaluation for Deployment of Direct To Tool
- "Phase I"
- Justify the selection of the DSR Display Console type to be used for NASA's Direct To Tool
- "Phase II"
- Develop D2 CHI for DSR-R Console
- Develop Interface Control Document (ICD) and CHI specification
- Develop D2 DSR-R CHI Demonstration product using Visual Basic
- Develop and deliver Software Design Briefing to address how the CTAS D2 functionality represented by the CHI specification, ICD, and Visual Basic prototype would be implemented in DSR
Deliverables:
- Tradeoff study with options on the possible ways to port NASA CTAS Direct To Tool software to either the DSR-R or DSR-D Consoles
- Final ICD
- Final specification
- Final Demonstration Product
Awarded to: Lockheed Martin
Final: CHI Specification for D2 at the R-Position
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Task Order 40- History and Technical Trends - Update and Re-host
- Document the history of air traffic management for 1999
- Export electronic document to web-based server
- Document the history of ATM for 2000 and projected trends for 2000 through 2015+
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications and International Corporation
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Task Order 41- Creating Detailed Descriptions of Distributed Air/Ground-Traffic Management Concept Elements
- Develop and document detailed descriptions of the following concept elements within the Distributed Air/Ground Concept Definition:
- En Route Free Maneuvering
- En Route Trajectory Negotiation
- Collaboration for Mitigating Local TFM Constraints due to Weather, SUA, and Complexity
- Self-Spacing for Merging and In-Trail Separation
Deliverables:
- Final detailed descriptions of the four concept elements
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: CE-5
CE-6
CE-7
CE-11
Potential NAS Transition Strategies for Distributed Air/Ground Concept Elements CE-5, CE-6, CE-7
CDRL #4
CDRL #5
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Task Order 42- AATT Operations Concept for ATM - Year 2001 Update (AATT01)
- Update the Air Traffic Management Operational Concept (ATM/OPSCON) document
- Perform a research and development gap analysis (update to NRA/RTO-23)
- Provide a searchable database containing the information relevant to AATT01 (AATT Project Milestone 8.5.2)
Deliverables:
- Final update of the AATT ATM/OPSCON
- Research and development gap analysis
- Searchable database relevant to AATT01
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 43- Free Flight Research Survey Report
- Conduct literature review of all empirical research studies involving Free Flight concepts
- Analyze how the research addresses the Free Flight research issues
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Free Flight Research Issues and Literature Search
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Task Order 44- Aircraft System Development and Engineering Support for En Route Data Exchange (EDX)
- Continue refining and testing AMI using B-777 simulator facilities
- Deliver and integrate AMI for aircraft installation
- Provide support to in-flight test of EDX AMI
- Provide engineering support to NASA EDX Team
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
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Task Order 45- EDA Build-3 GUI and System Engineering Design and Software Requirements
- Develop and document initial EDA System/Subsystem requirements for Build-3 within the CTAS System Baseline
Deliverables:
- System/Subsystem Specification (SSS) document for the EDA Build-3 system and subsystems including the GUI subsystem
- Interface Requirements Specification (ISS) document for those interfaces that are external CTAS at the time
- Report of Findings
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: EDA Build 3 System Specification
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Task Order 46- EDA Build-1 Design and Development, and Build-2 Initial Design
- Software design and development in support of EDA Build-1 and Build-2
Deliverables:
- Build-1 Final Report
- Build-1 software implementation into the CTAS baseline
- Build-2 initial design
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: EDA Build-1
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Task Order 47- Refined Benefits Assessment of Collaborative Arrival Planner (CAP) AATT Decision Support Tool
- Define and quantify a set of potential benefits which may accrue from the deployment of the CAP DST
- Benefits categories include:
- Capacity
- Predictability
- Flexibility
- Access
- Safety
- Environment
- Economic
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Refined Benefits Assessment of the CAP AATT DST
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Task Order 48- Refined Benefits Assessment of Expedite Departure Path (EDP) AATT Decision Support Tool
- Define the requirements for a refined benefits assessment of EDP across the NAS, for current and future air traffic demand scenarios
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Refined Benefits Assessment of EDP
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Task Order 49- Assessment/Analysis
of the En Route Descent Advisor (EDA) Spacing Tool Capability
- Estimate flight delays and conformance inefficiencies (fuel) related to MIT
- Develop a methodology to model and evaluate "other" Spacing Tool benefit mechanisms
- Identify, describe, and propose a methodology to model and evaluate additional "other" Spacing Tool benefit mechanisms
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 50- En Route Controller Roles, Responsibilities, and Procedures (RRP)
- Develop detailed RRP to support controller-in-the-loop simulation evaluations of the Upstream Team concept
- Provide guidance on the EDA interface and system requirements necessary to support the RRP in this task order
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: En Route Controller Roles and Responsibilities in Support of EDA Inter-sector Planning
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Task Order 51- Refined Benefits Assessment of Direct-To (D2) AATT Decision Support Tool
- Define the requirements for a refined benefits assessment of D2 across the NAS, for current and future air traffic demand scenarios
- Calculate the benefit of D2 both with and without the effect of winds in the calculation of aircraft trajectories
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
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Task Order 52- Comprehensive Benefits Assessment of the En Route Descent Advisor (EDA) AATT Decision Support Tool
- Compile past findings to develop NAS-wide benefits associated with the EDA benefit mechanisms of Arrival Metering Conformance for:
- Fuel Efficiency
- Reduced Aircraft Trajectory Interruptions for Time Efficiency
- Horizontal/Vertical Arrival Trajectory Optimization
- Reduced Excess Spacing Buffers Near Airports
- Center/TRACON Delay Distribution for Fuel Efficiency
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Briefing:
Final: Benefits Assessment Compilation for the EDA AATT DST
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Task Order 53- TASK WITHDRAWN
Deliverables:
Awarded to: N/A
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Task Order 54- Investigation of Implementation Sites for Multi-center Traffic Management Advisor (McTMA) AATT Decision Support Tool
- Define the requirements for a study to identify the multi-centers in the NAS
Deliverables:
- Final refined list of multi-center TRACON's in the NAS
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Briefing:
Final: Investigation of Implementation Sites for McTMA AATT DST
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Task Order 55- Human Performance Modeling of En Route Controllers
- Model controllers performing conflict detection/resolution and/or flow rate conformance in the en route airspace under the current operational concept (not DAG-TM)
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Human Performance Modeling of En Route Controllers
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Task Order 56- System Study of Advanced Operational Procedures for Noise Reduction
- Review relevant low-noise operations research and results for their applicability to high-density U.S. airspace
- Perform analysis of previous research results to identify areas where additional research is needed
- Develop a final approach traffic model and use this model for selected airports and flight profiles to determine their impact on airport capacity
Deliverables:
- Final report on capacity impact of noise abatement procedures
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Final: Strategic Plan for Noise Research
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Task Order 57- Traffic Flow Automation System (TFAS) Software Development
- Develop TFAS Software Architecture and Implementation
- Perform CTAS-ETMS Integration and Interoperation Engineering
- Perform Analysis in support of TFAS Development
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Honeywell Technology Center
Final: TFAS Analysis Report
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Task Order 58- Distributed Air Ground (DAG) En Route Simulation Fidelity Options
- Sector environment description
- Description of major U.S. ARTCC - sector simulation laboratory environments
- Recommendations of simulation options
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Lockheed Martin
Final: NASA Ames En route Simulation
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Task Order 59- Computer Human Interface (CHI) Development Options for Implementing the En Route Descent Advisor (EDA) Spacing Tool Capability
- Evaluate Spacing Tool HCI display/interface implementation options
- Develop and demonstrate a simulation of the spacing tool capability on a PC
- Identify issues and recommend options for DSR implementation
Deliverables:
- Report on Findings
- Animation/Simulation on a PC
Awarded to: Lockheed Martin
Final: CHI Specification for Spacing Tool at the R-Position
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Task Order 60- Distributed Air Ground (DAG) CE-7 En Route Traffic Flow Management (TFM) Control Degrees of Freedom Analysis
- Analyze the use of rerouting and spacing of traffic to alleviate en route congestion at the action and collaboration stages of the local TFM level (with respect to en route airspace congestion)
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Lockheed Martin
Final: DAG CE-7 En Route TFM Control Degrees of Freedom Analysis
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Task Order 61- Benefits Analysis for Noise Mitigation ATM Operational Procedures
- Investigate noise issues at twenty key airports
- Conduct a fast time simulation study of noise impact on operations to obtain a detailed understanding of the potential benefits of introducing the decision aids selected at specific sites
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 62- AATT Operations Concept for ATM - Year 2002 Update (AATT02)
- Update the AATT OPS CON documents
- Perform additional gap analysis
- Update the OPS CON website
- Prepare detailed descriptions of selected NASA AATT decision support tools
- Perform an analysis of user needs, operational requirements, and ways to harmonize with FAA and Eurocontrol project categorization techniques
Deliverables:
- Final Report and documentation
- Website
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 63- EDA Concept and System/Subsystem Specification Refinement
- Identify real world traffic problems that EDA will be expected to solve
- Develop and refine algorithms associated with integrating flow conformance and conflict resolution
- Obtain controller feedback on EDA Build-3 concept and functions
- Identify CTAS software implementation issues
Deliverables:
- Report on Findings
- Updated EDA System/Subsystem Specifications (SSS)
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 64- EDA Build-2 Detailed Software Design and Development
- Detailed software design for Build-2
- Software development for Build-2
Deliverables:
- Demonstration of the Build-2 capability implemented within the CTAS baseline
- Build-2 Final Report
- User's Guide to the Build-2 prototype tool
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: EDA Build 2 Final Report
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Task Order 65- Development of Autonomous Operations Planner (AOP) Functions
- Ownship Trajectory Pre-processing
- Traffic Trajectory Change Point (TCP) Trajectory Generation
- Traffic Aircraft Trajectory Estimation
- Traffic Trajectory Change Monitor
- Ownship Trajectory Change Monitor
- Implementation of NLR conflict prevention displays and algorithms into AOP/ASTOR
- Constraint Management
- Traffic State Flight Plan/Trajectory Generation
Deliverables:
- Functional Requirements Documents
- Functional Design Descriptions
- Software Design Documents
- V&V Results
- Software Architecture Design Document chapters for inclusion in the document
- Interface Control Document chapters for inclusion in the ICD
- Software Source Code, Executable Code, Build Scripts, and Execution Scripts
- User's Manuals/Installation Instructions
- Final Reports on AOP Functions
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 66- Analysis of En route Sector Demand Prediction Accuracy and Quantification of Error Sources
- Emphasize the impact of departure time prediction accuracy, accuracy of prediction of horizontal route, effects of traffic management restrictions and ATC actions and modeling of ATC Procedures on the accuracy of prediction of en-route demand.
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Analysis of En route Sector Demand Prediction Accuracy and Quantification of Error Sources
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Task Order 67- Airborne Separation Assurance with Local-TFM Conformance for Free Maneuvering Operations
- Model the interaction between separation constraints and local-TFM constraints
- Develop guidelines for integrated strategies to implement separation assurance in the presence of local-TFM constraints
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Airborne Separation Assurance with Local TFM Conformance for Free Maneuvering Operations
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Task Order 68- Analysis of En route Descent Advisor (EDA) Field Test Data
- Accounting of CTAS vertical profile error
- Validation of hybrid tracker concept
- Validation of portable GPS/air data measurement system
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Final: Analysis of the Vertical Accuracy of the CTAS Trajectory Prediction Process
Validation of Hybrid Tracker Concept
Evaluation of Portable Data Collector Potential
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Task Order 69- ATM Human Behavior
Modeling Approach Study
- Provide the background information required to identify key elements of human behavior automation modeling and an approach for a phased implementation of these elements into a non-real-time modeling environment which includes humans and automation in ATM.
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Final: ATM Human Behavior Modeling Approach Study
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Task Order 70- ATM Modeling and Simulation Architecture Study
- Provide the background information required to assess the software architecture that will be required to create a framework for a simulation and modeling system that can support simulation of the entire National Airspace System (NAS) and all elements within it to view system-wide impacts.
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Final: ATM Modeling and Simulation Architecture Study
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Task Order 71- Single-Year, NAS-Wide Benefits Assessment of Regional Metering (RM)
- Define and quantify the potential benefits of the Regional Metering AATT Decision Support Tool for the year 2000 and for the year 2015.
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 72- AATT Operational Concept for Air Traffic Management Year 2002 Update
- Update the AATT Air Traffic Management Operational Concept Description (ATM/OCD) document
- Create and/or update detailed descriptions of selected NASA AATT decision support tools
Deliverables:
- Final Report and documentation
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Finals:
FY02 AATT National Airspace System Operational Concept Description (Vol. I)
FY02 AATT National Airspace System Operational Concept Description (Vol. II)
DAG-TM Concept Element 5 En Route Free Maneuvering Operational Concept Description
DAG-TM Concept Element 6 En Route Trajectory Negotiation Operational Concept Description
DAG-TM Concept Element 11 Terminal Arrival: Self-Spacing for Merging and In-Trail Separation Operational Concept Description
Surface Management System (SMS) Operational Concept Description TRL 4
Traffic Management Advisor Multi-Center (TMA-MC) Operational Concept Description TRL 4
System Wide Evaluation and Planning Tool (SWEPT) Operational Concept Description TRL 1
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Task Order 73- Selection of Datasets for NAS-Wide Model Validations
- Develop a set of analytical and computational models and methods to conduct detailed assessments of air transportation operational concepts
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Selection of Datasets for NAS-Wide Simulation Validations
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Task Order 74- Analysis of EDA Key Functional Capabilities
- Document and quantify the key characteristics of the EDA functional capabilities envisioned for Build-3
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 75- Rotorcraft as Runway Independent Aircraft System Study
- Develop an operations concept and perform a cost/benefit analysis for use of Runway Independent Aircraft (RIA) in the national air transportation system
- Determine the potential role of rotorcraft as RIA in that context
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
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Task Order 76- DAG CE-6 Golden Nuggets Modeling and Simulation Design
- Formulate an approach for the fast-time modeling and simulation of the DAG Concept Element 6 (En route Trajectory Negotiation) golden nuggets. The DAG golden nuggets are a set of capacity enhancing mechanisms that focus on simple operational enhancements enabled by the integration of controller decision support tool (DST), pilot DST, and communication capabilities.
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: DAG CE-6 Golden Nuggets Modeling and Simulation Design
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Task Order 77- Single-Year, NAS-Wide Benefits Assessment of Multi-Center TMA
- Define and quantify the potential NAS-wide benefits of McTMA
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Single-Year NAS-Wide Benefits Assessment of Multi-Center TMA
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Task Order 78- Single-Year, NAS-Wide Benefits Assessment of TFM R&D
- Define and quantify the potential NAS-wide benefits of TFM R&D for a recent year and for the year 2015
Deliverables:
- Report of benefits assessment
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
Final: Single-Year NAS-Wide Benefits Assessment of TFM R&D
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Task Order 79- Regional Metering (RM) FACET-Based Modeling and Simulation
- Enhance the Regional Metering (RM) concept and models
- Enhance Future ATM Concepts Evaluation Tool (FACET) capabilities to support RM assessments
- Support modeling and simulation studies
- Generate traffic scenarios to support the modeling, simulation, and demonstrations of the RM concept
Deliverables:
Awarded to: System Resources Corporation
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Task Order 80- Development of a Pre- and Post Processing Environment for ACES that Incorporates JView Software for Visualization
- Investigate the ability to create a pre- and post-processing environment for the Airspace Concept Evaluation System (ACES) that leverages the JView Application Programmer's Interface (API) to enable two- and three-dimensional visualization of National Airspace System (NAS) data
Deliverables:
Awarded to: Science Applications International Corporation
Briefing:
Final: Development of a Pre- and Post-Processing Environment for ACES that Incorporates JView Software for Visualization
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