Cooperative Agreement NNX14AC74A
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- This federal contract, awarded by the Langley Research Center (part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), is focused on developing methods for assuring safety in NextGen and flight critical systems using systems theory concepts. The prime contractor is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a leading research university, which is collaborating with Honeywell International Inc., a major aerospace manufacturer, as a subcontractor. The $1,690,359 contract has no set-aside...
- This is a $520,539 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research and graduate education institute. The contract is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and supports the Airspace Systems Program (ASP) under NASA's NextGen Airspace project. The effort aims to develop software tools for analyzing and managing the...
- This $124,953 SBIR Phase I contract was awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Atac, a small business provider of aviation analysis and simulation services. The contract aims to develop a "what-if analysis" capability for evaluating multiple traffic management initiative (TMI) options by accurately simulating National Airspace System (NAS) operations under uncertainty. This will be achieved through integrating a hybrid traffic flow modeling framework and Bayesian networks to...
- This is a $427,411 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to George Mason University, doing business as Mason, for a research project titled "Metroplex Optimization Model Expansion and Analysis". The work is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and was competitively selected under NASA's Research Announcement for Foundational Research in Support of the Aeronautics Research Mission...
- This federal contract award, valued at $769,077.10, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Architecture Technology Corporation (ATC), a small business, under a Cooperative Agreement. The contract is for Phase II research and development of the PROCAST methodology, which integrates Bayesian networks and genetic algorithms to address complex optimization problems, with a focus on improving integrated arrival-departure surface air traffic management at busy...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center awarded a $63,399 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order to National Institute of Aerospace Associates, doing business as National Institute of Aerospace, to support the maturation of the Sustainable Aviation and Pair-wise Trajectory Management concepts through the Digital Information Platform. Work will involve providing sustainment to Langley's Crew System and Aviation Operations Branch in Hampton, Virginia from November...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Scientific Systems Co Inc. (SSCI), a leading provider of disruptive technologies for unmanned systems. The contract, valued at $124,885.00, is focused on developing requirements for the design and implementation of a local air traffic control (ATC) system for dynamically varying environments involving manned and unmanned aircraft operations. The key...
- NASA awarded a $2.32 million Cooperative Agreement to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station on July 15, 2023, to develop design concepts for adaptive geometry optimization in supersonic aircraft. The project, which concludes September 30, 2026, addresses Strategic Thrust 2 of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate strategic plan by tackling competing performance objectives for overland supersonic flight. Specifically, the research focuses on designing morphing structures that...
- Arizona State University (ASU) was awarded a $9,999,413.13 cooperative agreement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop an integrated real-time system-wide information fusion methodology for prognostics and safety assurance of the National Airspace System (NAS). The project, titled "Information Fusion for Real-Time National Air Transportation System Prognostics Under Uncertainty", aims to address critical challenges in the systematic integration and...
- This federal contract award, valued at $849,360.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Langley Research Center to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA) to conduct research and development on the Pair-Wise Trajectory Management (PTM) concept for air traffic management. The purpose is to mature the PTM concept through activities such as concept development, experiment design, data analysis, and supporting flight deck technology and procedure...
NOVEL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY THIS PROJECT TACKLES AN AERONAUTICS CHALLENGE PROBLEM WITH INHERENTLY COMPLEX AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OBSTACLES TO AN OPTIMIZED SOLUTION. THE PROBLEM TO BE CONSIDERED IS THE COORDINATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A NUMBER OF ADVANCED ATM CONCEPTS IN THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS). TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY, SUCH CONCEPTS ARE VALUABLE, BUT EFFORTS TO COORDINATE AND OPTIMIZE ACROSS SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE NOT YIELDED COMPUTATIONALLY TRACTABLE SOLUTIONS BECAUSE OF A NEED TO (1) BALANCE COMPETING OBJECTIVES, (2) DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF NAS NETWORK SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL EFFECTS, AND (3) ACCOUNT FOR NAS UNCERTAINTIES THAT MAY EVEN BE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT PROBABILISTICALLY. THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH THAT IS PROPOSED IS TO INTEGRATE COMPUTATIONAL AGENT-BASED MODELING (ABM) AND PROBABILISTIC GRAPHICAL MODELS (PBM) TO DEVELOP SYSTEM-OPTIMAL COORDINATION STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING THE SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION OF MULTIPLE ATM CONCEPTS. THIS APPROACH IS INNOVATIVE BECAUSE IT EXPANDS APPLICATIONS FROM MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPLEXITY SCIENCE (NAMELY, ABM) AND PROBABILISTIC MODELING (NAMELY, PGM) INTO THE ATM DOMAIN, ALONG WITH MODELING & SIMULATION CAPABILITIES (TRAJECTORY MODELS, ATM CONCEPT MODELS, ETC.). THE WORK DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE LEARN RESEARCH OBJECTIVE (C), ALONG WITH OVERALL LEARN GOALS OF INNOVATION AND RELEVANCE TO NASA NEEDS. THE ABM APPROACH IS INNOVATIVE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS A FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY OPTIMIZING COMPETING OBJECTIVES AND SATISFYING CONFLICTING CONSTRAINTS OF MULTIPLE DOMAIN-SPECIFIC PLANNING TOOLS. THE PGM APPROACH IS INNOVATIVE BECAUSE, UNLIKE TRADITIONAL APPROACHES, IT PROVIDES SEPARATION BETWEEN MODEL AND SOLUTION-METHOD, AND IT ENABLES SUCCINCT PROBABILISTIC MODELING OF CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE HIGHLY INTERCONNECTED NAS NETWORK AND FAST METHODS FOR PROBABILISTICALLY PREDICTING THE NAS FUTURE STATE. THE RESULTS OF THE WORK WILL ENABLE 4D FLIGHT TRAJECTORY MANAGEMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY AND DIRECTLY SUPPORT NASA, FAA AND JPDO NEXTGEN PROGRAM RESEARCH.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| 4 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 4/20/15 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 4/20/15 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 2/23/15 | ||
| 3 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 2/23/15 | |
| 2 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 1/28/15 |