The objective of this NASA UAS-NAS project vehicle technologies demonstration task is to assess individual vehicle technology state of the art for a test site defined concept of operations (conops).…

This is a federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center to the County of Oneida, a U.S. local government entity, to conduct demonstrations of vehicle technologies for Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Airspace System (UAS-NAS) integration. The $2,220,911 firm-fixed-price contract has a completion date of September 30, 2018. The objective is to assess state-of-the-art vehicle technologies across UAS operating environments, with a focus on low-altitude urban operations. The demonstrations are expected to validate feasible Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) and Command-and-Control (C2) solutions. This supports NASA's broader efforts to enable UAS integration into the National Airspace System. The contract has no set-aside designation.

The objective of this NASA UAS-NAS project vehicle technologies demonstration task is to assess individual vehicle technology state of the art for a test site defined concept of operations (conops). The test site will perform state of the art vehicle demonstrations across one or more of the four unique UAS operating environments (OE), as described below in table 1 (section IV). NASA is particularly interested in the low altitude urban operating environment. The FAA UAS test sites will compete for this task (minimum 1, up to 3 will be awarded). The vehicle demonstrations are expected to be in-flight demonstrations, but other demonstration environments (e.g., simulation) will be considered. A feasible DAA and C2 solution is required, and performance data shall be provided to NASA to validate feasibility. The vehicle technology demonstrations performed shall focus on demonstrating robust technologies such as; detect and avoid (DAA), command and control (C2), autonomy, navigation, ground control stations (GCS), and other critical vehicle technology areas that are expected to be required to enable the conops. The vehicle technologies demonstration must be conducted and reported on prior to the end of FY2018.