Delivery Order NNL06AA05B-NNL12AQ01T

FLIGHT CRITICAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH (FCSR) STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) TASK ORDER TITLE: AIRCRAFT FLIGHT DATA CONVERSION 1.0 INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND: NASAS AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM IS DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETECTING, DIAGNOSING, PREDICTING, AND MITIGATING ADVERSE EVENTS DURING THE FLIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT, REGARDLESS OF THE SUBSYSTEM(S) FROM WHICH THE ADVERSE EVENT ARISES. UNDER NASA CONTRACT NNL09AA08B, TASK NNL09AD44T (COMPETITIVELY AWARDED AFTER EVALUATING RESPONSES TO NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT NNH09ZEA001N), HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. IS DEVELOPING A VEHICLE INTEGRATED PROGNOSTIC REASONER (VIPR) TO DETECT FAULTS AND FAILURES AT THE AIRCRAFT LEVEL, ENABLE ISOLATION OF THESE FAULTS, AND ESTIMATE REMAINING USEFUL LIFE. AS PART OF THIS EFFORT HONEYWELL IS ANALYZING ACTUAL FLIGHT DATA FOR MEASURING THE ACCURACY OF VIPR AND ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF VIPR RELATIVE TO RECORDED SAFETY INCIDENTS AND EVENTS. THIS DATA, COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 30,000 FLIGHTS, WAS CAPTURED ON A FLEET OF VEHICLES INSTRUMENTED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HONEYWELL AND A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE. DURING THE CONDUCT OF TASK NNL09AD44T HONEYWELL HAS OFFERED TO PROVIDE NASA WITH AN ANONYMIZED VERSION OF THIS DATA TO SUPPORT ONGOING VEHICLE HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND AVIATION SAFETY RESEARCH. SINCE THE TRANSFER OF THIS DATA IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF NNL09AD44T, NEW AND SEPARATE TASKING IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THIS MIGRATION EFFORT WHICH REQUIRES REMOVAL OF EXPLICIT IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLE TAIL NUMBERS, TIME OF FLIGHT, AND PROPRIETARY ENCODINGS. 2.0 SCOPE / OBJECTIVE(S): THE SCOPE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO CONVERT THE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 FLIGHTS (ARCHIVED ON APPROXIMATELY 3,000 CDS) BEING ANALYZED UNDER NASA CONTRACT NNL09AA08B, TASK NNL09AD44T INTO NON-PROPRIETARY ANONYMIZED DATA FILES IN ARINC 717 FORMAT . THIS CONVERSION INCLUDES RELEVANT SAFETY INCIDENT DATA FOR THE FLIGHTS (ALSO MAPPED TO THE FLIGHT DATA IN AN ANONYMIZED FASHION) AS WELL AS DOCUMENTATION DESCRIBING THE FILE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO: 1) ANALYZE THE EXISTING FLIGHT DATA ARCHIVES TO IDENTIFY CDS CONTAINING DATA AND/OR MEDIA ANOMALIES; 2) FOR THE NON-ANOMALOUS CDS CREATE ANONYMIZED VERSIONS OF THE FLIGHT AND SAFETY INCIDENT DATA ON AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE; 3) FOR THE ANOMALOUS CDS PERFORM CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AS APPROPRIATE AND CREATE ANONYMIZED VERSIONS OF THE FLIGHT AND SAFETY INCIDENT DATA ON AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE OR DVD; AND 4) VALIDATE THE PROCESS USED FOR CONVERTING THE FLIGHT DATA FILES. 3.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK/TASKS TO BE PERFORMED: THE TASKS ARE ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE NASA WITH PERIODIC DELIVERY OF ARINC 717 FORMATTED FLIGHT DATA ALONG WITH RELATED SAFETY AND/OR INCIDENT DATA THROUGHOUT THE TASK ORDER AWARD PERIOD. THE DELIVERED FLIGHT DATA SHALL BE ANONYMIZED SO THAT NO IDENTIFYING OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION IS DISCLOSED IN THE DELIVERED DATA. A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS ALREADY CONDUCTED BY THE CONTRACTOR SUGGESTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE 3,000 CDS HAVE DATA AND/OR MEDIA ANOMALIES THAT WILL REQUIRE SPECIAL HANDLING IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE CONVERSION PROCESS. 3.1 CONVERSION AND DELIVERY OF AN INITIAL SAMPLE SET OF APPROXIMATELY 20 NOMINAL FLIGHT DATA CDS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DELIVER TO NASA VIA DVD OR FTP DOWNLOAD THE CONVERTED FLIGHT DATA AND RELATED SAFETY AND/OR INCIDENT DATA FOR AN INITIAL SET OF APPROXIMATELY 20 NOMINAL CDS NO LATER THAN (NLT) THAN THE REQUIRED DELIVERABLE DUE DATE. (DELIVERABLE 4.2). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DOCUMENT THEIR VALIDATION APPROACH AND DOCUMENT THE RESULTS FROM APPLICATION OF THAT APPROACH TO THE INITIAL SAMPLE SET OF CDS. THIS DOCUMENT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO NASA NLT THE REQUIRED DELIVERABLE DUE DATE. (DELIVERABLE 4.3) 3.2 CONVERSION AND DELIVERY OF THE FIRST BATCH OF 1,000 NOMINAL FLIGHT DATA CDS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DELIVER TO NASA, ON A COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE USB CONNECTED EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE, THE CONVERTED FLIGHT DATA AND RELATED SAFETY AN