Other functions - task order - statement of work (SOW) task title: flight deck interval management display elements, information,&annunciations 1.0 introduction / background: there are numerous…

Other functions - task order - statement of work (SOW) task title: flight deck interval management display elements, information,&annunciations 1.0 introduction / background: there are numerous human factor issues associated with flight deck interval management (FIM) operations in the federal aviation administrations (ffas) next generation air transportation system (nextgen) environment that need to be examined. In the proposed FIM operations, an ADS-b equipped aircraft is cleared by a controller to achieve and/or maintain an interval relative to another aircraft. Pilots are provided with a speed target and a location at which to achieve this speed (the achieve-by point), and a traffic-to-follow (TTF) aircraft identifier in order to achieve this interval. FIM operations are purported to: increase throughput, reduce tactical maneuvering (especially vectoring), reduce controller workload, and reduce environmental impact by enabling optimized profile descents (AKA continuous descent arrivals). Future concepts of operations envision reduced interaction with controllers and increased automation. These future concepts include: cpdlc (controller/pilot datalink communications) clearance delivery, clearance autoload into flight management systems (FMS), and self-separation responsibility increasingly allocated to the flightdeck. The FAA has noted from experience that the benefits of advanced procedures, such as standard instrument departure (SID) and standard terminal arrival route (star) , can be negated by human factors challenges (e.g., frequent pilot errors in matching of procedures to runways, pilot challenges responding to air traffic control ATC). Fully achieving FIM's promulgated performance benefits is likely to be contingent on consideration of relevant human performance issues, information requirements, and human error potential. Therefore, the question at hand is how technology, procedures, and pilot training should be designed to effectively support FIM operations. 2.0 scope and objectives: the scope of this task order is to conduct a survey of displays and annunciations that support FIM domestically and internationally, spanning high and low technology readiness levels. The objectives of this task are to deliver the following: 1. A bibliography of display features, information, and annunciations that aim to support FIM. 2. A catalog, in microsoft office access , of the display elements and annunciations that have been developed to support FIM operations. The result of this effort will support hardware-in-the-loop (hitl) investigations of a proposed set of FIM-supporting features, information, and annunciations. 3. A document describing the contextual conditions for FIM display features. 3.0 description of the work/tasks to be performed: the contractor shall perform the following tasks: 3.1 bibliography of sources addressing FIM pilot interface: the contractor shall identify display features, information, and annunciations that aim to support FIM operations in commercial and business jet operations, foreign and domestic. Minimally this compilations shall include the work conducted at NASA langley, NASA ames, mitre, UPS, fedex, volpe, national aerospace lab of netherlands (NLR), FAA technical center, and as sponsored by FAA and eurocontrol. Where literature incompletely specifies interface features, and authors are contacted, the compilation shall include these additional details. Deliverable item 4.4.a. Is the draft bibliography of these sources (endnote is preferred) and a compendium of electronic versions of the sources linked by filename to the bibliographic reference. 3.2 database of FIM-related display features, information, and annunciations: the contractor shall construct a database in microsoft access (or another format as agreed to by NASA technical point of contact (tpoc)) containing a picture of the feature in conte