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14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

PART I of this amendment provides the Traffic Management Infrastructure Systems (TMIS)

Pre-Proposal Conference List of Attendees and the Pre-Proposal Conference PowerPoint

Presentations as attachments to Section J.

PART II of this amendment consists of responses to the questions received in regards to the subject solicitation.

PART III of this amendment consists of administrative changes to the subject solicitation.

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16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Robert P. Robinson

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Previous edition unusable

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

Solicitation No. DTRT57-11-R-20009 Amendment A0001

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PART I of this amendment provides the Traffic Management Infrastructure Systems (TMIS) Pre-Proposal Conference List of Attendees and the Pre-Proposal Conference PowerPoint Presentations as the following attachments to Section J of this solicitation:

Attachment J.4 TMIS Pre-Proposal Conference Attendee List Attachment J.5 TMIS Pre-Proposal Conference Acquisition Slides Attachment J.6 TMIS Pre-Proposal Conference Volpe Center Overview Attachment J.7 TMIS Pre-Proposal Conference Technical Slides

PART II of this amendment consists of responses to the questions received in regards to subject solicitation. The following questions, with the corresponding answers, were received:

1Q. In order to ensure that we adhere to Volpe’s required format in our proposal, would it be possible to obtain the schedules 1 thru 10 that are contained in Section L.4.D of the solicitation in editable form?

1A. No, the Government will not provide an editable version of the contents contained in this solicitation.

2Q. Is the opportunity “Traffic Management Infrastructure System (TMIS)” coming out as a small business?

2A. This procurement has been issued on a full and open basis. There is no small business set-aside provision for this solicitation.

3Q. [Section K.2 FAR 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS] The NAICS code of 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, and associated small business size standard of $7 million seems particularly restrictive. Would Volpe consider a change to, for example, 541519, Other Computer Related Services, with small business size standard of $25 million?

3A. No, the NAICS code remains the same.

4Q. [L.4.E. SECTION III - BUSINESS PROPOSAL, Subcontracting Plan] Regarding Small Business Subcontracting goals, we see that these goals must be proposed as a percentage of total dollars being subcontracted. Is it correct that subcontracting is not required?

4A. In accordance with FAR 52.219-9, all Offerors that are not small business concerns are required to submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

5Q. The checklist for schedules on page 89 of the solicitation - Under the T&M Subcontractor heading only schedules 1 and 2 are checked indicating that those are the two schedules required. When you look at schedule 2, the first block is "Direct Labor (from Schedule 6)". Should schedule 6 also be filled out for T&M subcontracts?

5A. The following were checked under the Time-and-Materials (T&M) Subcontractor column in Exhibit B: CHECKLIST FOR SCHEDULES: Solicitation Documents, Schedule 1: Proposal Cover Sheet, and Labor Build-Up of proposed billing rates and support for each cost element, or, evidence of commerciality of the proposed billing rates; see page 87 of the solicitation detailing the labor

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6Q. Do you also want the profit rate expressed on schedule 2? Currently schedule 2 only asks for profit dollars.

6A. No, Schedule 2 only contains the total dollar amount associated with profit.

7Q. The checklist for schedules on page 89 of the solicitation - Under the T&M Subcontractor heading only schedules 1 and 2 are checked indicating that those are the two schedules required. Should schedule 9 also be filled out to provide the Labor Escalation rate and Government Site Overhead rate?

7A. The following were checked under the T&M Subcontractor column in Exhibit B: CHECKLIST FOR SCHEDULES: Solicitation Documents, Schedule 1: Proposal Cover Sheet, and Labor Build- Up of proposed billing rates and support for each cost element, or, evidence of commerciality of the proposed billing rates; see page 87 of the solicitation detailing the labor build-up information.

Schedules 2 and 9 were not listed as required submittals for a T&M subcontractor(s).

8Q. Can a subcontractor who currently does not have an approved accounting system submit a bid for more then the $500K T&M limit if it is anticipated that that the subcontractor will seek DCAA approval of their accounting system in the immediate future?

8A. The solicitation does not state that there is a $500,000 limit on a contemplated T&M subcontract. If a proposed subcontractor does not have an acceptable accounting system through a cognizant audit agency, usually DCAA, but the subcontractor is in the process of being audited by a Government agency, or will be in the immediate future, please include this information with your proposal. This may support the Government in providing consent for the proposed T&M subcontractor(s).

9Q. It was expressed during the solicitation conference that copies of the presentations would be made available to perspective bidders. Will the presentations be e-mailed out based upon the sign in sheet or posted to the Volpe website? When are the presentations expected to be available if we have not seen them yet?

9A. Copies of the Pre-Proposal attendee list and presentation materials are attached as attachments to the solicitation per Part I of this amendment.

10Q. P.14 last full paragraph on the page, in Section C.3.3, the RFP states "The Contractor may be required to ... build prototype systems." Is it possible to provide one or more examples of the type of prototype systems that are envisioned?

10A. Examples of prototype systems that the Volpe Center has, with contractor support, built include: a multi-mode (GPS and MLS) aircraft receiver, a multilateration system deployed in the Gulf of Mexico, and an Automatic Blink System deployed at Loran transmitters and sensor fusion system for combining primary radar and multilateration data.

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Questions 11Q, 12,Q, and 13Q all relate to page 106 and 107 of the solicitation, “The Offeror must include in Volume II a matrix detailing how the Offeror has allocated the LOE required, showing hours by names of individuals for whom resumes have been submitted and the team composition (Prime and subcontractors) using the RFP labor category descriptions. The matrix must be consistent with Schedules 6 and 7 in the Cost and Business Proposal and be identical to or consistent with the allocation matrix in the Cost and Business Proposal. In addition to the matrix, the Offeror may submit written information in support of and consistent with its oral presentation. All additional written material must be addressed and discussed during the presentation and will not be evaluated as stand-alone documents. Therefore, charts and matrices with narrative minimized are preferred. The written material, including the matrix described above, shall not exceed five pages.”

11Q. Is a matrix required that will show hours by resumed individual including their respective labor categories?

11A. Yes

12Q. Should the matrix also include the above in addition to the names and labor categories for all the proposed individuals that are being proposed per the LOE requirement

12A. No, as stated on page 106, “The Offeror must include in Volume II a matrix detailing how the Offeror has allocated the LOE required, showing hours by names of individuals for whom resumes have been submitted and the team composition (Prime and subcontractors) using the RFP labor category descriptions.”

13Q. If the latter, can this information be provided in 2 separate matrices to reduce the size and complexity that a single matrix would require?

13A. Based on answer 12A, no. One matrix should be submitted.

PART III of this amendment consists of administrative changes to the subject solicitation.

1) The following clause, “FAR 52.233-2, SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006) in Section L is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following in Section L:

52.233-2 SERVICE OF PROTEST (SEP 2006)

Protests, as defined in Section 31.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that are filed directly with an agency, and copies of any protests that are filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), shall be served on the Contracting Officer (CO) (addressed as follows) by obtaining written and dated acknowledgment of receipt from:

U.S. Department of Transportation RITA/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Attn: Robert Robinson, RVP-31 55 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02142-1093

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The copy of any protest shall be received in the office designated above within one day of filing a protest with the GAO.

Please acknowledge receipt of this amendment with the submission of your proposal.

All other terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE, MAY 26, 2011

Name Company Phone Email

ABRAMSON, PAUL PDA Associates 508-358-7654 pda-associates@comcast.net BARBEE, TERI CSC, Inc. 240-401-6046 tbarbee@csc.com BORDEN, PARIS Boeing Company 703-465-3757 paris.d.borden@boeing.com BRODIE, PETER ITT Corporation 973-284-2453 peter.brodie@itt.com BRODY, RICHARD EDIT, Inc. 617-733-4529 rbrody@edit-inc.com BURGER, STEVEN ENSCO, Inc. 703-321-4556 burger.steve@ensco.com COLBERT, GREG Engility Corp. 978-671-1185 gregory.colbert@engilitycorp.com COSMAS, ALEX Booz Allen Hamilton 617-428-4472 cosmas@bah.com COUTURE, NORMAN Northrop Grumman Information

Systems 978-247-7944 norman.couture@ngc.com

DANIEL, ALAN F5 Networks 703-851-7117 a.daniel@f5.com DONOVAN, TIM Raytheon Company 508-490-2707 Timothy_p_donovan@raytheon.com ELLIS, MICHAEL Raytheon Company 508-490-3864 michael_p_ellis@raytheon.com FIELDS, JOE SGT, Inc. 301-489-1151 jfields@sgt-inc.com FROEMBERG, PAULINE Raytheon Company 508-490-1981 Pauline.p.froemberg@raytheon.com GERMAIN, FRANK Safety Net Solutions 978-649-7045 frank.germain@safetynetsolutions.com IOANNIDIS, TONY SAIC 202-651-2485 ioanndisa@saic.com LEYLAND, TOM F5 Networks 781-296-2129 t.leyland@f5.com LOVE, ROBERT Booz Allen Hamilton 617-428-4487 love_robert@bah.com

MANIKONDA, DR.

VIKRAM

Intelligent Automation, Inc. 301-294-5245 vilcram@i-a-i.com

MARINESCU, ELIZABETH Boeing Company 703-465-3769 elizabeth.marinescu@boeing.com MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE SGT, Inc. 757-869-4315 cmatthews@sgt-inc.com MCCARTHY, CHARLES CSC, Inc. 617-494-3930 cmccarthy@csc.com MILLER, MARY ELLEN Mosaic ATM, Inc. 617-930-2866 mmiller@mosaicatm.com NEVITS, WILLIAM Raytheon Company 508-490-1201 william_m_nevits@raytheon.com NGOY, DARITH Coleman Technologies 404-326-9843 dngoy@ctiusa.com OLIVER, LYNNE Engility Corp. 978-671-1046 lynne.oliver@engilitycorp.com OXBORROW, ROBERT Boeing Company 253-651-0513 robert.r.oxborrow@boeing.com PIERCE, PAT Lockheed Martin 651-456-7896 patrick.j.pierce@lmco.com QUINCE, CHERYL Engility Corp. 978-671-1136 cheryl.quince@engilitycorp.com RAHN, SHAWN Coleman Technologies 813-787-6321 srahn@ctiusa.com ROBERT, DOUG Engility Corp. 978-671-1097 douglas.robert@engilitycorp.com SHEARER, GEOFFREY Boeing Company 703-465-3764 geoffrey.l.shearer@boeing.com SHERARD, VERONICA ENSCO, Inc. 321-514-9225 sherard.veronica@ensco.com SHPAK, SUSANNA CSC, Inc. 617-494-2893 sshpak@csc.com STERN, ROGER Lockheed Martin 202-554-6989 roger.stern@lmco.com WISE, WALTER Safety Net Solutions 603-262-1489 walter.wise@ safetynetsolutions.com brian.toth Typewritten Text brian.toth

Attachment J.4

Pre-Proposal Conference May 26, 2011

Traffic Management Infrastructure Systems

(TMIS)

Solicitation No.

DTRT57-11-R-20009

brian.toth

Attachment J.5

Presenters

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Ground Rules

Carol Ferrante, Contracting Officer

3. Volpe Center Overview Anne Aylward, Deputy Associate Administrator for Research, Innovation and Technology

4. Section C / Statement of Work and Potential Initiatives

Michael Geyer, Acting Director, Communication, Navigation and Surveillance and Traffic Management (CNS&TM) Center of Innovation Suzanne Sloan, Engineer Stephen Creaghan, Division Chief James Hill, Division Chief Kip Brown, Division Chief

5. Background Daniel Leone, Contract Specialist

6. Highlights of the Request for Proposal

7. Cost and Business Proposal

Daniel Leone, Contract Specialist Brian Toth, Contract Specialist Peter Kontakos, Contract Specialist

8. Reminders and RVP-31 Changes as of 6/1/11

Carol Ferrante, Contracting Officer

Agenda

GROUND RULES

Any statements, remarks or explanations made during this pre-proposal conference shall not qualify the terms of the solicitation.

Terms and conditions of the solicitation remain unchanged unless an amendment is issued that incorporates any possible changes discussed or alluded to during today’s pre-proposal conference.

GROUND RULES (cont.)

In accordance with the RFP no verbal questions will be answered relative to the solicitation. Section L.2.G, Inquires, states all questions must be submitted, in writing, to Daniel Leone by 3:30 PM, June 3, 2011 (next Friday) and will be answered through an Amendment to the solicitation.

Volpe Center Overview

Presented By:

Anne Aylward Deputy Associate Administrator for Research, Innovation and Technology

Section C Statement of Work and

Potential Initiatives

Presented By:

Michael Geyer, Acting Director, Communication, Navigation and Surveillance and Traffic Management (CNS&TM) Center of Innovation

Suzanne Sloan, Engineer

Stephan Creaghan, Division Chief

James Hill, Division Chief

Kip Brown, Division Chief

BACKGROUND OF

TMIS PROGRAM

Presented By:

Daniel Leone Contract Specialist

COMMUNICATIONS, NAVIGATION & SURVEILLANCE

and TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (CNS/TM) Awarded on July 21, 2008

Ordering Period expires on July 20, 2013

Four Prime Contractors The Boeing Company Engility Corporation, an Affiliate of L-3 Services, Inc.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Raytheon Company

Work focused on Communications, Navigation and Surveillance and Traffic Management 8

Traffic Management Infrastructure Systems

DTRT57-R-11-20009

Anticipated Award Date – November 30, 2011

Estimated Number of Awards – Four to Six

DTRT57-11-R-20009

Solicitation Highlights

Presented By:

Dan Leone & Brian Toth Contract Specialists

DTRT57-11-R-20009 TASK ORDERS ISSUED UNDER TMIS

Section B.1.B.

The following types of task orders may be issued:

o Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) o Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) o Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Completion o Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Term

Contracting Officer's discretion based on the guidelines provided in Part 16 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

Performance-based task orders will be used to the maximum extent practicable.

DTRT57-R-11-20009 (cont.)

SECTION C

Work will be in the following Task Areas:

Strategic Planning and Architecture Analysis Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Systems Surveillance Systems / Automatic Dependent Surveillance –

Broadcast (ADS-B) Communication Systems System Engineering System Innovative Technologies

DTRT57-R-11-20009 (cont.)

Offerors must address all 7 Task Areas through use of a Prime or Subcontractor in their Proposal or they will be eliminated from competition.

DTRT57-11-R-20009 - AWARD EXCLUSIONS

Section L.2.A.

Contractors may not act as both a Prime contractor and a subcontractor under this Full and Open TMIS solicitation. Proposals involving such teaming arrangements will be excluded from consideration.

DTRT57-11-R-20009 - AWARD WITHOUT

DISCUSSIONS

Section L.2.C.

Offerors should resolve questions or issues about specifications, as well as terms and conditions of the solicitation before the due date for proposals.

A qualified offer or an Offeror taking exceptions to terms and conditions may result in the entire offer being eliminated before initial evaluation.

DTRT57-11-R-20009 - AWARDS

Section M.1.A

Award will be made to those responsive and responsible Offerors that provide the best value to the Government.

DTRT57-11-R-20009 – Section M Evaluation

The first factor, Technical Understanding is of the most importance.

Management Approach and Staffing are of equal importance, but of more importance than Past Performance.

(cont.)

The technical evaluation factors that are addressed in Section M.2.B, Factors for Evaluation, when combined, are significantly more important than cost in the selection of a Contractor for award.

Notwithstanding this fact, Offerors are cautioned not to minimize the importance of the Cost.

When the Technical Proposals are evaluated as essentially equal, cost may become the determining factor in making an award.

DTRT57-11-R-20009– Section M Evaluation

Only relevant past performance history will be considered. The Government will determine relevance of past performance information based on the similarity of the nature of the previous work to the current requirement (i.e., Section C), the dollar value of the previous efforts (i.e., equal to or greater than $1,000,000), and the currency of the prior work (i.e., within the past three years).

If the Offeror does not include past performance history or does not affirmatively state that no past performance history exists or can be obtained, the Offeror’s proposal will be rated Unacceptable.

An acceptable subcontracting plan must be submitted by all Large Businesses IAW the goals outlined in Section L.4.E, pg. 102.

The Government cannot make an award without an acceptable subcontracting plan on file.

Cost & Business Proposal

Presented By:

Peter Kontakos Contract Specialist

COST AND BUSINESS PROPOSALS

Government intends to award on initial offers.

Offerors should ensure that complete, clear, and convincing Cost and Business information is provided.

Proposals must contain sufficient documentation so that the Government’s evaluation can be completed without clarification.

Offerors must estimate Administrative Labor and Other Direct Costs consistent with their accounting practices.

Only those Administrative Labor categories and Other Direct Costs proposed are billable during performance.

Labor

The Level of Effort represents approximately one year of the requirement.

Labor category rates must be consistent with rates of persons whose resumes are submitted.

Include information on Uncompensated Overtime in accordance with FAR 52.237-10.

Include information on Compensation for Professional Employees with FAR 52.222-46.

Potential Problem Areas

No current labor or indirect rate recommendations are available from DCAA

Inadequate subcontractor documentation

Please read the RFP and instructions carefully

Provide all information listed in Exhibit B, Checklist for Schedules.

Some schedules have changed slightly to try and make them clearer and more useful.

Subcontract instructions have been modified to try and ensure we get meaningful information to approve billing rates (in addition to the prime’s evaluation of its subcontractors). 26

Reminders & Organizational

Changes

Presented By:

Carol Ferrante Contracting Officer

REMINDERS

DTRT57-11-R-20009

PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY 3:00 P.M.

EASTERN STANDARD TIME, ON

July 20, 2011

Please read Sections C, L & M more than once

RVP-31 Organizational Changes

• Effective 6/1/11, the following changes will be made to TMIS:

Carol Ferrante – Acting Branch Chief, RVP-31 Robert Robinson – Contracting Officer, TMIS Peter Kontakos – Administrative Contracting Officer, TMIS Brian Toth – Administrative Contracting Officer, TMIS Daniel Leone – Contracting Officer, Environmental

Architect-Engineer Acquisitions

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AT THIS

CONFERENCE

PLEASE TURN IN YOUR BADGE TO THE GUARD AT

THE DESK IN THE FRONT LOBBY

Introduction to the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Anne Aylward, Deputy Director Research, Innovation and Technology (RIT)

May 26, 2011 brian.toth

Attachment J.6

U.S. DOT strategic goals

• Safety

• State of good repair

• Economic competitiveness

• Livable communities

• Environmental sustainability

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Center mission, vision & capabilities Mission and vision

• A world-recognized Federal center of excellence and leader in transportation technical, operational, instituti onal, and managerial innovation

• Trusted enabler of critical improvements to transportation and logistics systems

• Leader in government, industry, and academic cooperation

Unique capabilities

• Institutional knowledge of the global transportation system and its stakeholder perspectives

• Awareness of Federal responsibilities, objectives, and activities in the public interest

• Experience with the full spectrum of technologies and disciplines relevant to transportation system improvements

Our most important asset:

dedicated transportation professionals

• 578 Federal Employees representing a full spectrum of disciplines from engineering to physical and social sciences

• 261 Advanced Degrees (66 PhDs and 195 Masters)

• More than 60 Federal Career Interns and Co-op Students

• More than 1,000 contractors

The Volpe Center Organization

Updated 4/25/11

A multidisciplinary set of skills and expertise

Volpe Center Working Capital Fund Statute

• Budget-neutral, non-line-item operation, under a working capital fund (49 U.S.C. 328)

• “The U.S. DOT has a Transportation Systems Center working capital fund. Amounts in the fund are available for financing the activities of the Center, including research, development, testing, evaluation, analysis, and related activities.”

• Volpe does not receive any direct appropriations from Congress. It must recover all operating (indirect) costs via projects funded by customer agreements.

• U.S. DOT Order provides guidelines for the Center to incur indirect costs

(DOT 2300.6E, 8.7.2003)

• Indirect costs include: “costs incurred by the Volpe Center . . .

which are not directly identifiable with sponsored projects;

planning, training, and capability development of a general nature; . . .

quick reaction, advisory assistance to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary and the RITA Administrator; participation in departmental committees and task forces ; . . . capital improvements that do not require appropriations ;. . .

facility maintenance and operations; .

. .and general purpose equipment, software, or other property . . . ”

U.S. DOT Order on Volpe Center funding

Volpe Center Fiscal Year 2010 New Obligational Authority (NOA) - $282 million

DOT - $256

M, 91%

DOD - $17 M, 6%

Other - $ 9 M, 3%

Centers of Innovation at the Volpe Center

• Policy, Planning and Organizational Analysis

• Safety Management Systems

• Environmental and Energy Systems

• Freight Logistics and Transportation Systems

• Physical Infrastructure Systems

• Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Traffic

Management Systems

• Human Factors Research and System Applications

• Advanced Transportation Technologies

Policy, Planning and Organizational Analysis

Focus areas

• Undertake transportation policy analysis and research that contributes to a compelling vision of 21st Century transportation

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N adel Architects as Executive Architect & M

PA Architects as D esign Architect

• Support decision making in an integrated multi modal national transportation system that meets today's and tomorrow's mobility needs for goods and people

Safety Management Systems Focus areas

• Enable a safer transportation system through application of safety management principles to the transportation enterprise

• Acquire, maintain, distribute, and analyze transportation safety performance data

• Develop operational business processes to enable effective actions to reduce the number and severity of transportation-related deaths, injuries, and property damage

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Environmental and Energy Systems Focus

• Provide technical and analytical support on transportation-related environmental issues and on transportation’s role in achieving energy independence, both as a consumer of energy and as a critical element in the energy supply chain

G raphic courtesy of the Volpe C

Freight Logistics and Transportation Systems Focus

• Identify and develop innovative systems to enhance global logistics and transportation operations, securit y and resilience

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Physical Infrastructure Systems Focus areas

• Maintain and enhance knowledge of key transportation infrastructure challenges

• Apply technical expertise to national/regional infrastructure performance and safety priorities

• Support significant design, construction, manufacturing, inspection, maintenance, rehabilitation, and regulatory requirements of transportation systems and components

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Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Traffic Management Systems

Focus

• Maintain and apply internationally recognized capabilities in communications, navigation, surveillance, operations management, and associated information technology disciplines to enhance the capacity, safety, and security of next-generation transportation systems

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Human Factors Research and System Applications

Focus areas

• Provide internationally recognized human factors research and development capabilities supporting all modes of transportation

• Study new relationships between humans and current automation technologies to improve transportation safety, security, and productivity with due concern for unintended consequences

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Advanced Transportation Technologies

Focus

• Provide systems engineering and analysis, operations research and related capabilities to identify, assess, and deploy advanced technologies and new operational strategies to enhance transportation system performance

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Volpe Operations Support

• Acquisitions

• Competition on 78% of contracted dollars

• $150 million obligated annually

• Successful small business outreach

• Human Resources

• Leads extensive recruitment initiatives

• Training and professional development is a priority

• Real Property and Facility Services

• Manages Center-wide safety, health and wellness programs

• Provides security, logistics and energy conservation services for the entire campus

• Information Technology

• End-to-end customer IT support services for all personnel, including: Internet and Intranet, IT program/project management, and computer security

Overall customer satisfaction, 1995-2008 G raphic courtesy of the Volpe C

The Volpe Center is a good citizen

• One of Cambridge’s 10 largest employers

• Hosts more than 10,000 visitors annually

• Lunch Buddies Reading Program and

Science Olympiad Program

• Since 1992, Volpe volunteers organized as the Kendall Square Learning Project have offered free English as a Second Language classes

• Since 2000, over $1 million dollars donated to the charities of the Combined Federal Campaign

• Hires 35 students annually from more than 15 local colleges and universities

• Member Cambridge Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Boston Federal Executive Board

• Green building initiatives underway

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Overview of Volpe Center CNS & TM Directorate and Navigation and Surveillance Division Michael E. Geyer Acting Director, Communication, Navigation and Surveillance and Traffic Management Systems COI (RVT-70) Chief, Navigation and Surveillance Division (RVT-71)

May 26, 2011 brian.toth

Attachment J.7

The Volpe Center Organization

Center of Innovation Structure

• Communication, Navigation and Surveillance and Traffic

Management Systems (T70) — Mike Geyer

– Navigation and Surveillance Division (T71) — Mike Geyer

– Operations Risk Assessment and Terminal Systems Division

(T72) — Steve Creaghan

– Traffic Flow Management Division (T73) — Jim Hill

– Communications and Operations Division (T74) — Kip Brown

CNS&TM VI Task Areas

1. Strategic Planning and Architecture Analysis

2. Air Traffic Management Systems

3. Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Systems

4. Surveillance Systems / Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast

(ADS-B)

5. Communication Systems

6. NextGen System Engineering

7. Innovative Technologies

T71 Work Areas and Sponsors` Work Areas

• Aircraft Surveillance

• Wake Vortex

• Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)

• Weather Sensors/Systems

• Spectrum Engineering

• Human Factors Engineering

• Program Management Support Sponsors

• FAA ATO

• FAA AVS

• DoD

• NASA

• Non Federal — State Aviation Authorities, Foreign

Governments and Private Corporations

ADS-B Program Definition Automatic

Periodically transmits information with no pilot or operator input required

Dependent

Position and velocity vector are derived from the Global Positioning System

(GPS)

Surveillance

A method of determining position of aircraft, vehicles, or other asset

Broadcast

Transmitted information available to anyone with the appropriate receiving equipment

ADS-B Program Support Shown: Anadarko MC920A Platform Site for ADS-B, VHF RCAG and AWOS Equipment

N

FAA Building

AWOS VHF,

ADS-B GPS

AWOS,

VHF OMNI,

S/W 1090

FAA Yagi

ADS-B Program Support

• Sponsor: Vinny Capezzuto, AJE-6

• Federal Technical Role

– Lead for Information Technology and Physical Security

– Previous Lead for International Communications

– Core System Engineering team

• Test/evaluation • Separation standards

• Avionics specification • Signal/coverage modeling

• RF Interference Analysis • Interval management

• Midwest prototype system development/deployment

– Deployment Planning / Coordination

• Gulf of Mexico • Oregon

• Alaska

• Federal Management Role

– Contract for and manage FAA Program Office support staff

– Six prime contractors

Wake Vortex Program

Volpe Responsibility Areas

Pulsed Lidar at St. Louis Airport

• Experimental data collection, processing and analysis for procedure and safety case development

– St. Louis – San Francisco – Deer Island

– Houston – Frankfurt (completed)

– Denver (completed) – Atlanta

– New York Kennedy – Fresno (private contract)

• Contribute to new procedure development

– CSPR* Arrivals (Large & Small Category Aircraft)

– CSPR Departures Behind Heavy

– Same Runway Departures Behind Heavy

– CSPR Arrivals (Heavy Category Aircraft)

• Contribute to aircraft separation assessments

– A380

– B757 Classification

– B747-8

– General Re-categorization

• Wake sensor development

*CSPR = Closely-Spaced Parallel Runways

Wake Sensors [1/2] Largest Wake Measurement Suite Extant

Pressure Transducer Laser

Range Finder

Aircraft Detectors (2)

Sodar (4)

Windline

Pulsed Lidar (4)

Wind-Based CSPR Departures:

Concept Overview

Wind Direction

1300-ft

30R

30L

1500 ft

Goal: Up-wind runway departures not restricted by down-wind runway departures

Current rules:

• Wind not considered

• For STL geometry show, Large departing

30L is considered an intersection takeoff

• Aircraft on 30L has to wait 3 min after

Heavy departs 30R

• 2 min wait required when stagger is less than 500 ft Weather Minima

Sufficient to visually observe divergent paths after departure Approximate 1000’ ceiling and 3 mile visibility

ASDE-X Program

Surface Movement Radar Multilateration Subsystem

Volpe Roles:

• Proof-of-concept testing

– Surface movement radar

– Multi-sensor data fusion

• Specification preparation

• Analysis

– Radar performance

– Radiation hazard

– Safety study

– Spectrum issues

• Program Office Support

– On-site

– Trouble-shooting

• Site Installation Management

Volpe’s Otis Weather Test Facility

• Climate appropriate for aviation weather related tests

– Annual averages of: 37” snow, 48” total liquid precipitation, and

16 thunderstorms

– Frequent fogs and low clouds

– Frequent wind gusts, often exceeding 40 kt

– Temperatures ranging typically from –10º F to +99º F

• 155 acres of flat ground and 2,600-ft² of secured building

• Instrumentation towers (10- to 200-ft) to accommodate testing of weather conditions along the near-ground aircraft landing corridor

• Weather instrumentation

– Anemometers – Visibility Sensors

– Ceilometers – Present Weather Sensors,

– Raingauges – Pressure Sensors,

– Humidity Sensors – Thermometers

Runway Visual Range (RVR)

1030/1090 Simulator

Interrogator & Victim Receiver

Additional Interrogator

Additional Interrogator

Program Management Support

• Contracting for Program Office support

– Contract vehicles (new or existing)

– Manage contractor staff, in close coordination with FAA sponsor

• Program Support Activities

– Scope development

• Work breakdown structure development and management

– Schedule development and tracking

– Communications management

– Joint Resources Council (JRC) documentation preparation

– Business case analyses, including Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) Exhibit-300 documentation

– Preparation of agreements with other organizations within the

FAA and other Government or private organizations

– Risk Management

Operations Risk Assessment and Terminal Systems Division, RVT-72

Steve Creaghan - May 2011

RVT-72 Work Areas

• Domains

– Airport terminal and surface safety

– Safety management processes and analysis

– Airport surface traffic management

– NextGen system engineering

• Roles

– Modeling and simulation for new terminal procedures

– Prototype evaluation and test-bed development

– System engineering and system design

– Safety risk analysis and management

– Site engineering and implementation

– Data analysis and assessment

– System evaluation, check-out and acceptance

• Sponsors

– FAA

– NASA

NextGen: Surface Trajectory Based Operations

• JFK Multilateration

– Implement ASDE-X based ramp surveillance ($4M) – 2008

• Memphis/Orlando Demo Support

– Procure/implement Memphis/Orlando SDSS

– Procuring ramp surveillance

• Modeling/simulation

– Developing fast-time model for collaborative departure queue management (CDQM) and other STBO DSTs

– Evaluating application of Volpe airplane de-icing decision support tool NAS-wide

• Develop STBO surveillance requirements

Surface Trajectory Based Operations (STBO)• Sponsor: FAA AJP - Advanced

Technology Development and Prototyping

• Surface management system prototype implementation and evaluation at Memphis and Orlando

– Data sharing message set expansion

– TMA Integration

– Arrival Gate Assignment Data

Sharing

– Outbound Taxi Metering

– Closed Runway / Taxiway Segment

Data

– Departure - Arrival Configuration /

Runway Balancing

Precision Runway Monitor – Multilateration (PRM-A)

• Sponsor: FAA AJT Surveillance

• Volpe Center Role

– Developed PRM-A requirements document

– Principle author for DTW alternatives analysis

– Coordinated safety analysis along with AFS-450 modeling and simulation for operational approval

– Planned and coordinated flight testing at DTW

– Evaluating SFO for PRM-A

Low Cost Ground Surveillance (LCGS)

• Sponsor: FAA AJP Advanced Technology Development and Prototyping

• LCGS - Low cost alternative to ASDE-X

• Four prototype sites

– Manchester, NH (MHT): Thales ATM

– San Jose , CA (SJC): SRA International

– Reno, NV (RNO): Northrop-Grumman

– Long Beach, CA (LGB): Sensis

• Volpe Center manages test and evaluation at MHT

Modeling and Simulation

• Sponsor – FAA Flight Standards Service – Flight Technologies

Division – Flight Operations Simulation and Analysis Branch

(AFS-450)

• Simulations to estimate the probability of mid-air collisions during terminal operations

• Models for input to Monte Carlo simulation

– ATC response times

– Aircraft navigation capabilities

– Aircraft flight models

– Surveillance errors and update rates

– Winds

– Pilot response times

FAA Safety Projects

• Terminal Safety (AJT)

– Safety analysis for Call-to Action Committee for Runway Safety procedural changes

– Memphis Simultaneous Independent Approaches SRMD

– Multiple Landing Clearances SRMD

– Line Up and Wait SRMD

• Concept Development Safety (AJP)

– Big Airspace OSA

– Conflict Resolution Advisory OSA

– High Altitude OSA

• Flight Services (AJR)

– Support to safety office

• Chief Systems Engineer for Safety

– NextGen I & I

– Integrated NextGen safety approach

– Safety planning for NSIP-A/B

RVT-72 Potential Areas for TMIS Support

• Prototyping and field evaluation engineering and analysis

– Airport surface traffic and safety systems

• Systems engineering support for new concepts and NextGen

– Concept of operations development

– Cost-benefit analysis

– Functional analysis/Requirements development

– System of systems approach for NextGen

• Modeling and simulation

– Analytical support for model development

– Safety and traffic management models

– Operational expertise for scenario development and validation

• ATC Safety

– SMS products

– Integrated safety for NextGen

Traffic Flow Management Division (RVT-73) Projects

Portfolio

James R. Hill, Division Chief

Technical Portfolio Highlights

• Statement of Work Areas:

1. Strategic Planning and Architecture Analysis

2. Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems*

3. Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Systems

4. Surveillance Systems/Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)

5. Communication Systems

6. System Engineering

7. Innovative Technologies

• Supporting Technologies

• A Look Ahead

RVT-73 Projects Portfolio

* - Majority of RVT-73 work falls within the scope of this task area!

• Concept Engineering

– Collaborative Airspace Congestion Resolution (CACR)

– Arrival Uncertainty Management

– Traffic Flow Management (TFM) Roadmap Development

– Analysis of Airport Surface Data for TFM

• System Engineering

– Integration of Automated Weather Forecast Products (WX)

– Collaborative Trajectory Options Programs (CTOP)

– Define Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) Enhancements

• System Development

– Integration of Automated Weather Forecast Products (WX)

– Reroute Impact Assessment (RRIA)

– Execution of Flow Strategies (XFS)

– Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS) Distribution

– SWIM Terminal Data Distribution System (STDDS) Development

Air Traffic Management Systems Work

• System Sustainment

– TFM Sustainment (Operations)

» Transition to TFMS (Traffic Flow Management System) » Interim TFM Disaster Recovery Facility

» Evaluation & Analysis of Spurious System Anomalies

– NextGen Innovation Center Infrastructure Support

– ASDE-X Data Distribution Sustainment & Operation

– Host Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) Application

– ITWS Data Distribution Operational Sustainment

– Surface Decision Support System (SDSS) Evaluation

Air Traffic Management System Work

• Advanced Concepts Engineering

– Aircraft Access to SWIM Data (formerly known as Airborne SWIM)

– Multi-Sector Planner (MSP) Coordination Simulation Analysis

– HyperCube Project Planning

– Flight Object Analysis and Prototype Development

– Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) Planning for India

» Develop of Concept of Operations for India ATFM » Analysis of India’s Future ATM Plans

» Requirements & Specification Development » Roadmap for India’s ATFM Implementation

– Air Domain Safety and Security Information System – USAFE

– Time Based Flow Management (TBFM)/NextGen Analysis and Support

– Accelerated Def. & Implem. of SWIM Segment 1+ & 2 Enterprise Services

• Integration of Volpe’s NextGen Research Network

– Development of ASDE-X Data Distribution Prototype

– FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) Program Support

NextGen Work

• Research Data Management

– Flight Data Distribution to AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control

System/E-3 Sentry) Web Services Development

– Flight Data Distribution to NASA

– Data Collaboration with Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT)

– Data Collaboration with Surface Data Team

– ASDE-X Data Distribution

– Weather Data Exchange with MIT Lincoln Laboratory

NextGen Work

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) including Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Mediation Routing, Message Broker and Services Frameworks

• SOA Web services development using Oracle JDeveloper and WebSphere

• Oracle 10g/11g for database programming and data storage

• Oracle 10g/11g Application servers and Reports server

• Programming languages: C/C++, C#, Delphi, Flash, Java and

Perl

• Web application development: Ajax, ASP, JavaScript, Perl and

PHP

• Operating Systems: Windows (XP), Unix (HP-UX) and Linux

(Red Hat, SuSe)

• Network protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS and FTP/SFTP

Supporting Technologies

• Future Volpe Role in Traffic Flow Management (TFM)

– Expansion of TFM Concept Engineering & Prototype Development

Efforts

– Transition of Formal TFM Development to System Engineering &

Analysis

– Transition from TFM Operational Sustainment to NextGen Innovation

Center Infrastructure

• NextGen Implementation Plan

• Information Assurance and Security

• SWIM Activities Expansion

• Projects Portfolio Diversification

• Respond to Rapidly Changing Developments

• International Efforts Continue to Be Supported

A Look Ahead

Volpe Center, CNS / TM Center of Innovation

Communications and Operations Division

RVT-74

Overview of Projects for the TMIS Bidders Conference

Kip Brown, Division Manager

Mariana Vasquez, Admin Assistant

FA03, FAA

Terminal Facilities Project

Rich Kochanowski, Project Manager

Jack Clark John Hadley Brian Hanley Bob Phillips Chris Risko

Jon Arsenault

FA8C, FAA

Telecom Support

Jeff Garlitz, Project Manager

Michael Reamer Sharon Jenkins

Jack Clark David Roane

SAIC

SGT

FA26, FAA

NAS

Performance Analysis System

Jean Woods, Project Manager

Jeff Garlitz

SGT

FA8H, FAA

Runway Status Lights

Support

Kevin O’Neill, Project Manager

Chris Risko

FAU2, FAA

Building

Information Management

Support

Brian Hanley, Project Manager

FAS5, FAA

NextGen Future

Facilities

Greg Woo, Project Manager

Rich Kochanowski John Hadley Bob Phillips

FA7K, FAA

ATCSCC

Re-Location Support

Rich Kochanowski, Project Manager

FAS6, FAA

Financial Analysis

Kip Brown, Project Manager

VX91, TSA

Tech Training

QA and Program Eval

Support Kip Brown, Project Manager1`

P r o je c t s

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Volpe Center Communications and Operations Division

RVT-74

Projects and

Staffing

Project FA8C: FAA Telecommunications Support

Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration, AJW-533, Telecommunications Business Operations

Program objective:

Support the FAA's Telecommunications Services Team (TST) in the areas of FAA reference data maintenance, Quality Control of Telecommunications Requests (TRs), and telecommunications engineering

Volpe Role: • Software Development & Maintenance

• Data Quality

Initiated: 2008 (/1990)

Major activities:

• Maintain FAA Telecommunications Reference Data

• Perform the Financial & Technical Review of Telecom Orders

• Develop & Maintain Supporting Software and SOPs

• Telecommunications Engineering

FTEs: 6

TMIS Probability: High

Org Chart

Project FA03: FAA Terminal Program Operations

AJT-1, Terminal Program Operations Office

Program objective:

Replacement and sustainment of terminal facilities

- Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities

- Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCT)

Volpe Role:

Project management support

- schedule management

- financial analysis

- system engineering

Initiated: 1990

Major activities:

Supporting facility replacement projects at: LaGuardia ATCT, Ft.

Lauderdale Executive ATCT; Memphis ATCT/TRACON; Cleveland ATCT/TRACON, Houston TRACON, and Las Vegas ATCT/TRACON

FTEs: 8

TMIS Probability: Medium

New LaGuardia ATCT

Project FAS5: FAA NextGen Facilities Support

Sponsor: FAA NextGen Future Facilities Special Project Management Office, AJP-171

Program objective:

Upgrading and transitioning existing staffed air traffic control facilities to maximize FAA benefits in the NextGen era.

Volpe Role:

Project Management Support

• Risk Management

• Schedule Management

• Systems Engineering

Initiated: 2010

Major activities:

• Program risk management plan

• Program integrated master schedule

• Definition of the air traffic control "as-is" environment

FTEs: 3

TMIS Probability: Medium

Project FAU2: FAA Building Information Management Support

AJW-281, ATC Facilities Implementation Services Group

Program objective:

Research the feasibility of replacing the FAA's 2-dimensional (2D) computer aided design (CAD) engineering workflows with 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows with intelligent objects

Volpe Role:

Project Management Support

• Schedule Management

• Lead the BIM Initiative through the AMS Procurement Process

Initiated: 2009

Major activities:

• Develop Concept & Requirements Definition Readiness (CRDR) documentation to achieve Decision Point 1 (DP1) of AMS

• Develop Concept & Requirements Definition (CRD) documentation to achieve Decision Point 2 (DP2) of AMS

FTEs: 1.5

TMIS Probability: Medium

Project FA8H: FAA Runway Status Lights Program

AJT-11, Terminal Surveillance Group

Program objective:

Provide controllers, pilots, and vehicle operators with increased situational awareness of movements and activities on airport runways

Volpe Role:

Project management support

- Schedule management

- Earned Value Management (EVM) support

Initiated: 2008

Major activities:

- Maintain RWSL Integrated

Program Schedule (IPS)

- Maintain project spend plan

FTEs: 1.5

TMIS Probability: Low

Runway Entrance Lights

(RELs)

Project FA26: FAA NAS Performance Analysis System (NASPAS) Support

Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration, AJW-162, NAS Quality Assurance & Performance

Program objective:

Monitoring and reporting NAS maintenance issues involving facility and equipment performance

Volpe Role:

Project Management Support

• Software Development and Maintenance

• Quality Assurance

Initiated: 1983

Major activities:

• NASPAS: Allows a user to analyze the performance of FAA facilities & services

• National Airspace System Service Availability Tool (NASSAT):

Allows a user to measure results for a 10-year period for a specific performance measure

FTEs: 2.5

TMIS Probability: Low Org Chart

Project FAS6: FAA Financial Analysis & Support Services

Sponsor: FAA Acquisition and Management Capital Budgets Office, AJF-2

Program objective:

FAA business and financial management oversight

Volpe Role: • Acquisition Management Support

• Contract Management

Initiated: 2010

Major activities: • Acquisition Management Support

FTEs: 2

TMIS Probability: Low

Project VX91: TSA Technical Training Quality Assurance and Program Evaluation Support

Sponsor: TSA Office of Global Strategies (OGS), Capacity Development Branch

Program objective:

The OGS Capacity Development Branch (CDB) provides aviation security guidance and training to foreign states.

Volpe Role: • International Training Quality Assurance Support

• Strategic Planning

Initiated: 2005

Major activities:

• QA assessment of TSA international instructors

• Facilitated development of CDB program logic model

• Facilitated the development of CDB performance measures

• Developed international training QA assessment instruments

FTEs: 1.5

TMIS Probability: Low

Research Activities of the Advanced Transportation Technologies Center of Innovation

RVT-90

Core Research Capabilities

• Systems Engineering and Analysis

• Operations Research and Modeling

• Policy and Institutional Issues on Adoption of Advanced

Technologies

– Identification of issues: institutional, financial, legal

– Policy analysis

– Alternative Approaches / Trade-off Analysis

• Safety Benefits Estimation

• Testing and Evaluation support

Application of Core Capabilities to Research

• Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Wireless Communications (www.its.dot.gov)

• Safety Benefits Estimation

• Policy Analysis

• Vehicle Controls and Automation (http://www.nhtsa.gov/Research/Crash+Avoidance)

• Technology Analysis

• Policy Analysis

• Technology Readiness (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/advancedresearch)

• Organizing and leveraging expertise

• Demand Modeling and Asset Management…