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Update Opportunity Category from 'Discretionary' to 'Other'
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Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
NNH09ZEA001N-AS2R
Opportunity Category:
Other
Posted Date:
Oct 20, 2009
Creation Date:
Oct 22, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Dec 01, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Dec 01, 2009
Archive Date:
Dec 31, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Grant
Procurement Contract
Category of Funding Activity:
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
43.004
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Aeronautics, Recovery Act
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Agency Name
NASA Headquarters
Description
The NextGen Airspace Project develops and explores fundamental concepts and
integrated solutions that address the optimal allocation of ground and air automation
technologies necessary for next generation air transportation system (NextGen). The
Project will focus NASA’s technical expertise and world-class facilities to address the
question of where, when, how and the extent to which automation can be applied to
moving aircraft safely and efficiently through the National Airspace System (NAS).
Research in this Project will address 4D Trajectory Operations, including advances in the
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science and applications of multi-aircraft trajectory optimization that solves the
demand/capacity imbalance problem while taking into account weather information and
forecast uncertainties and while keeping aircraft safely separated. The Project’s research
will develop and test concepts for advanced traffic flow management to provide
trajectory planning and execution across the spectrum of time horizons from “strategic
planning” to “separation assurance.” Ultimately, the roles and responsibilities of humans
and automation influence every technical area and will be addressed.
The NextGen Airspace Project team has developed a plan that will integrate solutions for
a safe, efficient and high-capacity airspace system through joint research efforts and
partnerships with other government agencies. In addition to core research and
development to be conducted by NASA, Space Act Agreements will be established with
U.S. industry to address research partnerships at the system-wide level including systems
integration and operational applications. The Project will utilize this NASA Research
Announcement (NRA) to leverage in-house foundational research with academic
institutions, non-profit organizations and industry performing foundational research to
address technology gaps.
This current solicitation seeks proposals related to the following NextGen Airspace
Project research focus areas: System-Level Design, Analysis, and Simulation Tools
(SLDAST). SLDAST will develop system design and analysis tools to assess the
functional/temporal distribution of authority and responsibility among/between
automation and humans. Solicitations for other research focus areas will be posted in
future announcements.
Milestone references for Subtopics in this section of the NRA are provided below under
the heading ”Milestones Supported” so that it is possible to see how the NRA topics fit
into the NASA Aeronautics research plan. These milestones are listed on project
roadmaps that are available on the ARMD website (www.aeronautics.nasa.gov, under the
Programs link).
The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis
with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is
arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the
current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown
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