COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: VINES: TRACK 2: AERONET: AI-ENABLED ORCHESTRATION OF HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS FOR AVI…

Assistance award details

Assistance award identifier

ASST_NON_2554553_049

FAIN

2554553

Recipient

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO

Awarding agency

National Science Foundation

Funding agency

National Science Foundation

Assistance listing (CFDA)

47.084

Total obligated

$427,800

Period

Sep 1, 2026 – Aug 31, 2029

Fiscal year

2026

Place of performance state

TX

Source file

FY2026_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip

Description

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: VINES: TRACK 2: AERONET: AI-ENABLED ORCHESTRATION OF HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS FOR AVIATION SAFETY -THE AVIATION SECTOR REPRESENTS A HIGH-IMPACT VERTICAL APPLICATION WITH URGENT DEMAND FOR NEXT-GENERATION (NEXTG) NETWORKING CAPABILITIES THAT CAN SUPPORT SAFETY-CRITICAL, LOW-LATENCY, AND HIGHLY RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS. THE AI-ENABLED ORCHESTRATION OF HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS FOR AVIATION SAFETY (AERONET) PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP AN ARCHITECTURE THAT UNIFIES PRIVATE 5G, WI-FI, AND MULTI-ORBIT SATELLITE NETWORKS TO DELIVER ALWAYS-ON, ULTRA-RELIABLE, HIGH-BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS AIR AND GROUND DOMAINS TO DIRECTLY ENHANCE AVIATION SAFETY, EFFICIENCY, AND RESILIENCE. THE RESULTING TECHNOLOGY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROL WORKLOAD AND MISCOMMUNICATION ERRORS THROUGH RELIABLE DIGITAL EXCHANGE. IT WILL PROVIDE PILOTS WITH REAL-TIME, HIGH-FIDELITY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS INCLUDING WEATHER, TRAFFIC AND AIRPORT DATA BY IMPLEMENTING PREDICTIVE SAFETY MONITORING VIA CONTINUOUS FLIGHT DATA STREAMING. THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE AIRPORT GROUND OPERATIONS THROUGH RESILIENT SURFACE CONNECTIVITY. AERONET ADVANCES THE VINES VISION BY DEMONSTRATING HOW NEXTG NETWORKING TRANSFORMS AVIATION COMMUNICATION TO ENHANCE SAFETY, EFFICIENCY, RESILIENCE, AND SCALABILITY. IT STRENGTHENS U.S. LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, HELPS TRAIN A DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND BROADLY DISSEMINATES OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS AND DATASETS. THE PROJECT ADVANCES BOTH FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN THE ORCHESTRATION OF MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, INTENT-BASED NETWORKING, SEMANTIC COMMUNICATIONS, AND RESILIENT TRANSPORT, TREATING EXTRACTED OPERATIONAL SEMANTICS AS THE INTENT SIGNAL THAT DRIVES REAL-TIME ORCHESTRATION DECISIONS. BY EXTENDING OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (O-RAN) CONTROL FRAMEWORKS TO AVIATION, TRIGGERING POLICY INJECTIONS ACROSS CELLULAR, WI-FI, AND SATELLITE INTERFACES, AND PREEMPTIVELY STEERING MULTI-PATH TRANSPORT AHEAD OF ANTICIPATE