NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) ENTITLED 3X-TREAM THE TITLE OF THIS NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) IS 3X…

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NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) ENTITLED 3X-TREAM THE TITLE OF THIS NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) IS 3X-TREAM. THE NEXTGEN AIR PORTAL (AP) PROJECT HAS THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING PLANNING AND DECISION AIDS FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF AIR TERMINAL TRAFFIC IN INCREASINGLY BUSY AIRPORTS. AS THESE AIDS ARE BEING DEVELOPED, SIMULATIONS ARE PLANNED TO TEST THEM IN INCREASINGLY REALISTIC SETTINGS. HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELS (HPMS) ARE EXPECTED TO HELP THIS TESTING BY HELPING SPECIFY THE HUMAN ROLES IN THE SYSTEM AND BY PLAYING SUCH ROLES IN SIMULATIONS. THE NRA ON "HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODEL BUILDING AND VALIDATION" WAS OFFERED TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED HPMS. SINCE HPM DEVELOPMENT IS ITSELF A NEW TECHNOLOGY, THE GOAL OF THE NRA IS NOT JUST TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED HPMS BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY BY SUPPORTING THESE SPECIFIC AP PROJECT MILESTONES: 1) DEVELOP HUMAN PERFORMANCE MODELS (HPM) FOR AIRPORT OPERATOR ROLES, WORKLOAD AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. 2) IDENTIFY DATA NEEDS AND PLAN INITIAL HPM VALIDATION. 3) INTEGRATE HPMS INTO AP MODELING AND SIMULATION CAPABILITIES. TO ENSURE THE ATTAINMENT OF THESE PROJECT MILESTONES, THE MAIN NRA OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1) TO DEVELOP HPMS APPLICABLE TO OPERATIONS IN THE FUTURE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING A) FLIGHT CREW TASKS (TAXI, ARRIVAL, DEPARTURE FLIGHT OPERATIONS) B) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) GROUND AND LOCAL CONTROL POSITION TASKS; 2) TO VALIDATE MODEL-MODULES USING PUBLISHED HUMAN BEHAVIORAL DATA; 3) TO TEST SCENARIOS BASED ON AIRPORTAL PROJECT OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS TO ASSESS DYNAMIC HUMAN/AUTOMATION PERFORMANCE. THE SCOPE OF THE WORK WILL INCLUDE TWO MAIN ELEMENTS: 1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF HPMS FOR THE FLIGHT CREW AND CONTROLLER ACTIVITIES AS NEEDED IN THE PLANNED AP SIMULATIONS, 2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSPARENT RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT TO ALLOW THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HPMS TO UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN SIMULATION. THE FIRST ELEMENT WILL REQUIRE WORKING WITH THE AP SIMULATION PLANNING TEAMS TO FIND OUT THE HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT WILL NEED TO BE SIMULATED, THE REQUIRED ACCURACY OF THE SIMULATION TO ENSURE THE OVERALL SIMULATION VALIDITY IS APPROPRIATE, AND THE FORMAT OF THE SIMULATION FOR INTEGRATION PURPOSES. THE SECOND ELEMENT SHOULD LEAD TO A TOOL THAT HELPS NASA EVALUATE THE AP SYSTEM SIMULATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS OF THAT TOOL TO THE HPM SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.