FCSR TASK ORDER - BACKGROUND: UNDER THE TURBULENCE PREDICTION AND WARNING SYSTEM (TPAWS) ELEMENT OF THE NAS…

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FCSR TASK ORDER - BACKGROUND: UNDER THE TURBULENCE PREDICTION AND WARNING SYSTEM (TPAWS) ELEMENT OF THE NASA AVIATION SAFETY & SECURITY PROGRAM (AVSSP), A WORKING GROUP WAS COMPRISED OF GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIA, AND INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND CRITERIA FOR AIRBORNE TURBULENCE DETECTION SYSTEMS, WITH THE OBJECTIVE THAT THE RESULTS WOULD LEAD TO CERTIFICATION ITEMS WHICH COULD BE EASILY ADOPTED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA). FROM FY 00 THROUGH FY 05, NASA LED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACTIVITY, WHICH BECAME THE AIRBORNE TURBULENCE DETECTION SYSTEMS WORKING GROUP (ATDS-WG), BY COLLABORATION FOR KEY MEMBERS FOR PARTICIPATION AND PRESENTING THE SIGNIFICANT, RELEVANT RESULTS OF THE TPAWS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES TO THE FAA, AIRLINES, AND AVIONICS DEVELOPER MEMBERS. NASA LED AND CONDUCTED TEN WORKSHOPS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2005. FY 05 WAS A TRANSITION YEAR OF ATDS-WG LEADERSHIP FROM NASA TO THE FAA, AS THE NASA AVSSP WAS CONCLUDING IN SEPTEMBER 2005, WITH SEVERAL TURBULENCE TECHNOLOGIES HAVING COMPLETED RESEARCH FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS AND THE CONCLUDING IN-SERVICE EVALUATIONS WITH A MAJOR AIRLINE. <REF: ARINC TASK ORDER NNL06AC70T, SUMMARY ANALYSIS OF THE IN-SERVICE-EVALUATIONS OF TURBULENCE TECHNOLOGIES>. THE ATDS-WG IS PRESENTLY DEVELOPING THE MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SEVERAL AIRBORNE TECHNOLOGIES AND REQUIRES THE CONTINUED EXPERTISE, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE OF NASA AND TPAWS KEY MEMBERS. A 3-YEAR NASA/FAA INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT DTFACT-07-X-00007 WAS SIGNED JUNE 13, 2007, AND NASA LARC HAS RECEIVED FAA REIMBURSABLE FUNDING FOR THESE EFFORTS. THIS STATEMENT OF WORK DEFINES THE EFFORT, WORK, AND DELIVERABLES TO PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE AS KEY MEMBERS OF THE ATDS-WG FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE ATDS MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC CLASSES OF AIRCRAFT NAMELY BUSINESS JETS AND REGIONAL JETS. THIS EFFORT IS A TECHNICAL FOLLOW-ON TO THE ARINC TASK ORDER NNL07AE19T ENTITLED, SUPPORT TO THE NASA-FAA AIRBORNE TURBULENCE DETECTION SYSTEM WORKING GROUP, WHERE THE METHODOLOGY, PROCESS, AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR LARGE TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WERE DEVELOPED. OBJECTIVE: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK IS TO CONTINUE SUPPORT TO THE ATDS-WG BY CONDUCTING ANALYSES, CONTRIBUTING ANALYSIS RESULTS, DIRECTLY PARTICIPATING IN ATDS-WG MEETINGS, AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL EXPERTISE COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ATDS-WG MEMBERS TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED CRITERIA AND RATIONALE FOR CONTENT OF A MINIMAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DOCUMENT FOR AIRBORNE TURBULENCE DETECTION SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE BUSINESS AND REGIONAL JET TYPE AIRCRAFT.