THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AN LED SYSTEMS MODEL TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY RISKS A…

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THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AN LED SYSTEMS MODEL TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY RISKS AND OPERATIONAL BENEFITS RESULTING FROM NEW ATM CONCEPTS (INCLUDING BOTH NEW TECHNOLOGY AND PROCEDURAL SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS) EMERGING FROM THE NASA NEXTGEN ATM-AIRSPACE PROJECT OF THE ASP. FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL PROOF-OF-CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PHASE IN FY08, THE EMPHASIS NOW SHIFTS TO EXTENDING THE MODEL TO PROVIDE A FULL NAS-WIDE, GATE-TO-GATE ASSESSMENT CAPABILITY. THE INITIAL EMPHASIS IS ON FURTHER MODEL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORTAL SEGMENT OF THE NEXTGEN ARCHITECTURE AND INTEGRATION OF THE PREVIOUS ANALYSES. A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE IS TO DO THIS FOR FUTURE CONCEPTS AND APPLICABLE TECHNOLOGIES HAVING ILL-DEFINED CHARACTERISTICS RELATING TO SAFETY AND SYSTEMS METRICS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CREDIBLE, ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY, WITH UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES, WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE FEEDBACK TO NEXTGEN ASP CONCEPT DESIGNERS AND IIFD TECHNOLOGISTS, RELATIVE TO THE POTENTIAL SAFETY IMPACTS, OPERATIONAL ISSUES AND CAPACITY-RELATED BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CONCEPT ELEMENT AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGY DESIGNS. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO EXAMINE THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF ADVANCED CONCEPT ELEMENTS, PROCEDURES, AND TECHNOLOGIES, AND TO EFFECTIVELY COMBINE A COLLECTION OF RISK/BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS FOR MULTIPLE ELEMENTS OF THE NAS.