EFFICIENT RECONFIGURABLE COCKPIT DESIGN AND FLEET OPERATIONS USING SOFTWARE INTENSIVE NETWORKED ENABLED ARCHITECTURE AND WIRELESS (ECON)DR. BRUCE J. HOLMES WILL SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FROM NEXTAERO FOR THE ECON PROJECT. FROMTIME-TO-TIME NEXTAERO MAY INVOLVE ITS OTHER PERSONNEL IN PROJECT TASKS.DR. HOLMES WILL PROVIDE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND TASK CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS RELATED TO BUSINESS AND CORPORATE GENERAL AVIATION UAS AIR CARRIERS AND RELATED AIRCRAFT AIRSPACE AIRPORTS AND REGULATORY TOPICS:1. NETWORK ARCHITECTURES EMPLOYING SOFTWARE AND DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (INCLUDING MACHINETO- MACHINE) FOR CONTINUOUS REPLANNING OF FLIGHT PATHS AND DYNAMIC TRAJECTORY-BASED OPERATIONS.2. SOFTWARE SYSTEMS CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR OWNSHIP AND FLEET-LEVEL ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION OF FLIGHT PATHS.3. AIR-TO-GROUND WIFI BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS INCLUDING SECURITY ANALYSES. 4. USE-CASES FOR MORE AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF FLIGHT PATH HAZARD AVOIDANCE INCLUDING TURBULENCE; CONVECTIVE OBJECTS; WIND-SHEAR; ICING; RUNWAY CONDITIONS (INCLUDING CROSSWINDS SURFACE ISSUES ETC.); AND EXCLUSIONARY AIRSPACES.5. USE-CASES FOR UAS OPERATIONS INVOLVING AIR-TO-AIR WIFI NETWORK LINK LOAD AND FLIGHT PATH MANAGEMENT.6. PORTABLE AND WEARABLE SYSTEMS FOR PILOT APPLICATIONS.7. AIR CARRIER (ON-DEMAND AND SCHEDULED) FLIGHT OPERATIONS NETWORK DESIGN REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND DISRUPTION MANAGEMENT.8. EXISTING REGULATORY SATISFACTION CONSIDERATIONS FOR AIRWORTHINESS AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS UNDER 14CFR PARTS 23 25 91 135 121 AND RELATED GAPS IN CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.NEXTAERO PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING TASKS FOR DELIVERING CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE ABOVE-MENTIONED TECHNICALAREAS:1. LITERATURE REVIEWS ON CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS 2. INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY SURVEYS3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 4. WORKSHOP DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT 5. TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY EVALUATION METHODS6. EXPERIMENT DESIGN (FOR SIMULATIONS) 7. WRITING AND REVIEW OF PROJECT DOCUMENTATIONWE PROPOSE TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN AREAS WHERE APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT TO OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE.THIS LIST OF AREAS AND TASKS IS A MENU FROM WHICH PRIORITIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE TEAM WITHINRESOURCE CONSTRAINTS.$14,525
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