William J. Hughes Technical Center, Contracts Branch, ACT-131, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405

A -- NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT NRA2-36648 (BRM) SOL DTFA03-NRA2-36648 DUE 040897 POC Jennelle Derrickson, Technology Transfer Program Manager, FAX(609)485- 6509. The FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (WHTC) has technical expertise, facilities and laboratories to support areas of research identified in NASA NRA2-36648 (BRM) "Technical Research in Advanced Air Transportation Concepts & Technologies." The WHTC is interested in supporting a Prime Contractor as part of an integrated industry/university/WHTC team on tasks under this NRA in one or more of the areas of research. Several WHTC laboratories and the resident equipment and systems are unique within the Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) Research and Development (R&D) community. Specifically, WHTC houses current operational systems and proposed future systems in the en route, terminal, oceanic, communications, navigation and surveillance domains. Fast and real-time modeling and simulation tools are available to support analysis and evaluation of operational procedures and concepts, technologies and architectures of the National Airspace System (NAS). In addition, human factors expertise, laboratories, and measurement tools are available to accurately determine the system impact and effect on the human operators. To support offerors in preparing their proposals, there will be briefings and tours of ATC/ATM and human factors laboratories at the WHTC, Atlantic City International Airport, N. J., on Thursday, April 10, 1997, from 9:00 AM -12:00 PM. To attend the briefings and tours, FAX names, company affiliation and telephone numbers of attendees by Tuesday, April 8, 1997, to: Ms. jennelle Derrickson, Technology Transfer Program Manager, at FAX (609) 485-6509. Please limit your participants to no more than three attendees. No questions specifically related to NRA2-36648 (BRM) will be answered during the briefings or tours. Any questions related to the announcement should be submitted in writing and will be answered in writing and distributed to all potential offerors. More information is available on the WHTC Internet Home Page: http://www.tc.faa.gov (0092)

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