NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Fiscal Year 2012

Call for Proposal ProcessWebinar Hosted by: The NOAA UAS Team

Location: SSMC 11836

11:00-11:1011:10-11:30

Introduction to UAS andIntroduction of UAS Video

Dr. Alexander MacDonaldOffice of Oceanic and AtmosphericReasearch, Deputy Assistant Administror for Labs and Cooperative Institute

11:30 -12:00 History and overview of the UAS Program

Robbie HoodNOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program Manager

12:00-12:15 Request for Proposal Process RDML Philip M. Kenul,NOAA (Retired)NOAA Unmanned Aircraft, Senior Systems Engineer

12:15-12:30 Platform CapabilitiesProject Reviews and Programmatic Analyses

CDMR John “JC” Coffey,USN (Retired) NOAA Unmanned Aircraft, Senior System Engineer

12:30 -1:00 Questions/Discussion Senita M. HillNOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Project Manager

NO

AA

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d A

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ft Sy

stem

s Pr

ogra

m O

verv

iew

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bie

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d, U

AS

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ram

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ctor

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and

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ose

and

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line

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ebin

ar P

urpo

se –

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rmat

iona

l bri

efin

g de

scri

bing

: –

Back

grou

nd, a

ccom

plis

hmen

ts, a

nd s

trat

egic

dir

ecti

on o

f UA

S Pr

ogra

m

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ques

t for

pro

posa

ls

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ojec

t re

view

pro

cess

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pabi

litie

s of

com

mon

unm

anne

d sy

stem

s

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utlin

e of

UA

S Pr

ogra

m O

verv

iew

–

Basi

c de

finit

ion

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ildin

g U

AS

Expe

rtis

e an

d Ca

paci

ty

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rate

gic

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riti

es

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ogra

m V

isio

n an

d G

oals

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AS

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siti

on P

roce

ss

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AS

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tegi

c D

irec

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lect

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oadm

aps

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itia

l Bus

ines

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se

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ntac

t Inf

orm

atio

n

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lity

of U

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ned

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raft

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ems

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any

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cted

by

2013

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on•

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ents

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imes

of

mon

ths

to y

ears

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from

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loon

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er a

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ft3

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gram

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ity

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S Ex

pert

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and

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acity

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ervi

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rimen

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rmat

ion

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agem

ent

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fety

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edur

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rogr

am

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c Pr

iorit

ies

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t G

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n St

rate

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Plan

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ted

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e,

and

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ical

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ofile

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he

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iona

l Oce

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Polic

y•

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l for

the

use

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ned

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cles

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er d

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uctiv

ity o

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asts

, and

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at L

akes

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AA

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rate

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Plan

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ture

focu

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UAS

Pro

gram

5

Met

rics

for U

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nolo

gy A

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6

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vant

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ess

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

7

Key

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isio

n Po

int

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Dec

isio

n Po

int

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Dec

isio

n Po

int

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el M

issi

on

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el M

issi

on

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el M

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on

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n Po

int

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n Po

int

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allo

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on

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el M

issi

on

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ER M

ISSI

ON

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o ne

w re

sour

ces

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ject

put

on

hold

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stin

g an

d O

ptim

izin

g C

once

pt o

f O

pera

tions

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2O

ptim

izin

g O

bser

ving

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rate

gies

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1Id

entif

ying

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omis

ing

Tech

nolo

gies

STEP

4Im

plem

entin

g O

pera

tions

to

Addr

ess

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AA

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ls

NO

AA

UA

S St

rate

gic

Visi

on

and

Goa

ls

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sion

–U

AS w

ill re

volu

tioni

ze N

OA

A o

bser

ving

str

ateg

ies

by

2014

com

para

ble

to th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

sat

ellit

e an

d ra

dar a

sset

s de

cade

s ea

rlier

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oals

–G

oal 1

: Inc

reas

e U

AS o

bser

ving

cap

acity

–G

oal 2

: Dev

elop

hig

h sc

ienc

e-re

turn

UAS

mis

sion

s

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igh

impa

ct w

eath

er m

onito

ring,

•

Pola

r mon

itorin

g •

Mar

ine

mon

itorin

g–

Goa

l 3:

Tran

sitio

n co

st-e

ffect

ive,

ope

ratio

nally

fe

asib

le U

AS s

olut

ions

into

rout

ine

oper

atio

ns

8NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

NO

AA

UA

S Pr

ogra

m

Stra

tegi

c D

irect

ion

9

In

nova

te

I

ncub

ate

Int

egra

te

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

Roa

dmap

for G

loba

l C

apab

ilitie

s U

AS

2005

2

006

20

07

200

8

2009

2

010

20

11

201

2

2013

2

014

20

15

Vis

ion

of G

loba

l Pr

ofili

ng S

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m

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en G

loba

l Haw

k fli

ght c

apab

iliti

es

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tic,

Pac

ific,

Gul

f of M

exic

o, A

tlan

tic

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pica

l and

win

ter

stor

ms

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pson

de a

nd r

emot

e se

nsin

g pr

ofili

ng

• Air

craf

t in

sit

u pr

ofili

ng

NA

SA-N

OA

A G

loba

l H

awks

and

pay

load

s fe

asib

le fo

r de

dica

ted

oper

atio

nal h

igh

im

pact

wea

ther

an

d po

lar

m

onit

orin

g

10NO

AA U

AS P

rogr

am

Roa

dmap

for P

olar

Ice

Mon

itorin

g

2008

2

009

20

10

201

1

2012

2

013

20

14

201

5

2016

2

017

20

18

NO

AA

low

alt

itud

e m

elti

ng g

laci

er s

tudy

in

Gre

enla

nd

NO

AA

low

alt

itud

e bl

ack

carb

on s

tudy

in N

orw

ay

NA

SA-N

OA

A lo

w a

nd m

ediu

m a

ltit

ude

mar

gina

l ice

zon

e st

udy

in B

erin

g Se

a

Opt

imiz

ed

UA

S ic

e ob

serv

ing

stra

tegy

11NO

AA U

AS P

rogr

am

Roa

dmap

for L

ow A

ltitu

de

Mar

ine

and

Wild

life

Mon

itorin

g

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

NO

AA

UA

S sh

ip-

depl

oyed

stu

dy o

f ice

se

als

in B

erin

g Se

a

NO

AA

UA

S pe

ngui

n st

udy

in A

ntar

ctic

a

Uni

vers

ity

of A

lask

a - F

airb

anks

UA

S pa

rtne

rshi

p st

udy

of s

eals

at D

utch

Har

bor

O

ptim

ized

UA

S m

arin

e an

d w

ildlif

e ob

serv

ing

stra

tegy

Coas

t Gua

rd

UA

S pa

rtne

rshi

p st

udy

of o

il sp

ill

mon

itor

ing

in

Sant

a Ba

rbar

a ch

anne

l 12

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

Initi

al B

usin

ess

Cas

eSu

mm

ary

Rec

omm

enda

tions

13NO

AA U

AS P

rogr

am

NO

AA

Unm

anne

d A

ircra

ft Sy

stem

s (U

AS)

Pr

ogra

m

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Proc

edur

es fo

r Com

petit

ive

Aw

ard

for

Proj

ect P

ropo

sals

O

verv

iew

Phili

p K

enul

Offi

ce o

f Oce

anic

and

Atm

osph

eric

Res

earc

h Ea

rth

Syst

em R

esea

rch

Labo

rato

ryU

AS

Prog

ram

Dec

embe

r 201

1

Out

line

•An

noun

cem

ent-C

all f

or P

ropo

sals

•

Pre-

Pro

posa

l Let

ter

•Fu

ll P

ropo

sal F

orm

at•

Eval

uatio

n C

riter

ia•

Proj

ect R

evie

w T

eam

Pan

el•

Pre-

Aw

ard

Pro

cedu

res

•Po

st-A

war

d P

roce

dure

s•

Pro

gres

s R

epor

ts/M

onito

ring

and

Eva

luat

ions

2

UA

S C

all f

or P

ropo

sals

Pr

oces

s

•R

eque

st fo

r pro

posa

ls (R

FP) a

re d

evel

oped

from

the

rese

arch

prio

ritie

s es

tabl

ishe

d by

the

UA

SP

•Th

e U

AS

Dire

ctor

will

iden

tify

criti

cal s

cien

ce a

nd

man

agem

ent n

eeds

.•

The

PM

will

prov

ide

the

proj

ect d

escr

iptio

n, p

riorit

ies

and

obje

ctiv

es, e

valu

atio

n cr

iteria

to b

e us

ed, c

losi

ng

date

, pro

ject

ed s

tart

date

, and

the

fund

ing

avai

labi

lity

to th

e U

AS

Pro

ject

Rev

iew

Tea

m (P

RT)

Pan

el.

•Th

e P

RT

will

revi

ew a

ll pr

opos

als

and

rank

them

ac

cord

ing

to th

e ev

alua

tion

crite

ria e

stab

lishe

d by

the

UA

S P

rogr

am D

irect

or.

The

eval

uatio

n cr

iteria

are

als

o po

sted

on

the

UA

S S

hare

poin

tand

UA

S W

ebsi

te.

3

Pre-

Prop

osal

Let

ter

•C

onta

ct in

form

atio

n fo

r the

prin

cipa

l inv

estig

ator

•M

ax 3

-pag

e sy

nops

is o

f res

earc

h, in

clud

ing

a ra

tiona

le, q

uest

ions

and

/or h

ypot

hese

s, th

e m

etho

dolo

gy, a

nd a

ntic

ipat

ed re

sults

. •

Focu

s on

new

, gro

undb

reak

ing

or tr

ansf

orm

ativ

e re

sear

ch to

inve

stig

ate

UA

S te

chno

logy

for

pote

ntia

l NO

AA

app

licat

ion.

•R

elev

ance

to N

OA

A’s

sci

ence

prio

ritie

s, g

oals

, an

d ob

ject

ives

.

4

Pre-

Prop

osal

Let

ter

•S

tate

men

t of r

elev

ance

to N

OA

A a

nd a

link

age

to

NO

AA

’s m

issi

on.

•O

ne p

age

desc

ribin

g es

timat

ed b

udge

t, w

ith a

ppro

x co

st p

er y

ear u

p to

a m

axim

um o

f thr

ee y

ears

. Maj

or

equi

pmen

t pro

cure

men

ts o

r unu

sual

cos

ts, e

.g.,

ship

, airc

raft,

com

pute

rs s

houl

d be

iden

tifie

d.•

Up

to o

ne a

dditi

onal

pag

e of

rele

vant

refe

renc

es to

th

e lit

erat

ure.

•B

iogr

aphy

of p

rinci

pal a

nd p

rimar

y co

-inve

stig

ator

s,

with

a fo

cus

on re

sear

ch a

ctiv

ities

and

pub

licat

ions

re

leva

nt to

the

prop

osed

rese

arch

.5

Full

Prop

osal

For

mat

•Pr

ojec

t Abs

trac

t -50

0 w

ords

–O

bjec

tives

and

ben

efits

–O

utlin

e of

pro

pose

d w

ork

and

met

hodo

logy

–Pe

riod

of p

erfo

rman

ce

•Pr

ojec

t Obj

ectiv

e–

Proj

ect o

pera

ting

plan

s fo

r per

form

ance

per

iod

–Lo

ng te

rm p

lan

for r

esea

rch

to o

pera

tions

tran

sitio

n–

Des

crib

e ea

ch ta

sk o

r mile

ston

e–

Def

ine

succ

ess

crite

ria fo

r eac

h ta

sk o

r mile

ston

e

•Ex

pect

ed S

igni

fican

ce to

:–

NO

AA

Stra

tegi

c P

lan

–O

AR

or r

elev

ant L

ine

Offi

ce S

trate

gic

Pla

n6

Full

Prop

osal

For

mat

•Te

chni

cal P

lan

to d

escr

ibe:

–La

b/fie

ld d

emon

stra

tion

of U

AS

pay

load

s,

plat

form

s, o

r con

cept

of o

pera

tions

in re

leva

nt

and/

or o

pera

tiona

l env

ironm

ents

,–

Inst

rum

ent d

evel

opm

ent /

mod

for U

AS

app

licat

ion

–U

AS

obs

erva

tion

impa

ct s

tudi

es, d

ata

assi

mila

tion

expe

rimen

ts o

r dec

isio

n su

ppor

t exp

erim

ents

.–

Sam

ple

mis

sion

sce

nario

s•

Man

agem

ent P

lan

–ov

eral

l pro

ject

coo

rdin

atio

n, lo

gist

ics,

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g, c

omm

s, d

ata

colle

ctio

n/m

anag

emen

t. 7

Full

Prop

osal

For

mat

•D

eliv

erab

les

–Sa

fety

and

Ope

ratio

ns P

lan,

Sum

mar

y of

Fie

ld

Ope

ratio

ns, S

umm

ary

of S

cien

tific

Res

ults

, and

Te

chno

logy

Ass

essm

ent o

f UA

S C

once

pt o

f O

pera

tions

.•

Key

Per

sonn

el–

Rol

es o

f per

sonn

el a

nd fu

ndin

g so

urce

•C

ompa

rativ

e Te

chno

logy

Ass

essm

ent

–Id

entif

y th

e en

tranc

e te

chno

logy

read

ines

s le

vel

the

expe

cted

exi

t tec

hnol

ogy

read

ines

s le

vel

8

Full

Prop

osal

For

mat

•Pr

ojec

t Ris

k M

itiga

tion

–Id

entif

y ris

ks a

nd m

itiga

tions

•B

udge

t Bre

akdo

wn

–By

qua

rter-

pers

onne

l, ho

urs,

sen

sors

, har

dwar

e,

trave

l•

Supe

rvis

or L

ette

r of C

omm

itmen

t–

Prin

cipa

l Inv

estig

ator

’s s

uper

viso

r sta

ting

the

orga

niza

tion’

s co

mm

itmen

t to

the

scop

e,

sche

dule

, bud

get,

and

deliv

erab

les

of th

e pr

opos

ed a

ctiv

ities

.

9

Eval

uatio

n C

riter

ia

•Th

e P

rogr

am D

irect

or w

ill p

rovi

de th

e pr

ojec

t de

scrip

tion,

prio

ritie

s an

d ob

ject

ives

, eva

luat

ion

crite

ria

to b

e us

ed, c

losi

ng d

ate,

pro

ject

ed s

tart

date

, and

the

fund

ing

avai

labi

lity

to th

e U

AS

Pro

ject

Rev

iew

Tea

m

(PR

T) P

anel

.•

The

PR

T w

ill re

view

all

prop

osal

s an

d ra

nk th

em

acco

rdin

g to

the

eval

uatio

n cr

iteria

est

ablis

hed

by th

e U

AS

PM

.–

Impo

rtanc

e an

d/or

Rel

evan

ce a

nd a

pplic

abili

ty o

f pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t to

the

prog

ram

goa

ls

–Te

chni

cal/s

cien

tific

mer

it–

Ove

rall

qual

ifica

tions

of a

pplic

ant

–Pr

ojec

t cos

ts–

Oth

er

10

Proj

ect R

evie

w T

eam

Pan

el(P

RT)

•U

AS

Pro

gram

adh

eres

to a

pan

el re

view

pr

oces

s to

revi

ew p

ropo

sals

.•

Pane

l sel

ecte

d by

Pro

gram

Dire

ctor

–Te

chni

cal e

xper

ts fr

om U

AS

Pro

gram

and

SM

E

as re

quire

d•

PRT

revi

ews

prop

osal

s an

d ra

nks

them

ac

cord

ing

to e

valu

atio

n cr

iteria

.•

Asse

ss a

nd e

valu

ate

prop

osal

s w

ithin

con

text

of

rese

arch

nee

ds

11

Pre-

Aw

ard

Proc

edur

es

•Ba

sed

on P

RT

eval

uatio

ns U

AS

Pro

gram

D

irect

or w

ill :

–pl

ace

the

prop

osal

s in

rank

ord

er a

nd m

ake

reco

mm

enda

tions

usi

ng th

e ra

nk o

rder

, the

ev

alua

tion,

and

sel

ectio

n–

subm

it th

e re

com

men

datio

n to

the

Offi

ce o

f O

cean

ic a

nd A

tmos

pher

ic A

dmin

istra

tion’

s,

Dep

uty

Ass

ista

nt A

dmin

istra

tor o

f Lab

orat

ory

and

Coo

pera

tive

Inst

itute

s (D

AA

/LC

I), f

or re

view

and

co

mm

ent.

12

POST

-AW

AR

D

PRO

CED

UR

ES

•Pr

opos

al a

war

ds a

re b

ilate

ral a

gree

men

ts.

•By

sig

ning

the

awar

d, th

e re

cipi

ent a

gree

s to

ab

ide

by th

e te

rms

and

cond

ition

s of

the

awar

d•

Mon

itorin

g m

ay ta

ke th

e fo

rm o

f site

vis

its,

writ

ten

and/

or o

ral r

epor

ts, m

eetin

gs, o

r any

ot

her f

orm

of c

omm

unic

atio

n de

emed

ap

prop

riate

for k

eepi

ng a

ppris

ed o

f pro

ject

pr

ogre

ss.

13

PRO

GR

ESS

REP

OR

TS

•U

AS

Pro

gram

will

per

form

a s

erie

s of

pro

ject

re

view

•U

se fi

nanc

ial r

epor

ts to

mea

sure

the

prog

ress

•K

eep

abre

ast o

f any

situ

atio

ns th

at m

ay

prev

ent t

he p

roje

ct fr

om b

eing

acc

ompl

ishe

d M

issi

on C

once

pt R

evie

ws,

Pre

limin

ary

Des

ign

Rev

iew

s, C

ritic

al D

esig

n R

evie

ws,

A

irwor

thin

ess

and

Flig

ht S

afet

y R

evie

ws,

Fl

ight

Rea

dine

ss R

evie

ws,

Mis

sion

R

eadi

ness

Rev

iew

s, a

nd P

ost M

issi

on

Rev

iew

and

Rep

ort

14

Proj

ect M

onito

ring

Plan

for

UA

S Pr

ogra

m

•U

AS

Pro

gram

Dire

ctor

is re

spon

sibl

e m

onito

ring

offic

ial

–w

ill de

velo

p a

mon

itorin

g pl

an fo

r eac

h pr

ojec

t be

fore

the

proj

ect b

egin

s.

–w

ill de

term

ine

the

type

and

freq

uenc

y of

m

onito

ring

activ

ities

bas

ed o

n th

e ris

k as

sess

men

t of

the

proj

ect a

nd th

e av

aila

ble

reso

urce

s.

Mon

itorin

g pl

an te

mpl

ates

can

be

foun

d in

on

the

in R

FP m

anua

l.

15

NO

AA

Unm

anne

d A

ircra

ft Sy

stem

s (U

AS)

Pr

ogra

m

Cal

l For

Pro

posa

lsFY

2012

Phili

p K

enul

Offi

ce o

f Oce

anic

and

Atm

osph

eric

Res

earc

h Ea

rth

Syst

em R

esea

rch

Labo

rato

ryU

AS

Prog

ram

Dec

embe

r 201

1

FY 1

2 U

AS

Cal

l for

Pro

posa

ls

Sche

dule

•13

Dec

201

1 –

Cal

l for

FY1

2•

11 J

an 2

011

–D

eadl

ine

for p

re-p

ropo

sals

•13

Feb

201

1 –

Req

uest

for f

ull p

ropo

sals

•26

Mar

201

1 –

Dea

dlin

e fo

r ful

l pro

posa

ls•

24 A

pr 2

011

–P

ropo

sal s

elec

tion

2

Scop

e of

the

Solic

itatio

n

•Lo

w A

ltitu

de M

arin

e an

d W

ildlif

e As

sess

men

ts, H

igh

Impa

ct O

cean

ic W

eath

er, A

rctic

Sea

Ice

and

Clim

ate

Cha

nge,

and

Mar

ine

Mon

itorin

g •

UAS

sel

ectio

n at

the

disc

retio

n of

PI

•C

onsi

dera

tion

to N

OAA

ow

ned

–m

d4-1

000

quad

roco

pter

(1),

–AP

Q-1

6 (1

),–

Man

ta U

AS (2

), –

SkyW

isp

ballo

on la

unch

ed g

lider

(2)

,–

Pum

a U

AS (2

sys

tem

s),

–EM

ILY

(Sur

face

Ves

sel).

3

Scop

e

•P

ropo

sals

are

exp

ecte

d to

: –

Mee

t obj

ectiv

es t

hrou

gh m

easu

rem

ents

to

prov

e/di

spro

ve a

sci

entif

ic h

ypot

hesi

s–

Util

ize

curr

ently

ava

ilabl

e se

nsor

s an

d in

stru

men

tatio

n•

Del

iver

the

follo

win

g:

–An

alys

is o

f dat

a, r

epor

t on

scie

nce

obje

ctiv

es, a

nd

draf

t pub

licat

ion

of s

cien

ce r

esul

ts;

–An

alys

is o

f UAS

per

form

ance

/im

prov

emen

ts

4

Scop

e

•In

vest

igat

ions

req

uest

ed b

y th

is s

olic

itatio

n sh

all i

nclu

de p

rovis

ion

for:

–an

y re

quire

d up

grad

es to

pla

tform

s to

ena

ble

the

scie

nce

mis

sion

–

requ

ired

inst

rum

ent a

dapt

ion

and

inte

grat

ion

of

inst

rum

ent(s

) ont

o th

e U

AS p

latfo

rms,

–op

erat

ions

, –

data

ana

lysi

s, d

istri

butio

n an

dar

chiv

ing

in a

N

OAA

-ass

igne

d da

ta c

ente

r with

in 6

mon

ths

–pu

blic

atio

n of

sci

ence

resu

lts,

–Lo

gist

ics/

proj

ect m

anag

emen

t 5

Exce

ss C

apac

ity in

Se

lect

ed In

vest

igat

ions

•U

AS

Pro

gram

rese

rves

the

righ

t to

utiliz

e ex

cess

cap

acity

in s

elec

ted

proj

ects

.–

mea

sure

men

ts, f

light

hou

rs, s

ampl

ing

loca

tions

an

d/or

tim

es, e

tc. m

ay b

e ad

ded

to a

ny p

roje

ct–

addi

tions

coo

rdin

ated

with

the

PI, a

nd n

egat

ive

impa

cts

will

be m

inim

ized

.–

cost

s as

soci

ated

with

thes

e ad

ditio

ns w

ill be

co

vere

d by

NO

AA o

utsi

de o

f the

fund

ing

of a

ny

proj

ect s

elec

ted

as p

art o

f thi

s so

licita

tion.

6

Fund

ing

•O

blig

ated

by

Sep

tem

ber

30, 2

012,

with

pe

rform

ance

com

plet

e by

Sep

tem

ber

30,

2013

.•

$600

K a

lloca

ted

for p

ropo

sals

(3-

5 pr

ojec

ts)

–$3

00K

max

imum

–1-

2 m

icro

-aw

ards

of l

ess

than

$50

K ea

ch.

7

NO

AA

Unm

anne

d A

ircra

ft Sy

stem

s R

esou

rces

/Cap

abili

ties

John

“JC

” C

offe

yD

ecem

ber 2

011

Purp

ose

and

Out

line

•Pu

rpos

e –

Prov

ide

Ove

rvie

w o

f Unm

anne

d A

ircr

aft S

yste

ms a

vaila

ble

to

NO

AA

Res

earc

hers

•O

utlin

e–

Man

ned

and

Unm

anne

d A

ircra

ft C

apab

ilitie

s/Fu

el U

sage

–G

loba

l Haw

k (N

ASA

)–

Ikha

na (N

ASA

)–

Man

ta–

Pum

a A

E–

md4

-100

0–

APQ

-16

–Sk

yWis

p–

Emily

NO

AA U

AS P

rogr

am2

This

solic

itatio

n w

ill fo

cus o

n th

e N

OA

A p

latfo

rms

NO

AA

and

NA

SA M

anne

d an

d U

nman

ned

Flig

ht C

apab

ilitie

s

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

3

HAL

E -H

igh

Altit

ude

Long

End

uran

ce

MAL

E -M

ediu

m A

ltitu

de L

ong

Endu

ranc

eLA

LE -

Low

Alti

tude

Lon

g En

dura

nce

LASE

-Lo

w A

ltitu

de S

hort

End

uran

ce

Dirt

y, D

ull,

Dan

gero

us, D

enie

d M

issi

ons…

C

heap

er &

Gre

ener

NO

AA

and

NA

SA M

anne

d an

d U

nman

ned

Airc

raft

Fuel

Con

sum

ptio

n

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

4

70 g

al/h

r

18 g

al/h

r

1750

ga

l/hr

Fuel

con

sum

ptio

n in

ga

l/hr

for a

vera

ge

mis

sion

740

gal/

hr

75 g

al/h

r

0.2

gal/

hr

444

gal/

hr

0 ga

l/hr

(b

atte

ry)

0.3

gal/

hr

Che

aper

& G

reen

er…

U

nman

ned

syst

ems t

ypic

ally

use

10%

of t

he fu

el

Glo

bal H

awk

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

5

•N

OA

A h

as p

artn

ered

with

NA

SA fo

r joi

nt u

se o

f th

e N

ASA

Glo

bal H

awk

(GH

) UA

S.

•The

GH

is b

uilt

by N

orth

rop

Gru

mm

an.

The

NA

SA G

H a

re in

itial

pro

duct

ion

(Blo

ck 1

0) a

ircra

ft m

odifi

ed fo

r hig

h al

titud

e lo

ng e

ndur

ance

(HA

LE)

rese

arch

mis

sion

s.•C

urre

ntly

, NA

SA h

as tw

o op

erat

iona

l GH

with

pl

ans t

o st

and

up a

third

airc

raft.

•The

NA

SA G

H c

apab

ilitie

s ar

e su

mm

ariz

ed in

the

Tabl

e be

low

:

Ikha

na

6NO

AA U

AS P

rogr

am

•The

NO

AA

/NA

SA p

artn

ersh

ip in

clud

es jo

int u

se

of th

e N

ASA

Ikha

na U

AS.

•T

he Ik

hana

was

bui

lt by

Gen

eral

Ato

mic

s an

d is

an

ear

ly v

ersi

on o

f the

mili

tary

Pre

dato

r B. I

t has

be

en m

odifi

ed fo

r med

ium

alti

tude

long

end

uran

ce

(MA

LE) r

esea

rch

mis

sion

s.•C

urre

ntly

, NA

SA h

as o

ne o

pera

tiona

l airc

raft.

•The

NA

SA Ik

hana

cap

abili

ties

are

sum

mar

ized

in

the

Tabl

e be

low

:

Man

ta

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

7

•The

NO

AA

cur

rent

ly o

wns

one

Man

ta U

AS

that

incl

udes

two

airc

raft.

•The

Man

ta is

bui

lt by

BA

E Sy

stem

s.•C

urre

ntly

has

obs

erva

tion

and

carb

on sa

mpl

ing

sens

ors i

nteg

rate

d.•T

he N

OA

A M

anta

cap

abili

ties

are

sum

mar

ized

in

the

Tabl

e be

low

:

Pum

a A

E

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

8

Key

Dec

isio

n Po

int

•The

NO

AA

is c

urre

ntly

in th

e pr

oces

s of p

rocu

ring

two

Pum

a A

E U

AS

thro

ugh

the A

rmy

PM U

AS.

Eac

h U

AS

will

incl

ude

3 ai

rcra

ft an

d 2

GC

S.•T

he P

uma

AE

is b

uilt

by A

eroV

ironm

ent.

•The

Pum

a A

E is

wat

erpr

oof a

nd c

an la

nd in

wat

er

mak

ing

it co

mpa

tible

with

ship

laun

ch a

nd re

cove

ry.

•Gim

bale

d pa

yloa

d, 3

60 d

egre

e co

ntin

uous

pan

, +10

to

-90

degr

ees t

ilt, s

tabi

lized

EO

, IR

cam

era,

and

IR

Illum

inat

or a

ll in

one

mod

ular

pay

load

. •T

he P

uma

AE

capa

bilit

ies

are

sum

mar

ized

in th

e Ta

ble

belo

w:

md4

-100

0

9NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

•NO

AA

cur

rent

ly o

wns

one

md4

-100

0 U

AS

that

con

sist

s of o

ne

airc

raft

and

one

GC

S.•T

he m

d4-1

000

is b

uilt

by M

icro

dron

es G

mbH

in G

erm

any.

•The

airc

raft

is a

VTO

L qu

adra

copt

er.

•The

NO

AA

md4

-100

0 ca

pabi

litie

s ar

e su

mm

ariz

ed in

the

Tabl

e be

low

:

APQ

-16

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

10

•NO

AA

cur

rent

ly o

wns

one

APQ

-16

UA

S th

at in

clud

es o

ne

airc

raft

and

one

GC

S.•T

he A

PQ-1

6 is

bui

lt by

Aer

ial I

mag

ing

Syst

ems.

•The

NO

AA

APQ

-16

capa

bilit

ies

are

sum

mar

ized

in th

e Ta

ble

belo

w:

SkyW

isp

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

11

•NO

AA

cur

rent

ly o

wns

this

syst

em.

•The

Sky

Wis

p Sy

stem

was

dev

elop

ed a

nd b

uilt

by

Sout

hwes

t Res

earc

h In

stitu

te (S

wR

I).

•The

NO

AA

Sky

Wis

p ca

pabi

litie

s ar

e su

mm

ariz

ed a

s th

e lis

ted

belo

w:

�O

pera

tion

to 1

00,0

00-f

eet a

ltitu

de�

Very

low

-cos

t bal

loon

-ass

iste

d gl

ider

�A

uton

omou

s ope

ratio

n an

d re

cove

ry�

1-or

2-p

erso

n la

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and

forg

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tinuo

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ptio

n fo

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itive

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ontro

l�

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ck re

actio

n ca

pabi

lity

�Lo

w o

bser

vabl

es

E.M

.I.L.

Y

NOAA

UAS

Pro

gram

12

•NO

AA

cur

rent

ly o

wns

TB

D E

mer

genc

y In

tegr

ated

Li

fesa

ving

Lan

yard

(E.M

.I.L.

Y) U

SVs.

•The

Em

ily w

as d

evel

oped

and

bui

lt by

Hyd

rona

lix.

Tech

nolo

gy su

b-sy

stem

s w

ill b

e de

mon

stra

ted

thro

ugh

a se

ries o

f 3 m

issi

ons:

1.

Mar

ine

sanc

tuar

ies

test

ing

-Cha

nnel

Isla

nds

2. C

oral

map

ping

-Fl

orid

a K

eys

3. T

ropi

cal c

yclo

ne te

stin

g -F

lorid

a ke

ys re

gion

•G

as e

ngin

e w

ill in

crea

se e

ndur

ance

to 5

day

s at 2

-3 k

nots

. •T

he N

OA

A E

mily

cap

abili

ties

are

sum

mar

ized

in th

e Ta

ble

belo

w:

Para

met

er fo

r 65

” hu

llV

alue

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ered

Buo

y Sl

eep

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e10

0+ h

ours

Batt

ery

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age

240

Whr

s to

192

0Whr

s (1

to 8

pac

ks)

5mph

pat

rol

600

min

utes

Spee

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NOAA

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very

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OA

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Pro

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sed

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agem

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issi

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ucce

ss, a

nd

scie

nce

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chno

logy

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T) d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

pro

ject

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able

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cale

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NA

SA &

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Rev

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dine

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sion

R

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R

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y M

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ical

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Pre

limin

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ign

Rev

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UA

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MA

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Ope

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and

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t Mis

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thin

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on 23

66a o

f Title

10, U

nited

Stat

es C

ode,

requ

ires c

ertifi

catio

n tha

t: the

tech

nolo

gyin

the pr

ogra

m ha

s bee

n dem

onstr

ated

in a r

eleva

nten

viron

ment.

[TRL

5 or

TRL

6 ?]

Tech

nolog

y Rea

dines

sLe

vels

Defen

se A

cquis

ition G

uideb

ook

para

. 10.5

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Manu

factur

ing R

eadin

ess

Leve

ls

Inno

vate

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ubat

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tegr

ate…

..

S&T

to O

pera

tions

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T&E

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Adv

Tec

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T6.

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omp

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roto

type

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Eng

& M

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MD

)

“Per

cept

ions

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he S

&T

Com

mun

ity•

S&

T jo

b is

com

plet

e at

the

tech

de

velo

pmen

t sta

ge•

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

tech

nolo

gy is

the

cust

omer

's re

spon

sibi

lity

•Th

e ro

le o

f S&

T is

“tec

h pu

sh”—

If it’

s go

od te

chno

logy

—th

ey w

ill co

me!

•

Dev

elop

men

t cyc

le fo

r S&

T is

too

long

for

mos

t Acq

uisi

tion

and

Ope

ratio

nal

Cus

tom

ers

•Fo

cus

on th

e te

chno

logy

and

not

on

the

busi

ness

ratio

nale

for i

mpl

emen

tatio

n

Tech

nolo

gy T

rans

ition

“Sea

m”

•Ke

y Im

pedi

men

ts�

Bud

get:

La

ck o

f Tr

ansi

tion

Fund

s�

Tran

sitio

n Pr

oces

s La

cks

Def

initi

on &

Vis

ibili

ty�

Cul

ture

: D

iffer

ence

Goa

ls

& T

imel

ines

bet

wee

n S&

T an

d Acq

uisi

tion

Man

ager

s�

Lack

of

Ince

ntiv

es

6.7

Op

Sys

tem

D

ev

Tech

Bas

eM

anag

ed b

y La

bs

Man

aged

by

Pro

gram

Offi

ces

Line

Offi

ce T

rans

ition

Man

ager

s

Sum

mar

y

8

�Pr

ojec

ts fu

nded

by

the

NO

AA

UA

S Pr

ogra

m w

ill fo

llow

a

disc

iplin

ed,p

hase

d m

anag

emen

t app

roac

h de

sign

ed to

max

imiz

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of th

e ai

rwor

thin

ess,

mis

sion

suc

cess

, and

sci

ence

&

tech

nolo

gy (S

&T)

dev

elop

men

t of t

he p

roje

ct.

�Pr

ojec

t rev

iew

s w

ill b

e co

nduc

ted

in e

ach

phas

e of

the

proj

ect’s

lif

e-cy

cle.

Thi

s w

ill re

duce

saf

ety,

mis

sion

& p

rogr

am ri

sk!

�Th

e N

OA

A U

AS

Prog

ram

Offi

ce a

nd O

MA

O s

tand

read

y to

su

ppor

t the

pro

ject

team

in th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

ese

revi

ews,

an

d ul

timat

ely

enab

le th

e pr

ojec

t tea

m to

suc

ceed

.

�Th

e N

OA

A U

AS

Prog

ram

Dire

ctor

may

wai

ve re

quire

men

ts a

nd

com

bine

revi

ews

as a

ppro

pria

te fo

r eac

h pr

ojec

t.

Bac

kups 9

Res

earc

h Tr

ansi

tion

Rev

iew

Boa

rd

Syst

em E

ngin

eerin

g &

Rev

iew

s

11

We

wer

e so

clo

se!!!

!!!!!

Prop

osal

Pre

para

tion

12

�P

ropo

sals

for U

AS

fund

ed p

roje

cts

will

con

tain

the

follo

win

g:

1.A

bstra

ct d

escr

iptio

n of

the

proj

ect o

bjec

tives

/ben

efits

2.R

esea

rch

to o

pera

tions

tran

sitio

n

3.E

xpec

ted

& tr

acea

ble

scie

ntifi

c an

d op

erat

iona

l sig

nific

ance

4.M

issi

on P

lan

desc

ribin

g th

e U

AS

pla

tform

; sen

sors

; and

CO

NO

PS

5.M

anag

emen

t Pla

nw

ith c

ost;

sche

dule

;per

form

ance

, ris

k an

d cr

itica

l m

ilest

ones

/revi

ews

6.D

ata

deliv

erab

les

-sys

tem

s; s

ets;

and

repo

rts

7.C

ompa

rativ

e te

chno

logy

Proj

ect R

evie

ws

13

�M

issi

on C

once

pt R

evie

w (M

CR

)�T

he M

CR

exa

min

es th

e pr

opos

ed m

issi

on’s

obj

ectiv

es a

nd th

e co

ncep

t for

m

eetin

g th

ose

obje

ctiv

es.

�Suc

cess

ful c

ompl

etio

n of

the

MC

R re

sults

in a

ppro

val t

o pr

ocee

d w

ith th

e de

taile

d m

issi

on p

lann

ing

and

auth

oriz

atio

n of

fund

s.

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MC

R is

hel

d fo

llow

ing

rece

ipt o

f the

pro

ject

pro

posa

l and

typi

cally

oc

curs

18

to 2

4 m

onth

s pr

ior t

o th

e pr

opos

ed m

issi

on fl

ight

cam

paig

n.

�Pr

elim

inar

y D

esig

n R

evie

w (P

DR

)�T

he P

DR

dem

onst

rate

s th

at th

e pr

elim

inar

y de

sign

mee

ts a

ll sy

stem

re

quire

men

ts w

ith a

ccep

tabl

e ris

k an

d w

ithin

the

cost

and

sch

edul

e co

nstra

ints

. �I

t est

ablis

hes

the

basi

s fo

r pro

ceed

ing

with

det

aile

d de

sign

and

sho

ws

that

th

e co

rrect

des

ign

optio

ns h

ave

been

sel

ecte

d, in

terfa

ces

have

bee

n id

entif

ied,

and

ver

ifica

tion

met

hods

hav

e be

en d

escr

ibed

. �P

DR

typi

cally

occ

urs

9 to

18

mon

ths

afte

r the

sta

rt of

the

proj

ect.

�F

ollo

win

g su

cces

sful

com

plet

ion

of th

e PD

R, a

ppro

val i

s gi

ven

to p

roce

ed

with

the

deta

iled

desi

gn a

nd c

ompl

etio

n of

the

tech

nolo

gy

deve

lopm

ent/s

elec

tion.

Proj

ect R

evie

ws

(Con

t)

14

�C

ritic

al D

esig

n R

evie

w (C

DR

)�T

he C

DR

dem

onst

rate

s th

at th

e m

atur

ity o

f the

des

ign

is a

ppro

pria

te to

su

ppor

t pro

ceed

ing

with

full-

scal

e fa

bric

atio

n, a

ssem

bly,

inte

grat

ion,

and

te

st.

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R d

eter

min

es th

at th

e te

chni

cal e

ffort

is o

n tra

ck to

com

plet

e th

e fli

ght

and

grou

nd s

yste

m d

evel

opm

ent a

nd m

issi

on o

pera

tions

pla

nnin

g, a

nd is

m

eetin

g m

issi

on p

erfo

rman

ce re

quire

men

ts w

ithin

the

iden

tifie

d co

st a

nd

sche

dule

con

stra

ints

. �T

he C

DR

typi

cally

occ

urs

6 to

9 m

onth

s af

ter t

he s

tart

of th

e pr

ojec

t.

�A

irwor

thin

ess

and

Flig

ht S

afet

y R

evie

w (A

FSR

)�T

he N

OA

A Av

iatio

n S

afet

y B

oard

(NA

SB

) and

OM

AO

will

con

duct

the

AFS

R.

�The

AFS

R c

ertif

ies

the

syst

em is

read

y fo

r flig

ht a

nd a

ll sa

fety

issu

es h

ave

been

add

ress

ed a

nd a

dequ

atel

y re

solv

ed.

�The

AFS

R ty

pica

lly o

ccur

s 3

to 6

mon

ths

prio

r to

the

plan

ned

test

flig

ht d

ate

for t

he fl

ight

cam

paig

n.

Proj

ect R

evie

ws

(Con

t)

15

�Fl

ight

Rea

dine

ss R

evie

w (F

RR

)�T

he F

RR

exa

min

es te

sts,

dem

onst

ratio

ns, a

naly

ses,

and

aud

its th

at

dete

rmin

e th

e sy

stem

’s re

adin

ess

for s

afe

and

succ

essf

ul fl

ight

mis

sion

op

erat

ions

.�I

t als

o en

sure

s th

at a

ll fli

ght a

nd g

roun

d ha

rdw

are,

sof

twar

e, p

erso

nnel

, an

d pr

oced

ures

are

ope

ratio

nally

read

y fo

r flig

ht-te

stin

g.�A

t the

com

plet

ion

of th

e FR

R, t

he s

yste

m is

app

rove

d fo

r flig

ht-te

stin

g.

�The

FR

R ty

pica

lly o

ccur

s 2

to 3

mon

ths

prio

r to

the

plan

ned

test

flig

ht d

ate

for t

he m

issi

on fl

ight

cam

paig

n.

�M

issi

on R

eadi

ness

Rev

iew

(MR

R)

�The

MR

R e

xam

ines

the

actu

al s

yste

m c

hara

cter

istic

s an

d op

erat

iona

l pr

oced

ures

to e

nsur

e th

at a

ll sy

stem

and

sup

port

(flig

ht a

nd g

roun

d)

hard

war

e, s

oftw

are,

per

sonn

el, p

roce

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16

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pro

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side

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