The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $95,931 - Tuesday the 8th of November 2011
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  FAST

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• $9 - Tuesday the 18th of September 2012
  Office Of Policy Management And Budget
  NBC ACQUISITION SERVICES DIVISION
  OTHER FUNCITONS HONEYWELL OPTIONAL REQUIREMENT 2 (YEAR III)

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• $87,476 - Wednesday the 27th of June 2012
  Office Of Policy Budget And Administration
  NBC ACQUISITION SERVICES DIVISION
  HONEYWELL SINGAPORE DEMONSTRATION - LEVEL OF EFFORT INCREASE

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• $781,782 - Tuesday the 26th of July 2016
  Department Of Army
  W4LD USA HECSA
  IGF::OT::IGF EW-1263

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• $663,931 - Wednesday the 4th of January 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK AATD CONTR OFF
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING AND A DFAR CLAUSE ADDED

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• $55,183 - Friday the 9th of March 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  PERFECT EDGE

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• $493,277 - Monday the 16th of April 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  TAS:: 80 0125:: TAS RECOVERY ACT FUNDS THIS IS A RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR VVFC-1.2 INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS WHICH WILL CREATE AN ASSEMBLY OF ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT AVIONICS ENGINEERS CAN USE TO COST EFFECTIVELY DEVELOP SAFETY-CRITICAL DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS FOR 21ST CENTURY AVIATION. THIS WORK WILL COMBINE HONEYWELL'S BODY OF KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICAL FAULT-TOLERANT ARCHITECTURES AND KNOWLEDGE OF ACTUAL FAILURE MODES WITH THE POWERFUL SUITE OF FORMAL VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION TOOLS, SUCH AS PVS AND SAL TOGETHER WITH THE SYSTEM MODELING AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES OF THE EDICT TOOL CHAIN. THE RESEARCH PROPOSES TO ADD NEW CAPABILITES TO THE TOOLS BY INTEGRATING ENHANCED PROBABALISTIC MODELING CAPABILITIES AND ENHANCED TECHNIQUES TO MODEL TIME-VARYING SYSTEM COMPOSITION. THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO CREATE MODELS FOR (1) FAILURES, DISTURBANCES, AND DEGRADATION, (2) COMMUNICATION TOPOLOGIES, DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS, (3) NEW SYSTEM DECOMPOSITION, AND FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION USING TOOLS AND TOOL EXTENSIONS THAT WITH A FRAMEWORK, CAN BE INTEGRATED WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH OTHER SYSTEM DESIGN TOOLS.

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• $482,788 - Thursday the 3rd of May 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  FAST INTEGRATED GUIDANCE AND GROUND CONTROL EXPERIMENT

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• $401,053 - Thursday the 13th of October 2011
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR 7803 0001 INTEGRATED ADAPTIVE GUIDE&CONTROL SUBSYSTEM

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• $399,797 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS - FLIGHT CRITICAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH (FCSR) STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) TASK TITLE: ASSESSING VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION PROCESSES FOR AUTOMATION WITH RESPECT TO VULNERABILITIES TO LOSS OF AIRPLANE STATE AWARENESS 1.0 BACKGROUND NASA'S AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM IS CONDUCTING RESEARCH DIRECTED AT PROACTIVELY IDENTIFYING, DEVELOPING, AND MATURING TOOLS, METHODS, AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE OVERALL SAFETY OF NEW AND LEGACY AIRCRAFT. RESEARCH IS ORGANIZED INTO THREE PROJECT AREAS: (1) SYSTEM-WIDE SAFETY AND ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGIES (SSAT), (2) VEHICLE SYSTEMS SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES (VSST), AND (3) ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES (AEST). THIS SOW SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES LONG-TERM TECHNICAL CHALLENGES IN BOTH THE SSAT AND VSST PROJECTS. SSAT, ASSURANCE OF FLIGHT CRITICAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT OF VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (V&V) TECHNIQUES TO ESTABLISH CONFIDENCE THAT NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE SAFE AND PROVIDE A COST-EFFECTIVE BASIS FOR ASSURANCE AND CERTIFICATION OF COMPLEX CIVIL AVIATION SYSTEMS. SSAT, ASSURING SAFE HUMAN-SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROBUST HUMAN-AUTOMATION SYSTEMS BY INCORPORATING KNOWN LIMITATIONS OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE INTO ANALYSIS TOOLS. VSST, IMPROVED CREW DECISION MAKING AND RESPONSE IN COMPLEX SITUATIONS DEMONSTRATE CAPABILITIES THAT ENABLE PILOTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND SAFELY TO COMPLEX SITUATIONS. VSST, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AIRCRAFT CONTROL UNDER HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS DEVELOP INTEGRATED GUIDANCE, CONTROL, AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENABLE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CREW/SYSTEM AIRCRAFT CONTROL UNDER HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, WITHIN THE ASSURANCE OF FLIGHT CRITICAL SYSTEMS CHALLENGE OF SSAT, THERE IS A SUB-CHALLENGE RELATED TO THE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF AUTHORITY AND AUTONOMY (A&A) CONSTRUCTS. AUTHORITY, IN THE CONTEXT OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, REFERS TO HAVING THE RIGHT, OR POWER, TO EXERCISE CONTROLS THAT WILL CHANGE THE POSITION, VELOCITY, AND/OR ATTITUDE OF AN AIRCRAFT. AUTONOMY REFERS TO A FUNCTION OR SYSTEM THAT CAN OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY OF PILOT OR CONTROLLER INTERVENTION. FOR CURRENT AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, PILOTS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ARE THE AUTHORITIES; HOWEVER, THEY MAY, AND DO, DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO AUTOMATION FOR SELECTED ACTIVITIES OR FUNCTIONS (E.G., AUTO-LAND SYSTEMS). IN THESE CASES, THE PILOT AND/OR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AUTOMATION TO ASSURE IT PERFORMS ITS INTENDED FUNCTION, AND TO RECLAIM AUTHORITY SHOULD IT FAIL, OR OTHERWISE DE-COUPLE PER ITS DESIGN LOGIC. THIS PARADIGM HAS WORKED WELL AND HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE SAFE FOR MANY SITUATIONS DUE LARGELY TO ESTABLISHED V&V PROCESSES FOR SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS TRAINING. HOWEVER, THERE REMAIN SITUATIONS THAT THESE PROCESSES CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR, OR PREDICT. THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH THAT THIS SOW CONTRIBUTES TO IS TO STUDY ONE CLASS OF SUCH SITUATIONS THOSE INVOLVING LOSS OF AIRPLANE STATE AWARENESS BY THE FLIGHT CREW AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. 2.0 SCOPE / OBJECTIVE: THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO EXAMINE METHODS FOR ASSESSING WHETHER, AND HOW, OPERATIONAL CONSTRUCTS PROPERLY ASSIGN AUTHORITY AND AUTONOMY IN A SAFE AND COORDINATED MANNER WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ASSURING ADEQUATE AIRPLANE STATE AWARENESS BY THE FLIGHT CREW AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS IN OFF-NOMINAL AND/OR COMPLEX SITUATIONS. ONE OUTCOME SHOULD BE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING DESIGN STANDARDS AND V&V TECHNIQUES TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS TRANSPARENCY OF BOTH AUTHORITY TRANSITION MECHANICS (E.G., MODE TRANSITIONS AND DE-COUPLING), AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK IS TO DELIVER A FINAL REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS THE FOLLOWING: (1) CURRENT PROCESSES USED BY THE INDUSTRY TO CONDUCT V&V ACTIVITIES TO ASSURE THAT AIRPLANE STATE AWARENESS IS MAINTAINED IN CASES WHERE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DELEGATED THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE AIRPLANE STATE; (2) RESULTS OF AN ANALYSES OF T

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