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B.3 - System-Wide Safety (SWS) Project
Amendment 2 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA–2020) NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site.
The objective of this solicitation is to identify a comprehensive assessment of the future needs in software and system validation and verification (V&V) for autonomous
aviation cyber-physical-human systems.
This needs assessment should consider both ground and airborne systems.
The call is not about V&V for Artificial Intelligence (AI), but for V&V for AI-enabled autonomous aviation systems.
An important task will be to identify a roadmap for the development of those V&V needs for the corresponding applications in autonomy and aviation.
At the same time, it is desired that novel V&V techniques be identified where they are needed to address gaps in the regulatory (certification) framework.
Proposals are solicited to provide a realistic mapping of the V&V needs to the technologies and to the enabled services to create a vision for the V&V of autonomy in the 2045 timeframe.
In this regard, there is a particular desire to identify new V*V needs to fill existing or anticipated gaps in the regulatory framework for autonomous aviation.
Since the increasing use of autonomy implies a shift in the role played by humans, new V&V approaches addressing the changing roles and responsibilities should be addressed within the vision.
Group proposals are encouraged.
Proposers should reach out to the computational science and engineering community (industry, academia, and regulators) to gain a broad focus.
Notices of Intent (NOIs) are not required for this solicitation.
The proposals are due February 15, 2021 by 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
The objective of this solicitation is to identify a comprehensive assessment of the future needs in software and system validation and verification (V&V) for autonomous
aviation cyber-physical-human systems.
This needs assessment should consider both ground and airborne systems.
The call is not about V&V for Artificial Intelligence (AI), but for V&V for AI-enabled autonomous aviation systems.
An important task will be to identify a roadmap for the development of those V&V needs for the corresponding applications in autonomy and aviation.
At the same time, it is desired that novel V&V techniques be identified where they are needed to address gaps in the regulatory (certification) framework.
Proposals are solicited to provide a realistic mapping of the V&V needs to the technologies and to the enabled services to create a vision for the V&V of autonomy in the 2045 timeframe.
In this regard, there is a particular desire to identify new V*V needs to fill existing or anticipated gaps in the regulatory framework for autonomous aviation.
Since the increasing use of autonomy implies a shift in the role played by humans, new V&V approaches addressing the changing roles and responsibilities should be addressed within the vision.
Group proposals are encouraged.
Proposers should reach out to the computational science and engineering community (industry, academia, and regulators) to gain a broad focus.
Notices of Intent (NOIs) are not required for this solicitation.
The proposals are due February 15, 2021 by 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office: NASA Headquarters
Estimated Funding: $100,000
Office: NASA Headquarters
Estimated Funding: $100,000
Who's Eligible
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Additional Information of Eligibility:
For purposes of this solicitation, the term "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virginia Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign colleges and universities are not eligible to apply.
Federal agencies are eligible to apply.
(Any award made to a federal agency will be made as an inter-agency reimbursable agreement.) To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be eligible for FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding.
To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency’s use of force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws; and (2) the agency’s use of force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law.
The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, Implementation Fact Sheet, and List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId={52E2299C-6840-15D7-14BE-FDC4DD2FEB69}&path=&method=init
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Date Posted:
2020-12-16
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2021-03-17
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