NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautic ROA 2010 Amendment 5

Amendment 5 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES web site ( http://nspires.nasaprs.com). This release is intended to fill key gaps in the current NASA research and technology portfolio by investing in R&D activities for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the following technology areas:

Modeling and Simulation; Separation Assurance and Sense and Avoid; Systems Analysis; Certification; and Test Techniques.

D.3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System (UASNAS) will use a 2-step proposal process. Mandatory Step-1 proposals (white papers) are due February 25, 2011. Step 2 proposals will be due 40 days after the call for Step 2 proposals is issued.