SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System Operational Performance Analysis
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AJA-47 FAA Headquarters (ASU)
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DTFAWA-07-C-00062
- Response Due
- 9/6/2007
- Description
- The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking competitive proposals from qualified companies to fulfill a requirement related to the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). The following is a brief summary of the requirement. Potential Offerors should not rely on this summary, when deciding whether to submit a proposal. The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, TCAS II Version 7, known internationally as the Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS II), was released in 1998 and incorporated significant operational and technical improvements over the previous version (6.04A). The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) mandated ACAS II equipage in ANNEX 6, Part I, chapter 6.18 by January 1, 2003, for certain operators internationally. This mandate elevated ACAS II as the worldwide collision avoidance standard. Subsequent to the release of TCAS II/ACAS II, the FAA and other ICAO states established monitoring programs to measure ACAS performance operationally in the airspace. Several issues have been identified via these monitoring programs and simulations that warrant a detailed review and analysis of the collision avoidance system. Some of the issues have been identified and discussed within the international collision avoidance community (ICAO Surveillance and Conflict Resolution Systems Panel). Some ICAO member states have proposed a change to the TCAS II Version 7 collision avoidance algorithms, known as SA01, which could improve coordination of collision avoidance maneuvers, thus increasing the level of safety provided by the TCAS/ACAS system. Through further detailed analyses and collaboration, it has been determined that a change to the collision avoidance logic is required and an implementation effort is currently underway to resolve this issue. Additionally, recent technological developments in airborne surveillance technology, specifically Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), could also enhance the performance of TCAS/ACAS. Civil and military operators have expressed interest in incorporating Hybrid Surveillance; however, civil standards require development to achieve the standardization and interoperability of Hybrid Surveillance Systems.
- Web Link
-
FAA Contract Opportunities
(http://faaco.faa.gov/?ref=5918)
- Record
- SN01364333-W 20070809/070807220739 (fbodaily.com)
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