Weather Accident Accident PreventionObjectivesProvide the Flight Deck, ATM & AOC with Higher Fidelity, More Timely Intuitive Graphical InformationDetect and Mitigate Weather HazardsElementsAviation Weather Information (AWIN)Weather Information Communications (WINCOMM)Turbulence Detection and Mitigation (TDAM)

Aviation Safety ProgramContactsWxAP Project Manager: Ron Colantonio (216) 433-6370; renato.o.colantonio@grc.nasa.govAWIN Element Lead: Paul Stough (757) 864-3860; h.p.stough@larc.nasa.govWINCOMM Element Lead: Gus Martzaklis(216) 433-8966; Konstantinos.S.Martzaklis@grc.nasa.govTDAM Element Lead: Rod Bogue (661) 258-3193; rod.bogue@mail.dfrc.nasa.govTethered Weather Display in a Honeywell Cessna Citation Cockpitshowing convective activity over the continental United States

Aviation System Monitoring and ModelingObjectivesProvide decision-makers within air carriers, air traffic management, and other government & industry groups with regular, accurate, & insightful measures of health, performance, & safety of National Aviation System (NAS)ASMM products will provide technology & procedure developers with reliable predictions of system-wide effects arising from changes introduced into the aviation system

ElementsData Analysis Tools & Intramural Monitoring (DATIM)--Develop tools for carriers to continuously monitor internal performance & safetyExtramural Monitoring (EM)--System-wide survey mechanism for monitoring overall safety of NAS & evaluating effects of changesModeling and Simulations (MS)--Predictions and risk assessments using data collected by monitoring elementsInformation Sharing (IS)--Develop reliable and secure infrastructure for exchange of dataAviation Safety ProgramContactsASMM Project Manager: Yuri Gawdiak(650) 604-4765; ygawdiak@mail.arc.nasa.govDATIM Element Lead: Irv Statler (650) 604-6654; istatler@mail.arc.nasa.govEM Element Lead: Linda Connell(650) 604-6654; lconnell@mail.arc.nasa.govMS Element Lead: Mary Connors(650) 604-6114: mconnors@mail.arc.nasa.govIS Element Lead: Yuri Gawdiak

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Analysis &Recording System

System-Wide Accident PreventionObjectivesAddress aviation safety issues associated withHuman errorProcedural non-complianceReduce aviation accident rates byReducing or mitigating human error Understanding key man/machine interface issues

ElementsHuman-Error Modeling (HEM)--Development of predictive models for human error in human/system operationsMaintenance Human Factors (MHF)--Develop products to support improved maintenance operations Training--Develop more effective training procedures, aids, curricula, simulations, and crew performance measurement techniques Aviation Safety ProgramContactsSWAP Project Manager: Tina Beard (650) 604-1327; tlbeard@mail.arc.nasa.govHEM Element Lead: Jay Shively (650) 604-6249; jshively@mail.arc.nasa.govMHF Element Lead: Barb Kanki (650) 604-5785; bkanki@mail.arc.nasa.govTraining Element Lead: Key Dismukes(650) 604- 0150: kdismukes@mail.arc.nasa.gov

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Accident MitigationObjectivesIncrease human survivability in accidentsIncrease human survivability in post-crash firesPrevent in-flight fires & explosionsElementsSystems Approach to Crashworthiness (SAC)Fire Prevention (FP)

Aviation Safety ProgramContactsAM Project Manager: Doug Rohn (216) 433-3325; Douglas.a.rohn@grc.nasa.govSAC Element Lead: Lisa Jones (757) 864-4148; l.e.jones@larc.nasa.govFP Element Lead: Bryan Palaszewski (216) 977-7493; bryan.a.palaszewski@grc.nasa.govFull-scale crash tests to validate dynamic crash analysis and to evaluate structural concepts