System-Level Integrated Concepts (SLIC) Sub-Project

The System Level Integrated Concepts (SLIC) element is supporting development of capacity-increasing airspace system concepts from various sources, including industry, NASA, and academia. These concepts extend to 2025 and address distinct and system-wide operating domains within the Air Transportation System (gate-to-gate, surface, terminal, and en route).

Development began with independent efforts by the concept owners, using the Government Furnished Information (GFI) Air Transportation System (ATS) Functional Model to support the functional description of their concepts. The development will evolve to teams of developers contributing to the blending of the best concept attributes into unified system-wide concepts from the VAMS Project concept portfolio. The final synthesized system-level concepts will be assessed using simulation tools developed by the Virtual Airspace Simulation Technologies (VAST) element using the common scenarios and metrics developed by the System Evaluation and Assessment (SEA) element. SLIC will also generate a technology roadmap to summarize the tools and technologies necessary to implement the unified system concepts.

The industry developers selected to explore revolutionary changes in airspace operations include Boeing, Metron Aviation, Northrop Grumman, Optimal Synthesis, Raytheon, and Seagull Technology. Also contributing to this effort are teams from the aviation systems and human factors research and technology divisions at NASA Ames and Langley Research Centers. The task of developing a research agenda is supported by a university group, including Embry-Riddle University, George Mason University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and San Jose State University.

More Information Read more about the eleven future operational concepts being investigated by SLIC.

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