Raytheon Wins NextGen Simulation Contract

Raytheon announced its selection by NASA to develop enhancements to the system-wide modeling and simulation capability in the Airspace Concepts Evaluation System, or ACES. The contract is valued at $29 million.

ACES is NASA’s real-time computer simulation tool that analyzes local, regional and nationwide factors that contribute to the dynamics of aircraft operations from gate departures and flight paths to landings and gate arrivals. The system provides a flexible environment for researchers to identify and test new NextGen air traffic management concepts.

The “plug and play” models developed by the Raytheon team will help NASA, FAA and other researchers better understand the tools and concepts needed to support NextGen. The Raytheon team includes Intelligent Automation, Sensis Corp., Mosaic ATM and Aerospace Computing.

“Our partnership with NASA will lead to transformational results that accelerate the benefits of increased safety and maximized airspace capacity,” said Andy Zogg, vice president of Raytheon Network Centric Systems Command and Control Systems.