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ARMD uses NASA Research Announcement (NRAs) to solicit proposals for
foundational research in areas where we need to enhance our core capabilities.
Competition for NRA awards is open to both academia and industry.
The current open solicitation for ARMD Research Opportunities is ROA-2013.
There are no research solicitations at this time; amendments will be posted to the NSPIRES page and announced on this page as they occur.
Previous (closed) solicitations were ROA-2011, ROA-2010, ROA-2009, ROA-2008, ROA-2007 and ROA-2006.
The following is general information related to the NRA process.
- NRA solicitations are released by NASA Headquarters through the
Web-based NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and
Evaluation System (NSPIRES).
- All NRA technical work is defined and managed at NASA centers by
project teams within each of the four program areas (Airspace Systems,
Aviation Safety, Fundamental Aeronautics, Aeronautics Test Programs).
NRA awards originate from the centers.
- Competition for NRA awards is full and open.
- Participation is open to all categories of organizations, including
educational institutions, industry and nonprofit organizations.
- Any information on NRA updates/amendments to ROAs is posted on the
appropriate NSPIRES web pages as noted in the Amendment boxes below.
ARMD sends notifications of NRA updates through the NSPIRES email
system. In order to receive these email notifications, you must be a
Registered User of NSPIRES. However, note that NASA is not responsible
for inadvertently failing to provide notification of a future NRA.
Parties are responsible for regularly checking the NSPIRES website for
updated NRAs.
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Amendment 1 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2013 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes the following topic in
Appendix C.2 for foundational research in support of the NextGen
Concepts and Technology Development Project—"National Airspace System
Choke Points Analysis and Mitigation Strategies." NOIs are due January
28, 2013 and proposals are due March 4, 2013.
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Amendment 9 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release solicits
research proposals in Appendix E.2 for development of early-stage
innovative concepts applicable to a broad spectrum of aeronautical
challenges in the nation’s air transportation system in support of the
Innovative Concepts for Aviation Project. Mandatory Step-A proposals are
due July 18, 2012.
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Amendment 8 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release solicits
research proposals in Appendix B.2 for development of new verification
and validation (V&V) concepts to advance safety assurance methods for
flight critical systems in support of the Aviation Safety Program
System-Wide Safety Assurance Technologies Project. NOIs are due May 14,
2012 and proposals are due June 18, 2012.
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Amendment 7 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes two
topics in Appendix B.3 for foundational research related to improved
crew decision-making in complex situations in support of the Aviation
Safety Program Vehicle Systems Safety Technologies Project. NOIs are due
April 30, 2012 and proposals are due June 4, 2012.
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Amendment 6 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release solicits
research proposals in Appendix B.2 for Development of Data Mining
Methods to Discover Human-Automation Issues in support of the Aviation
Safety Program System-Wide Safety Assurance Technologies Project. NOIs
are due March 22, 2012 and proposals are due April 26, 2012.
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Amendment 5 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes nine
topics in Appendix B.3 for foundational research related to maintaining
vehicle safety, improving crew decision making, and assuring safe and
effective aircraft control in support of the Aviation Safety Program
Vehicle Systems Safety Technologies Project. NOIs are due March 19, 2012
and proposals are due April 23, 2012.
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Amendment 4 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes the
following three topics in Appendix C.2 for foundational research in
support of the Airspace Systems Program Nextgen Concepts and Technology
Development Project: Comprehensive Analysis of Uncertainties in the
National Airspace System, Air Traffic Management Functional Allocation
using Advanced Computing and Networking, and Technology Candidates for
Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground Data Exchange. NOIs are due February 28,
2012 and proposals are due April 3, 2012.
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Amendment 3 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes the
following two topics in Appendix B.4 for foundational research in
support of the Atmospheric Environment Safety Technologies
Project: Experimental Ice Crystal and Super-Cooled Large Droplet
Database; Advanced Hazard Detection Capabilities with Multi-Frequency
Radar. NOIs are due February 6, 2012 and proposals are due March 26,
2012.
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Amendment 2 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes the
following two topics in Appendix A.3 for foundational research in
support of the Subsonic Rotary Wing Project: Active flow control of
dynamic stall at representative Mach number; Assessment of noise metrics
for application to large civil tilt rotor (LCTR) flight operations. NOIs
are due February 4, 2012 and proposals are due March 23, 2012.
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Amendment 1 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2011 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes the
following three topics in Appendix A.2 for foundational research in
support of the Subsonic Fixed Wing Project: Turbulence Modeling;
Numerical Methods for Turbulent Flow Computations; The "Vision 2030" CFD
Code. NOIs are due January 10, 2012 and proposals are due February 7,
2012.
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Amendment 10 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics
(ROA) 2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release
includes two topics on systems analysis for advanced vehicle
configurations under ERA2 in Appendix D.2. Notice of Intent to propose
is due August 5, 2011, and proposals are due September 12, 2011.
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Amendment 9 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release restarts the
solicitation for Hypersonics research that was originally issued as
Amendment 4, HYP1. Due to funding reductions for Hypersonics research in
FY2012 and beyond, not all of the topics solicited under Amendment 4
will be funded. Step-2 proposals for HYP1-2 are due August 22, 2011.
Only proposers who were selected to submit Step-2 proposals for the HYP1
solicitation are eligible to submit proposals to this solicitation.
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Amendment 8 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes
topics in Appendix B.9 for research in support of the Aviation Safety
Program Atmospheric Environment Safety Technology (AEST)
Project. Research is solicited in the following topics: Experimental
Icing Simulation Capability for Large-Scale Swept Wings; Water-Film
Thickness Measurement Systems; Advanced Ice Accretion Modeling Studies;
Wake Vortex Hazard Investigation. Proposals are due July 15.
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Amendment 7 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes
seven topics under CTD2 in Appendix C.2 for research in support of the
NextGen Concepts and Technology Development Project. Notice of Intent
to propose are due April 18 and proposals are due May 23.
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Amendment 6 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes the
following three topics in Appendix C.3 for research in support of the
NextGen Systems Analysis, Integration and Evaluation Project: Integrated
Arrival/Departure/Surface (IADS) Scheduling, Comprehensive Modeling of
Air Carrier Behavior, and Trajectory Accuracy Errors. Notices of Intent
to propose are due April 6 and proposals are due May 6.
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Amendment 5 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. 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. UASNAS1 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.
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The decision date for downselect of STEP-1 proposals submitted to the Hypersonics Project solicitation (Appendix A.5) within the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA-2010) has been changed to January 7, 2011. All who submitted Step-1 proposals will be informed by NASA as to whether or not they are invited to submit a full Step-2 proposal on January 7, 2011..
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Amendment 4 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes sixteen topics in Appendix A.5 for foundational research on reusable airbreathing access to space topics and entry/descent/landing topics in support of the Hypersonics Project. Mandatory Step-1 proposals (white papers) are due November 23, 2010.
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Amendment 3 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes eleven topics in Appendix A.2 for foundational research in support of the Subsonic Fixed Wing Project.
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Amendment 2 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2010 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release changes the
due date for proposals to the ERA1 topic in Appendix D.2 to July 23,
2010.
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Amendment 1 to the NASA ARMD Research
Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2010 NRA has been posted on the
NSPIRES site. This release includes two topics in Appendix C.2 for the
Nextgen Concepts & Technology Development Project. The two topics are:
Dynamic Terminal Airspace Concepts; Dynamic Airspace Configuration
Concepts – Allocation Response to Weather Events.
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Amendment 4 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2009 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes topics for the Supersonics Project related to the modeling of sonic booms and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. |
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Amendment 3 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA)
2009 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes the following
three topics for the Subsonic Rotary Wing Project: 1) development of
tools for computational modeling of high speed gearbox windage losses;
2) design, fabrication, and evaluation of active boundary layer flow
control for on-blade alleviation of retreating blade stall during
moderate forward speeds in a relevant, rotating blade environment; 3)
demonstration of concepts for reducing high frequency cabin noise in
helicopters due to airborne and structure-borne excitation of the
airframe through application of advanced structural design or active
control.
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Amendment 2 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2009 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This release includes topics for the Subsonic Fixed Wing Project "N+2 Advanced Low NOx Combustor Technologies" and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. |
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Amendment 1 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2009 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This amendment adds a topic to support separation assurance research for the NextGen-Airspace Project. We expect to amend the NRA throughout the year to support other ARMD projects. |
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Amendment 8 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2008 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The amendment includes a new research topic for Appendix B-2, the Aircraft Aging and Durability Project. This topic is related to exploring and documenting a methodology to establish rigorous risk-based models for assessing damage detection capability in maintenance and repair operations.
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Amendment 7 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2008 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The amendment includes two new subtopics for the Supersonics Project related to systems level validation testing, which leverages the substantial investments made by the project (both internally and through the NRA).
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Amendment 6 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2008 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The amendment includes new topics for the NextGen-Airspace and NextGen-Airportal Projects.
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Amendment 5 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2008 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The amendment includes a new research topic: Innovation in Aeronautics Instruction. This topic is to encourage universities or non-profit organizations to create and implement cutting-edge innovative instructional programs in aeronautical engineering or related fields. This may include the development of new learning materials and teaching strategies, implementation of educational innovations, dissemination of aeronautics-related knowledge, and establishment of sustainable educational activities both intra- and extra-curricular.
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Amendment 4 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2008 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The purpose of this amendment is to correct one piece of information in the Aircraft Aging and Durability Project Appendix (B-2). No new topics are added in this amendment.
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Amendment 3 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2008 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The amendment includes a new research topic for the NextGen-Airportal Project.
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Amendment 2 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2008 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The amendment includes new research topics for the Aircraft Aging and Durability Project (AAD), the Integrated Vehicle Health Management Project (IVHM), the Subsonic Fixed Wing Project (SFW), and the Supersonics Project (SUP).
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| Amendment 1 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2008 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The amendment includes a new research topic for the Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck Technologies Project. |
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| Amendment 7 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2007 NRA has been posted to the NSPIRES site. This amendment includes new topics for Appendix A.3 (NextGen-Airportal Project). |
| Amendment 6 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2007 NRA has been posted to the NSPIRES site. This amendment includes new topics for Appendix A.3 (Subsonic Rotary Wing Project). |
| Amendment 5 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2007 NRA has been posted to the NSPIRES site. This amendment includes a new Appendix E for cross program research. A new topic is included in Appendix E.2 (Integration of Advanced Concepts and Vehicles into the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)). |
| Amendment 4 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2007 NRA has been posted. This amendment includes new topics for Appendix C.2 (NGATS ATM-Airspace Project) and Appendix D.2 (Facility Related Research under the Aeronautics Test Program). |
| Amendment 3 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2007 NRA has been posted. This amendment includes a new Appendix (A.6) for an Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) research area, which is a joint effort between the Supersonics and Hypersonics Projects. |
| Amendment 2 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2007 NRA has been posted. This amendment includes new research topics in the area of Data Mining for the Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) Project . The existing IVHM topics are unchanged. |
| Amendment 1 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2007 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. The amendment includes new research topics for the Hypersonics Project. |
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| Amendment 6 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2006 NRA has been posted to the NSPIRES site. This amendment includes new topics for Appendix A.4 (Supersonics Project) and Appendix C.3 (NGATS ATM Airportal Project). |
| Amendment 5 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2006 NRA has been posted to the NSPIRES site. This amendment includes new topics for Appendix B.2 (Aircraft Aging and Durability Project). |
| Amendment 4 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2006 NRA has been posted. This amendment includes new topics for Appendix A.2 (Subsonic Fixed Wing Project) and Appendix C.2 (NGATS ATM Airspace Project). |
| Amendment 3 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2006 NRA has been posted. This amendment includes new topics for Appendix A.3 (Subsonic Rotary Wing Project) and Appendix A.4 (Supersonics Project). |
| Amendment 2 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2006 NRA has been posted. This amendment includes updates in Appendix B.3 to research topics for the Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck Project. |
| Amendment 1 to the NASA ARMD Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2006 NRA has been posted on the NSPIRES site. This amendment includes a new research topic in the area of facility research for the Aeronautics Test Program. |
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