The latest quarterly meeting was held with NASA on June 12 at NASA headquarters. Charlie Leader and Jaiwon Shin chaired the session. A very full agenda included a discussion by NASA on programmatic changes for the FY10 budget, including the addition of the new Integrated Systems Research program and a restructuring of the Airspace Systems Program. A brief write-up of these changes can be found here. A status report of the Research Transition Teams was briefed, with a major focus on the transition plans that the RTTs will produce in September.
The JPDO reported on the results of the updated gap analysis, with some emphasis on the continuing importance of coming to grips with verification and validation (V&V) of complex systems. NASA is developing research plans for V&V, but further definition of the need by JPDO is clearly needed, as well as a review of relevant efforts across the federal government. An initial brief out of an “R&D Policy Impacts” analysis that is in the works by the JPDO was discussed. The analysis is examining the linkages between policy assumptions and research requirements to help identify and prioritize where explicit policy assumptions are needed to support relevant technical research. The analysis is also doing an initial assessment of post-research transition activities. Finally, the progress toward a full NextGen Business Case was discussed.
Bob Pearce
JPDO Deputy Director
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