Final Draft Working Group FY10/11 Work Plans

The final drafts of the JPDO Working Group Work Plans have been completed and are now posted on the JPDO KSN site (for those with access to the KSN, look here ).  These work plans were created from:

• FY09 plans that will continue into FY10
• Logical successors to FY09 work plans
• Input from JPDO Division Directors and Working Group Co-Chairs
• Identified gaps to achieve meaningful progress on priority categories

Barring any changes from the final review process, these plans will be implemented starting October 1, 2009.

Bob Pearce
JPDO Deputy Director

JPDO Holds Quarterly Meeting with NASA

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