Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2023)
Recipient: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2018-07-30 to 2019-12-31
Current total value of award: $255600.97
Description: DEMAND FORECAST MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND SCENARIOS GENERATION FOR URBAN AIR MOBILITY CONCEPTS.  THIS TASK IS TO ESTIMATE DEMAND FOR VARIOUS URBAN AIR MOBILITY CONCEPTS (UAM) OF OPERATIONS, AND TO GENERATE SCENARIOS FOR USE IN ANALYSIS AND SIMULATIONS. THE DEMAND FORECAST MODEL, PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED UNDER NASA/NIA CONTRACT NO: NNL13AA08B TASK ORDER NO: NNL16AA36T, FOR AN URBAN ON DEMAND AIR TAXI COMMUTER CONCEPT WILL BE THE BASIS FOR THIS WORK. ADDITIONAL CONCEPTS MAY INCLUDE AN AIR-METRO CONCEPT WHERE SOMEWHAT LARGER AIRCRAFT (6 TO 10 PASSENGERS) OPERATE A SCHEDULED OR SEMI-SCHEDULED SERVICE FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF VERTIPORTS. (SCHEDULED AT PEAK TIMES, OTHER FLIGHTS OCCUR IF DEMAND WARRANTS).  THE MODEL WILL REQUIRE UPDATES TO INCORPORATE THE UAM CONCEPTS BEING INVESTIGATED AND THE CONCEPTS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE AS KNOWLEDGE IS GAINED. THE DEMAND FORECASTING MODEL MUST THEREFORE BE FLEXIBLE AND EASY TO MODIFY. THE REGION OF INTERESTS WILL INCLUDE NORTHERN CA AND SUBURBS AND OTHER REGIONS AS DETERMINED BY NASA IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR.