CSSI Wins NASA Benefits Assessment Contract

Washington, DC – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded CSSI, Inc. a contract to analyze the economic benefits to airlines of utilizing new communications and navigation avionics equipment in the oceanic air traffic control environment, the company announced today. The cost-benefit analysis will be conducted with NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH, in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Oceanic and Offshore Services Directorate in Washington, DC.

 The results of this study will help NASA and the FAA determine the appropriate technological upgrades needed to improve and maintain efficiency as air traffic over the oceans increases over the next decade,” said William Colligan, President and COO of CSSI, Inc.

 CSSI has assisted NASA and the FAA on several other research projects to determine the benefits and costs of proposed programs, and has an ongoing major role in calculating and analyzing aviation performance metrics.

  The new study, referred to as the “Benefits Assessment Study of Increased Equipage of the Advanced Technologies and Procedures Build 2,” will look at the economic benefits to each airframe, the cumulative benefits to airlines, and the overall system-wide benefits. The potential economic benefits include fuel and time savings, as well as better routing opportunities in adverse weather conditions.

“NASA and the FAA understand how important it is to make strategic decisions that will positively impact the future of the air traffic system,” said Colligan.  “Detailed analyses such as these help the agencies develop those strategies.”

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 Founded in 1990, CSSI, Inc., is an engineering and technical services company specializing in systems analysis and engineering, airspace initiatives, and information and program management. Clients include the international and U.S. aviation industry, the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, and the Department of Defense.