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INTEGRATED SYSTEMS RESEARCH PROGRAM
As the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) evolves, researchers must address the national challenges of mobility, capacity, safety, security, energy and the environment in order to meet the expected growth in air traffic.

The Integrated Systems Research Program (ISRP) focuses on maturing and integrating NextGen technologies into major vehicle/operational systems and subsystems that will address these national challenges.

Using a system-level approach, NASA researchers explore, assess and demonstrate the benefits of those technologies in an operationally relevant environment.

By focusing on technologies that have already proven their merit at the fundamental research level, ISRP will help transition them more quickly to the aviation community, as well as inform future fundamental research needs. The program will focus on integrated system-level research of interest and importance to the aviation stakeholder community.

The program synchronizes its work with the long-term, foundational research conducted by other programs within the directorate, and closely coordinates with research efforts of other federal government agencies.

ISRP organizes its research under two projects. The Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project focuses on selecting vehicle concepts and technologies that can simultaneously reduce aircraft fuel burn, noise and emissions. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project contributes capabilities that reduce the technical barriers related to the safety and operational challenges associated with enabling routine UAS to the NAS.

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+ Integrated Systems Research Program Fact Sheet Updated [PDF]

"Solving Aviation's Challenges Through NASA Innovation" KSC Briefing
As part of the "What's Next for NASA?" briefings leading up to the final shuttle launch, on July 6, 2011, Ed Waggoner, Integrated Systems Research program director, and John Cavolowsky, Airspace Systems program director, briefed the media on NASA's aeronautics research and how it will benefit the public. (60 minutes)
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Integrated Systems Research Program Technical Sessions
January 4th and 6th, 2011
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
Orlando, FL
+ View Session Agendas and Briefings Updated

National Research Council Meeting of Experts on NASA's Plans for System-Level Research in Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Washington, DC
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"Unmanned Aerial Systems in the National Airspace System"
Briefing presented at the December 2010 Technical Analysis and Application Center meeting in New Mexico.
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NASA Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project Pre-Proposal Meeting
"N+2 Advanced Vehicle Concepts NASA Research Announcement"
Friday, February 19, 2010 (2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
Washington, DC
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AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
January 4, 2010
Orlando, Florida
+ Overview of NASA's Integrated Systems Research Program (ISRP) (.pdf 5.2MB)
    Ms. Jean Wolfe, Deputy Director, Integrated Systems Research Program

National Research Council Meeting of Experts on NASA Plans for System-Level Research on Environmental Impact Mitigation
May 14-15, 2009
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For questions regarding specific elements of the Integrated Systems Research Program, please contact: Ed Waggoner, Program Director.



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