(TAS::80 0125::TAS) RECOVERY ACT - THERE ARE THREE MAIN GOALS OF THE PROPOSED WORK: (1) ACCOMPLISH A COST BENEFIT ASSESSMENT OF NASAS ASP CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGIES (HEREAFTER KNOWN AS C&T), (2) INVESTIGATE THE INTEGRATION OF THESE CONCEPTS, AND (3) DESIGN A HUMAN IN THE LOOP (HITL) SIMULATION EXPERIMENT OF AN INTEGRATED OPERATIONAL CONCEPT. GOAL NUMBER ONE IS TO DETERMINE THE COST EFFICIENCY OF THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS. GOAL NUMBER TWO IS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AS INTEGRATED IN THE NAS. THIS IS A CRITICAL EVALUATION AS THE STEPS REQUIRED FOR FULL INTEGRATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES INTO THE NAS IS A CHALLENGING TASK, WHICH OFTEN LEADS TO DIMINISHED EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CHANGES. GOAL NUMBER THREE WILL EXAMINE A PROPOSED INTEGRATED CONCEPT BY DEVELOPING A SIMULATION TEST PLAN. THE SIMULATION WILL STUDY IMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS SUCH AS HUMAN INTERFACE ISSUES WITH ANY NEW PROCEDURES AND/OR OTHER C&TS. INTERFACE AND USABILITY ISSUES CAN FURTHER CONSTRAIN A CONCEPTS OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS, AND SIMULATIONS THAT ARE AS REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE CAN HELP RESEARCHERS IN THEIR EVALUATION OF THE CONCEPTS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS FUNDING WILL JUMP-START ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IN THIS AREA. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ANALYZE THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF NASAS ASP C&TS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY PERFORMING THE FOLLOWING TASKS: (1) CATALOG THE C&TS, (2) IDENTIFY HOW THE C&TS CREATE BENEFITS (IDENTIFY THE BENEFIT CREATING MECHANISMS), (3) DETERMINE APPROPRIATE EVALUATION METRICS, (4) PERFORM CONCEPT BENEFIT EVALUATION USING MODELING AND SIMULATION TOOLS, (5) ASSESS BENEFITS, AND (6) ESTIMATE STAKEHOLDER COSTS.