Aviation Environmental Deign Tool Development Support

The U.S. Department of Transportation, through the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, is seeking a sole source award to ATAC Corporation for Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) development support. This effort supports the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Environment and Energy in modernizing Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System (PDARS) extraction modules. The primary objective is to ensure accurate environmental modeling of aircraft noise and emissions by extracting validated 3D/4D trajectory data to support the FAA's NextGen initiative. The contract is awarded on a sole source basis because ATAC Corporation owns the proprietary SkyView software, which is the only tool accepted by the AEDT development team for this specific data extraction. The government has determined that transitioning to another vendor would result in unacceptable costs and delays, estimating that replication would take two years and cost approximately 640,000 dollars. The estimated value of this purchase order is 319,648.02 dollars, with the place of performance located in Santa Clara, California. Key deliverables include a fully functional PDARS extraction module integrated with AEDT and a final validation report, both due by September 2026.