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NAMS-2 Highlights 6/7: Dr. Milton Cordeiro developed cardiac health assay methodology for the Exploration Medical Mag-EC sensor. His work could provide the ability for long-duration spaceflight crew to perform Earth-independent health monitoring and screening by detecting biomarkers for wide-spectrum clinical diagnosis and medical research. Analytical Mechanics Associates #Nanotechnology #MedicalDevices #Space #Biotech #Research

NAMS-2 Highlights 5/7: As part of public safety operations conducted Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), Bhoomin B Chauhan, Ph.D. collaborated with San Francisco Police Department's (SFPD’s) Drone Unit in support of Public Safety Ops research at the NASA Ames Research Center. He interacted with officers from the SFPD Phoenix Unit, which oversees their drone-as-first responder (DFR) program on a live mission to understand how SFPD has integrated BVLOS operations. In an early demonstration of an effective use of the DFR program, after a call to the DFR operators to track a stolen car, the drone operators took off and were able to visually identify the car in less than two minutes! Acima Technical Services, Inc. #UAS #UTM #PublicSafety #AAM #SFPD #Drones #FirstResponders #BVLOS #NASA

NAMS-2 Highlights 4/7: We have all dreamed of a hot pizza delivery from a drone right when we crave it the most, but what if it is really windy? Fear not! Dr. Priyank Pradeep addresses this not-so-trivial matter in the NASA Technical Memo, “Simulation Studies of 4D Volume-based Pre-departure Strategic Deconfliction under Wind Uncertainties for Package Delivery sUAS.” https://lnkd.in/gVy4ssFK Analytical Mechanics Associates #sUAS #DroneDelivery #Drones #NASA

NAMS-2 Highlights 3/7: NASA’s North Texas Research Station (NTX) hosted an “ATC University” training session to expose NASA and Team Crown researchers to real-world ATC operations. Attendees toured operational facilities, talked with FAA controllers and colleagues, and learned more about how the National Airspace System runs and NASA-developed systems are currently being used by NASA’s industry partners that include major U.S. airlines. These sessions enable the researchers to be more focused and to make informed decisions to better support their FAA and industry stakeholders. #ATC #FAA #NASA #NAS #AirTrafficControl #ARTCC #ATCT

NAMS-2 Highlights 2/7: In January 2025, Crown’s senior system-wide safety expert supporting NASA’s safety research, Dr. Paul Krois, presented a paper titled, “An In-time Aviation Safety Management System Concept of Operations and Modernization of the National Airspace System” to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SciTech 2025 conference in Orlando, FL.  #AIAASciTech #aerospace #research

NAMS-2 Highlights 1/7: November marks the end of the first year on our NAMS-2 contract. Crown is pleased to share our highlights in a series of short stories. We kick it off with a photo of the team with NASA’s Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy on December 3, 2024. She visited NASA’s North Texas Research Station (NTX) facility for demonstrations of NASA’s air traffic management technologies, many of which are supported by the NAMS-2 contract. Some of our support team, along with their NASA colleagues, are in the team photo - Keenan Roach, Jody Null. #NASA

Crown Innovations is excited to announce Jim Murphy has joined our team as a Senior Integration Engineer. Jim brings over 30 years of experience in the research and development of distributed test environments for integrating advanced aircraft into the national airspace system. As an advanced air mobility and UAS leader at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, he piloted the adoption of model-based systems engineering for aerospace research and designed the live virtual constructive distributed environment for UAS detect and avoid testing. His expertise in synthesizing diverse concepts and coordinating across multiple groups will further enable our clients to solve their most complex problems. https://lnkd.in/epBqaDNs

Crown Innovations is excited to announce Sabrina Saunders-Hodge, PMI PMP has joined our team as Senior Director of Programs and Engineering. Sabrina brings 30+ years of experience leading Federal Aviation Administration initiatives in communications, navigation, and surveillance technologies, and pioneering work in UAS and advanced air mobility integration. Her expertise in building strategic frameworks for emerging aviation technologies and forging collaborative relationships across industry and government will help our clients stay at the forefront of aviation innovation. https://lnkd.in/e-qSGb9h

Crown Consulting is thrilled to announce our most recent win! The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Crown the $207M, 10-year Ontario Engineering Support (OES) Contract to modernize FAA's air-ground communication systems. Crown will provide project management experts, telecommunications engineers and technicians, and equipment fabrication specialists critical to safely modernizing the systems, while maintaining the operational continuity of air traffic services. https://lnkd.in/eTu9n_gD