Raytheon press release:
Raytheon Company has been awarded a seven-month, firm-fixed-price contract to study the NextGen Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance architecture and determine the National Airspace System’s needs for 2018 to 2025. [..]
The study analyzes ICNS interfaces to operator flight planning systems, aircraft capabilities, avionics functions and Federal Aviation Administration automation systems.
The $2.3 million contract was awarded by the NextGen Institute, a venture between the National Center for Advanced Technologies and the FAA. [..]
The Raytheon-led team includes Rockwell Collins, ARINC, Aviation Management Associates and Thales.
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Phase 1 of this contract was recently completed. See link for more information. The deliverable should be posted to the JPDO site shortly.
http://myjpdo.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/completion-of-integrated-communication-navigation-and-surveillance-icns-phase-1/
Bob Pearce