SBIR-STTR Award

Controller-Pilot Voice Communication and Intent Monitoring for Future Aviation Systems Safety
Award last edited on: 1/14/2023

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
NASA : ARC
Total Award Amount
$149,981
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
A3.03
Principal Investigator
Jimmy Krozel

Company Information

The Innovation Laboratory Inc (AKA: Innovation Laboratory Inc )

2360 SW Chelmsford Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
   (503) 242-1761
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Location: Single
Congr. District: 03
County: Multnomah

Phase I

Contract Number: 80NSSC22PB221
Start Date: 6/29/2022    Completed: 1/25/2023
Phase I year
2022
Phase I Amount
$149,981
With the advent of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications growing in the last decade, many aspects of NLP and AI are ready to be applied to new problems in new domains. This SBIR effort specifically merges NLP and AI technologies in a system that is designed to ensure aviation systems safety. A combination of speech analytics, voice-to-text conversion, intent inference, and anomaly detection are implemented to form a real-time monitoring of system safety. Potential NASA Applications (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words): This effort addresses In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (ISSA) objectives of NASA’s Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP) System Wide Safety (SWS) Project: monitor the ATM system continuously and to extract and fuse information from diverse data sources (voice, ADS-B, weather, map, etc.) to identify emergent anomalous behaviors add new intent models as new rules are introduced in the NAS (for instance, with respect to new UAM/AAM concepts and vehicles researched by NASA) Potential Non-NASA Applications (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words): Airline dispatcher positions will benefit from this technology by providing real-time monitoring of pilot-controller dialog and conformance to the controller directives. Non-conformance can be immediately notified to airline dispatchers as a safety net. Duration: 6

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