(Jan 10, 2007)

The Aviation System Monitoring and Modeling (ASMM) Project Team was recognized by ARC Center Director Pete Worden on January 10, 2007 for receiving a second Space Act Award from the NASA Inventions and Contributions Board for the invention and commercialization of the Morning Report Atypicality Tool For Analysis Of Aircraft Flight Data. Morning Report automatically analyzes the flight data recorded by each aircraft in an airline's fleet during a selected period of time. It then brings all of the flights that were deemed atypical in a multivariate statistical analysis, with respect to the main body of comparable flight data, to the safety analyst's attention. ASMM project team members present at the ceremony included Dr. Irving Statler, and retired United Airlines Captains Robert E. Lawrence and Robert E. Lynch. The cash Space Act Board Award is distributed amongst the inventors. Morning Report has been commercialized within the airline industry and a patent is pending.