The Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Portfolio Analysis and Management Office (PAMO) leads key strategic and portfolio analyses on behalf of the Mission Directorate. Using these analyses, PAMO is tasked to provide updates and recommendations to ARMD Office of the Associate Administrator (OAA) for NASA Aeronautics strategic investment decisions.
Crown developed an Environmental Scan process to provide a holistic assessment of factors which may impact NASA Aeronautics. Crown then implemented the Environmental Scan process to identify events that may impact ARMD strategy or the ARMD research portfolio, helped determine the relevance and importance of the events through initial analysis, conducted more detailed assessments of selected events, provided recommendations to PAMO and the OAA, and refined the environmental scan process and the ARMD strategy development process.
Benefit to NASA: The scan is a systematic, repeatable approach to continuously identify and assess opportunities to enhance the relevance of NASA’s investment in Aeronautics. Crown’s products and deliverables included:
- Hydrogen assessment. Overview of the technology, technical and economic barriers, projections and forecasts, and actionable recommendations including specific areas for ARMD to monitor, partner, or lead.
- Certification by Analysis study. Overview of NASA and industry state-of-the-art and data-driven recommendations.
- ARMD Mega-Drivers. Currency/relevancy analysis with recommendations for updates.
- Strategic Implementation Plan update support. Provided input and editing of 2019 and 2022/2023 updates.
- Airline Recovery from COVID-19 analysis. Data-driven forecast of when demand would recover and implications for ARMD research.
- ARMD Integrated Portfolio Assessment. Framework linking Mega-Drivers, Strategic Thrusts, Outcomes, Programs, Projects, and TCs.
- Comparative Country Reports. Identified current and prospective competitors/threats through intensive data analysis.
- Nuclear Energy. Reported on recent developments including fission and fusion.
Client
- NASA