Agreement with Administrator of NASA.—

Sec. 603. Agreement with Administrator of NASA.— (1) In general.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may enter into an agreement with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for use of their unique human factor facilities and expertise in conducting research activities to study the human factor aspects of the highly automated environment for the next generation of air traffic controllers. (2) Content.—Research under this section shall include investigation of the following: (A) Human perceptual capabilities and the effect of computer-aided decision making on the workload and performance of air traffic controllers. (B) Information management techniques for advanced air traffic control display systems. (C) Air traffic controller workload and performance measures, including development of predictive models.