HSI Wins FAA EnRoute Technical Assistance Support Services (ETASS) Contract

Washington, DC—January 24, 2012—Human Solutions, Inc., (HSI) announced today that FAA has awarded HSI a contract to provide engineering, professional, and technical services to support existing and future National Airspace System (NAS) initiatives.

The contract, titled EnRoute Technical Assistance Support Services (ETASS), has a ceiling value of $360M over a seven year period of performance. It is the second largest small business contract award in FAA history.

HSI has assembled a team of business partners with deep experience in supporting the highly complex programs critical to successful performance on the ETASS contract. These include Flatirons Solutions, AvMet Applications, Enroute Computer Solutions (ECS), Endeavor Systems, JMA Solutions, MCR, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).

“Our commitment is to provide exceptional technical and professional support services to the FAA, which has been our customer for more than 14 years,” said HSI president Brenda Boone. “This is a tremendous opportunity for our team and I’m honored that the FAA has chosen us to be a part of this important effort.”

The ETASS contract provides for a broad set of technical and professional services to support operations in the EnRoute and Oceanic Service Unit as well as Technical Operations Services, System Operations Services and the Office of Technical Training organizations. Work under the ETASS contract will include such mission critical programs as EnRoute Automation Modernization (ERAM), Advance Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP), Weather and Radar Processor (WARP), Integrated Terminal Weather Systems (ITWS), Aviation Surface Observation Network (ASWON), Traffic Flow Management (TFM), and Data Communications, as well as other programs throughout the Air Traffic Organization (ATO).

About Human Solutions, Incorporated
Since its founding in 1997, Human Solutions—a woman-owned small business—has provided continuous support to the FAA, with proven results, to ensure the successful development, operational implementation, and transition of innovative air traffic control concepts and technologies, many of which provide the framework for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). A leading provider of system engineering, testing, operational field support; and aviation human factors engineering, HSI provides subject matter expertise from a field perspective, gained through actual experience on the control room floor. HSI’s contributions to future strategic FAA systems range from concept development to program level engineering through deployment and transition. To learn more about HSI, visit our website at www.humansolutionsinc.com