Wyle Wins Contract to Support DOT with Environmental Research and Analysis of Transportation Systems

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyle has been awarded a multi-year task order contract valued up to $19.97 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation to support the growing needs of U.S. transportation agencies to develop tools and strategies for the environmental sustainability of transportation systems.

Under the contract, Wyle will support the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center with the Measurement, Modeling, and Assessment of Transportation's Environmental and Psychological Effects.

Potential tasks under this contract include technical support to comprehensive environmental tools such as the Aviation Environmental Design Tool, as well as technology development initiatives such as Green vehicle concepts and alternative fuels.

"This award is a testament to both a long legacy of achievement in this area by Wyle, and  the forward-looking posture we have maintained towards a cleaner, greener and more efficient transportation system," said Jawad Rachami, director of operations of Wyle's Research and Consulting unit. 

"We have a team of highly experienced individuals and organizations that are eager to press forward with innovative solutions to complex environmental issues involving the optimization and modernization of the U.S. transportation system."

Additional tasks could include Wyle providing technical expertise to the Volpe Center and its partner agencies to assess and mitigate the environmental and community effects of transportation operations and facilities as well as assisting with the characterization of soundscapes and visitor experience in National Parks.

Wyle has been providing advanced environmental research and analysis services to the transportation industry for more than three decades and has been a key developer of various environmental models and industry guidance documents for both air and ground transportation, including recent guidance on Airport Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Wyle also provides critical environmental research to vehicle and concept development for aviation NextGen initiatives and programs.

The Volpe Center award is a key vehicle for the Department of Transportation to meet its environmental goals for a transportation system that is better integrated and more efficient in its operation. In addition to emerging DOT requirements for the implementation of NextGen modernization for aviation and the development of alternative fuels, this vehicle is also expected to address environmental issues in National Parks and the development of integrated approaches to environmental sustainability on a multimodal scale. 

As new policy directions are adopted to meet national and global commitments on energy independence, climate change, and local environmental compatibility, Wyle and its team members are in position to assist the Volpe Center and U.S. DOT with rigorous analysis and state-of-the-art solutions.

"We are at the doorstep of a significant transformation in terms of both transportation technology and the way we address our impact on the environment," said Rachami. "The U.S. Government can count on Wyle to help usher in this new era of added complexity and interdependence with elastic creativity and intellectual vigor."

Wyle's research and consulting unit is based in Arlington, Va. It provides advanced environmental research, measurement, modeling and analysis services to a variety of government customers including the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA and the National Park Service.

Wyle, a privately held company, is a leading provider of high tech aerospace engineering and information technology services to the federal government on long-term outsourcing contracts. The company also provides test and evaluation of aircraft, weapon systems, networks, and other government assets; and other engineering services to the aerospace, defense, and nuclear power industries.

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