Quote from onetime:
The air part was likely planned by
www.mitre.org - heavily connected former military who wrote the FAA manuals.
And much more:<ul><li>Air traffic management systems analysis and modeling</li>
<li>Air traffic management systems engineering and capability development</li>
<li>Air traffic management systems evolution planning</li>
<li>Air traffic management procedures and training</li>
<li>Airspace analysis and design</li>
<li>Arrival and departure route development</li>
<li>System performance analysis and trends</li>
<li>Collaborative decision making in traffic flow management</li>
<li>Broadcast technologies and collision avoidance systems</li>
<li>Required navigational performance</li>
<li>Communications, navigation, and surveillance systems</li>
<li>Airport planning and operations</li>
<li>Information security</li>
<li>Information technology</li>
<li>Air traffic management system infrastructure development and management</li>
<li>Research and development</li>
</ul>
http://www.mitre.org/about/ffrdcs/caasd.html