CGAR 2.0

Joint CGAR and FAA Projects

Organizations that have supported CGAR:

Flight Standards Service
1. Flight Standards Service - General Aviation and Commercial Division - AFS -800 (FITS; Tom Glista)
  - Joint Training Standards Development for New Technology GA Aircraft
  - Training Standards Development for GA Aircraft
  - Development of an Aviation Weather Database Highlighting Weather Encounters (Phase I)
  - Review of the FITS Program: Program tasks, goals, and pilot training initiatives
  - Joint Training Standards Development- FAA Industry Standards Program `
2. Flight Standards Service - Flight Technologies and Procedures Division - AFS-400 (Larry Buehler; helicopter UND)
  - Helicopter Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS) and Enhance Vision Systems (EVS)
3. Flight Standards Service - Flight Standards Training Division - AFS - 500 (Dan Herschler; ASI training, Joan Earyes)
  - Evaluation of Training Course Variants for the 'Qualification for Technically Advanced Aircraft'
  - Conduct of Upset Recovery Flight Training for General Aviation Safety
  - FAA Multiengine Refresher Training
  - Defining the Optimal Mix of Aircraft and Flight Training Devices in Aviation Safety Inspector Introduction Training
  - Airworthiness Inspector Training
  - Conduct of Aviation Safety Inspector Training for Multiengine Airplane, Instrument and Performance Refresher in Light Twin Aircraft and Flight Training Devices
  - Course Development for Qualification Training for Technically Advanced Aircraft
  - Evaluation Instructor Training Course
  - Investigation of the Optimal Mix of Aircraft and Flight Training Devices In Aviation Safety Inspector Indoctrination Training
  - Conduct of Aviation Safety Inspector (ASI) Training for Multi-engine Aircraft
  - ASI Course Development
4. National FAA Safety Team - (Kevin Clover; P pamphlets)
  - P-Pamphlet Rewrite
  - FAA Airman Notification, Seminar & Event Tracking and Online Education
NextGen and Operations Planning - Vicki Cox
1. Chief Scientist - Architecture and NextGen Development -(Steve Bradford; Airport Capacity/Delay Computer Modeling)
2. Airport Capacity Prediction and Conditions and Their Effects on Aircraft Performance During Winter Operations
3. Aviation Research & Technology Development Office - Barry Scott
  1. Human Factors Research & Engineering Group - (Dan Herschler; synthetic speech for display for data com) Data Communications Human Factor ATC Implicationals on Preferential Treatment Service for equipage Scenarios across the NAS
  2. Airport & Aircraft Safety Group -Pat Lewis
    1. Propulsion Systems Team (Skip Byrnes, fuels; Gary Frings; Alan Abramowitz)
      - Enhanced Jet Exhaust Mixing to Reduce Jet Aircraft Engine Noise
      - Octane Enhancers from Crop Oils (Aviation-Grade Ethanol for Improved performance and Safety in Civilian and Military Aircraft)
      - Development of Analytical Methods to Predict crash impact Responses of General Aviation Aircraft Seat/Occupant/Restraint System
      - Ethanol as a Fuel for General Aviation
      - Aviation-Grade Ethanol Development
      - Octane Enhancers from Crop Oils
    2. - Airworthiness Assurance Team (Jim Newcomb, flight loads; Cu Nguyen, Tom Defiore, flight loads; Dy Le, HUMS)
      - Business Jet Loads Data Acquisition
      - Operation Loads Monitoring of Firefighting Airplanes
      - Structural Usage Monitoring and Flight Regime Recognition Algorithm
      - GA Aircraft: In-flight Load Data Collection and Analysis Project
      - Operational Usage Information for a General Aviation Propeller
      - Business Jet Loads Data Acquisition
    3. Flight Safety Team (Larry Hackler, Richard Jeck, weather; Ken Knopp, Xiaogong Lee, UAS; Tom Tessitore, SSM; Michael Vu, Tong Vu, UAS; John Zvanya, UAS; Kathy Fazen, Soncere Whitecloud-Woodword)
      - Evaluating the Effectiveness of ADS-B in the Collegiate Flight Training
      - Detection and Prevention of Carbon Monoxide Exposure in
      - GA Aircraft
      - Gap Analysis/Risk Analysis for UAS Propulsion Systems
      - Regulatory Gap Analysis for Detect, Sense, and Avoid
      - Command, Control and Communication for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
      - Helicopter Advanced Navigation Research Flight Training
      - Terminal Operations Safety Research Project-Landing and Holding Short (LAHSO)
      - Measurements of Icing Conditions in Western Atlantic Stratocumulus
      - Development and Calibration of Model for Analysis of Safety of 14CFR137 Agricultural Aircraft Operations
      - Development and Implementation of a Data Based Capacity Prediction Tool to Facilitate Increased Airport Throughout
      - Safety Impact of the Capstone Program
      - Simulation of Reduced Separation Helicopter Routes in NY TRACON
      - Technical Assistance with Capstone Phase II Avionics
      - Effect of ADS-B on Near Mid-Air Collision Rates of GA Aircraft
      - Statistical Analysis for General Aviation Accidents
      - Technology Survey on UAS Propulsion Systems
      - Compression Ignition Engine Certification Issues
      - UAS Detect, Sense, and Avoid
      - Regulation Study on Commercial UAS Vehicle Design
      - Development of a 3-Dimensional Radar Based Airspace Monitoring and Surveillance Instrument
      - UAS Emergency Flight Recovery and Termination: Technology Survey and Regulatory Gap Analysis
      - GA Systems Safety Management Research
      - Flight Data Monitoring: General Aviation Safety Information Analysis & Sharing
      - A Database Management System for General Aviation Safety
      - Development of UAS Operational Data Collection
      - Load Spectrum Development for Unmanned Aerial Systems Airworthiness
      - Analysis of 14CFR Parts 91 & 43 for UAS Applications
      - Analysis of 14CFR Part 61 for Pilot, Flight Instructor and Ground Instructor Certification for UAS
    4. Airport Technology R&D Team (Jim White , EMAS; Don Gallagher, RALS, ERGL; Ryan King, bird strike, friction study; Keith Bagot, airport finance study; Michel Hovan, bird strike)
      - Wildlife Strike Database and Website Maintenance and Expansion of
      - Graphics Applications to Web Search for General Aviation
      - Remote Airport Lighting System (RALS)
      - Technical Services for Databases and Websites
      - Establish a North American Bird Strike Advisory System (NABSAS)
      - Visual Guidance-Remote Airfield Lighting
      - Taxiway Centerline Deviation Study
      - Evaluation of Gravel Runway Surface Conditions and Their Effects on Aircraft Performance During Winter Operations
      - A Framework for Revalidation of Airport Standards
      - Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)
      - Automated Laser-Based Bird Dispersion System
      - Airport Funding Strategies
      - Analysis and Evaluation of Green LED Threshold lights
      - Operational Evaluation of Remote Airfield Lighting System
      - Pilot Awareness of Current and LED Elevated Runway Guard Lighting
      - Friction Study
      - Helicopter lighting system
    5. Engineering Development Services Group - (Karen Buondonno, UAS)
      - Matter Expert Support for FAA UAS Simulator Workstation iv.
      - Aviation Weather Office
        
        Weather Policy and Requirements Group - (Ian Johnson; WTIC)
        Weather Technology in the Cockpit - Pilot Training Requirements
        Weather Sensors Group - (Starr McGettingen; weather products)
        Pilot Study of the FAAs OSE of the GTG and NCV Products
  3. William J. Hughes Technical Center Office
    1. Test & Evaluation Services Group - (Mike Prata; ADSB flight test)
    2. SBS Operational Test Flight Support
Operations
1. En Route and Oceanic Services
  1. Surveillance & Broadcast Services Program Office - Arthur Sullivan; ADSB implementation)
    - SBS Operational Test Flight Support
    - ERAU support of FAA Surveillance & Broadcast Services Program Office and Flight Test Activities
    - 2-Day Workshop in support of the FAA�s ADS-B Implementation Program Office
    - ERAU support of FAA Surveillance & Broadcast Services Program Office and Flight Test Activities
    - Program Management support for the US Airways And Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems Project
    - ADS-B Aviation-Related Research, Consulting, and Training Services as Part of the FAA�s ADS-B Program
Safety Services
1. Independent Operational Testing and Evaluation - (Yen Khanh Vu; ADSB flight test)
  - Independent operational T&E on NAS-ADS-B

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