FAA REDAC rates COE performance

7/20/2010

On behalf of the Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee (REDAC), I am enclosing the summary findings and recommendations from the fall meetings of the standing REDAC Subcommittees (Aircraft Safety, NAS Operations, Environment and Energy, Airports, and Human Factors).

Finding (19): The Aircraft Safety Subcommittee was impressed with the research activities underway at the Centers of Excellence for: Airliner Cabin Environment; Advanced Materials and; General Aviation Research. The subcommittee believes that when complemented with FAA management competence and leadership, these cost sharing arrangements represent cost effective ways to conduct relevant research and advance the knowledge of FAA. The subcommittee found that to be the case in the programs reviewed.