Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration Airport Safety Section Update ANG-E261 REDAC Jim Patterson March 16, 2016

2 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Safety Projects & Plans Safety RPD Budget Summary Resources R&D Projects New Safety Building Report Publications

3 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Safety - RPD Budget Summary RPD #Research ProjectRPD Mgr EnactedRPA 132AIRPORT PLANNING Cyrus $ 550$ 3, AIRPORT DESIGN Vitagliano $ 850$ 1, OPERATION OF NEW LARGE AIRCRAFT Bagot $ RUNWAY SIMULATOR Cyrus $ COMPOSITE MATERIALS FIRE FIGHTING Bagot $ DATA MINING DATABASE Vitagliano $ COMPLEX RUNWAY GEOMETRY Vitagliano $ 1, AIRCRAFT BRAKING AND FRICTION Breen $ RUNWAY SURFACE TECHNOLOGY Subbotin $ 600 $ 1, AIRPORT SLEEP & ANNOYANCE Vitagliano $ AIRPORT WILDLIFE HAZARDS King $ 2, VISUAL GUIDANCE / INCURSION REDUCTION Gallagher $ 2,400 $ 1, AIRPORT RESCUE / FIRE FIGHTING Bagot $ 900 $ 3, AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TAXIWAY Bassey/Garg $ 900 $ INNOVATIVE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES Bassey $ 1,210 $ 1, AIRPORT ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHTBD $ 1, TOTAL SAFETY: $ 15,410 $ 14,300 TOTAL ALL: $ 27,600 $ 27,400 PERCENTAGE OF CONTRACT BUDGET:56%52%

4 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Safety Resources FAA – 10 (including Section Manager) New FTE – Support Environmental Work

5 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 FY16 - Major Projects Underway Airport Noise Aircraft Braking Safety Database (Data Mining) / Complex Geometry EMAS Research Taxiway LED Lighting New Research Fire Truck!

6 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 FY16 - Major Cooperative Efforts PEGASAS – Several Safety Related Tasks Assigned –Midpoint Marker –Rumble Strips –Paint Coverage Application –Alternative Aviation Fuels Fire Safety –Lighted X –Linear LED Lighting –LED Taxiway Lighting System –LED Hot/Cold Performance Testing –Runway Centerline Deviation –SMS Software for Airports ICAO –Visual Guidance –ARFF ARFF Working Group

7 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Report Publications New reports published within last 12 mo: 10 New reports published since last REDAC: 5 New reports in editing process/draft: 5

8 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Report Publications (Last 12 Mo.) DOT/FAA/TC-13/8 Feasibility of Anti-Icing Airfield Pavements Using Conductive Concrete and Renewable Solar Energy 4/4/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-TN13/11 Development of Prototype Nozzles for Freighter Aircraft Fire Applications 4/23/2013 Community Service Airports Visual Aids Handbook 6/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-TN13/22 Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment Validation Effort of the Runway Condition Assessment Matrix 6/3/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-TN13-27 Airport Accident and Incident Analysis 7/1/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-13/31 Computational Flame Characterization of New Large Aircraft Immersed in Hydrocarbon Pool Fires 8/5/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-13/30 Full-Scale Evaluation of ARFF Tactics for Cargo Fires on Freighter Aircraft 8/6/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-13/12 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Strategies and Tactical Considerations for New Large Aircraft 8/2013

9 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Report Publications (Last 12 Mo.) DOT/FAA/TC-13/31 Computational Flame Characterization of New Large Aircraft Immersed in Hydrocarbon Pool Fires 8/5/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-13/30 Full-Scale Evaluation of ARFF Tactics for Cargo Fires on Freighter Aircraft 8/6/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-13/12 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Strategies and Tactical Considerations for New Large Aircraft 8/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-13/48 Review of Recent Research on Using Gyratory Compaction to Design Hot Mix Asphalt for Airfield Pavements 10/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-TN13/47 Avian Radar: Magnetron Replacement Requirements 11/2013 DOT/FAA/TC-13/51 Weight and Balance Behavior of a Freighter Aircraft During Cargo Fire Test Evaluations 2/2014 DOT/FAA/TC-14/1 Characterization of the Flammability and Thermal Decomposition Properties of Aircraft Skin Composite Materials and Combustible Surrogates 2/2014

10 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Report Publications (Last 12 Mo.) DOT/FAA/TC-14/22 Impact Of Alternative Fuels Present In Airports On Aircraft Rescue And Firefighting Response—Literature Review 8/2014 DOT/FAA/TC-14/23 Development Of A Firefighting Agent Application Test Protocol For Aircraft Fuselage Composites, Phase I—glare 8/2014 DOT/FAA/TC-14/33 Penetration Study Of Aluminum, Glass Fiber- reinforced Aluminum Laminate, And Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic 11/2014 DOT/FAA/TC-15/2 Evaluation Of Aviation Rumble Strips 1/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-TN14/48 Foreign Object Debris Characterization At A Large International Airport 2/2015 All Reports available at:

11 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Report Publications (Last 12 Mo.) DOT/FAA/TC-15/18 Overview of the Taxiway Centerline Deviation Study at Airplane Design Group III Airports 5/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-15/21 Experimental Flow Characterization and Computational Model Development of Aqueous Film Forming Foam Firefighting Jets 6/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-15/26 Comparative Evaluation of Rescue Saw Blades for Forcible Entry Into Advanced Composite Material Aircraft 7/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-15/31 Development of an Intermediate-Scale Test Method for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Firefighting Agents to Suppress Aircraft Skin Composite Fires 7/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-TN15/32 Brightness/Luminous Intensity Values for Blue, White, and Green Aviation Signal Lights Using Light-Emitting Diodes 7/2015 All Reports available at:

12 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Report Publications (Last 6 Mo.) DOT/FAA/TC-TN15/50 Evaluation of Structured Methyl Methacrylate Marking to Increase Paint Conspicuity 9/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-15/52 Development and Evaluation of Safety Orange Airport Construction Signage 9/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-15/53 Deployment and Assessment of Avian Radar Systems at John F. Kennedy International Airport 9/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-TN15/54 Performance Assessment of the Laufer Wind Aircraft Detection System as an Aircraft Detection Lighting System 9/2015 DOT/FAA/TC-14/61 Artificial Turf and Gopher Tortoises at Orlando Sanford International Airport 12/2015 All Reports available at:

13 Federal Aviation Administration Safety Projects and Plans March 16, 2016 Thank You!