1. AED Familiarization and US Army Airworthiness Overview
Presented to:
Huntsville Aerospace Marketing Association
AED Familiarization and US Army Airworthiness
Overview
Approved for public release;
distribution unlimited. Review completed by the AMRDEC Public Affairs Office
5 Feb 2009; FN3832.
Presented by:
Mr. Jeffrey Langhout
Director
Aviation Engineering Directorate
11 July 2013
AMRDEC Public Release: FN3832 1

2. AGENDA Who is Jeff Langhout? What is AED?
Why do our customers need AED?
The Big Three
Transforming
What Lies Ahead…

3. Who is Jeff Langhout Raised in Huntsville
BIE, Auburn 1986; MSE, UAH 1991
Army employee since April 1986.
MSIC/TSMO ( ), Cargo PM ( ), AED (2013-)
Christian
Believe 100% that God is always with me and wont throw at me more than I can handle
Our time on Earth is when we decide what eternity will be for each of us
Relationships run the world… processes are important, but people and their relationships are what gets things accomplished.
What you see is what you get
Hobbies: Golf and taking care of church stuff…
Married to Jackie for 26 years. Children -- Grace 21, Robert 18

4. WHAT IS AED?
As the FAA is to commercial aviation – AED is to most of Army Aviation
Mission: “Deliver responsive airworthiness solutions throughout the system life cycle. Sustain the leadership and engineering expertise necessary to provide valued products to our aviation customers”

5. AIRWORTHINESS
Definition: “The property of an air system configuration to safely attain, sustain, and complete flight in accordance with approved usage limits”
Governed by Army Regulation 70-62
DA-G4 (LTG Mason) is the Airworthiness Proponent
AMCOM CG (MG Collyar) is the Airworthiness Authority
MG Collyar delegates to AED for the majority of Army Aviation

6. Aviation Engineering Directorate
Delegated Airworthiness Authority for ~ 4000 manned and 8000 unmanned a/c ~ 100 different model/design/series
Liaison Engineers in the field enabling readiness and OPTEMPO
Principal architects of
UAS airworthiness policy
DoDD on airworthiness
International Military Airworthiness
Authority recognition
Personnel
Civil Service ~ 500
PhD ~ 20
Masters Degree ~ 165
Bachelors Degree ~ 350
Contractors ~ 300
AIRWORTHINESS
Standards
Design
Approval
Production
Airworthiness
Continuing

7. Aviation Engineering Directorate
Deputy
Director
Business Mgmt
Division
Associate Director for Technology
Associate Director for Systems
Aeromechanics Division
Maintenance Engr Division
Aviation Systems Division
Armed Scout Helo Division
Mission Equipment Division
Sustainment
Division
Cargo
Division
Special Opns Aircraft Division
Propulsion Division
Apache
Division
Utility
Division
Structures & Materials Division
Non-Standard RW
Division
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Division
SED Aviation Division

8. WHY DO OUR CUSTOMERS NEED US
Because of The Quality Products We Provide:
Airworthiness Releases (AWR)
Statement of Airworthiness Qualification (SAQ)
Airworthiness Impact Statements (AWIS)
Airworthiness Qualification Plans (AQP)
Expert reviews of assigned CDRLs
Quality Deficiency Reporting (QDR) analysis
Expert analysis, advice, service, and consultation in: structures and materiel, aeromechanics, mission equipment, propulsion, sustaining and maintenance engineering, and test support.

9. THE BIG THREE
Three Key Points I continue to drive home with the workforce and our customers.
1. We take our mission seriously, we don’t take ourselves seriously.
2. Our job is to get our customers to their finish line.
3. We want our customers to want us on their teams, not have to have us on their teams.

10. Transforming
As a necessity due the Army’s role with MI-17 and furthered now with the adoption of DOD Directive …
AED’s role now includes validating/verifying processes rather than conducting detailed engineering data analysis when determining airworthiness acceptability of foreign airworthiness authorities.

11. Foreign Military Airworthiness Authority (MAA) Recognition
Russia
NATO AWWG
Singapore
(CH-47, AH-64)
Italy
(C-27J)
Canada
(CH-47)
Canada
US Navy
Unilateral
United
Kingdom
US Army
Bilateral
USAF
Czech
New
Zealand
Netherlands
Australia UK
(in work)
Peers
Near Peers
Sweden
(in work)
Others
Air and Space Interoperability Council (ASIC)

12. WHAT LIES AHEAD Sequestration isn’t going away anytime soon
Our customer budgets are shrinking
80+ % of our money comes from our customers…
Continued “quality of life” pressures
Hiring freeze – so struggling to build the bench
All that said:
AED will continue to make the choice to be happy and motivated.
We are a proud organization that looks forward to continuing to provide quality and timely products to our customers.

13. QUESTIONS?