Research, Engineering & Development (R,E&D) 

Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes

January 20 and 21, 

1999

Table of Contents

● Meeting Minutes

❍ Day One

❍ Day Two

● Agenda (Attachment 1)

● Attendance List (Attachment 2)

● Committee Report on Air Traffic Services Subcommittee 

Recommendations

(March 5, 1999 letter to Administrator Garvey) 

(Attachment 3)

Meeting Minutes of the Federal Aviation Administration 

Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee 

January 20 and 21, 1999

On January 20 and 21, 1999 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Research, Engineering and Development 

(R,E&D) Advisory Committee held a meeting at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn Westpark Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. 

Attachments 1 and 2 provide the meeting agenda and meeting attendance, respectively.

Day One - January 20

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Dr. Herman Rediess, Executive Director and Designate Federal Official of the Committee, read the public 

meeting notice. Mr. Ralph Eschenbach, Chairman of the Committee welcomed the attendees and a new member 

to the Committee: Dr. Deborah Boehm-Davis, Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. Dr. Rediess 

recognized members leaving the Committee: Mr. Richard Bustelo, Hon. Susan Coughlin, Dr. Satya Atluri, Dr. 

John Lauber, 

Dr. Dennis McLaughlin and Ms. Nancy Price. He thanked them for their dedication and valuable contributions to 

many Committee efforts. He also thanked the retiring Chairman, Mr. Ralph Eschenbach for his dedicated support 

and leadership over the past two years. He announced that Mr. Robert Doll, who currently chairs the Aircraft 

Safety Subcommittee, would be the incoming Chairman.

Mr. Steve Zaidman, Associate Administrator for Research and Acquisitions, expressed appreciation to Mr. 
Eschenbach and other departing members as well as welcoming Mr. Doll. Mr. Zaidman discussed, budget issues, 

the new Aging Systems Advisory Committee, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and 

FAA joint efforts, and the status of FAA’s Global Positioning System (GPS) program. 

● Connie Morrella’s Congressional Committee has tentatively scheduled fiscal year (FY) 2000 R,E&D 

reauthorization hearings for March 4. House FAA appropriation hearings are planned for March 9 and 10 

with discussions on ATC modernization on the 9th and safety and security on the 10th. 

● FAA is trying to fit its mission into the FY 1999 budget. The Operations budget is the biggest account and 

poses the biggest problem. The attempt to accommodate funding requirements may necessitate FAA 

internal adjustment and reduction in personnel. There is an internal plan, which focuses on preserving user 

services. The plan will allow hiring of critical personnel and preservation of as many services as possible, 

but it will mean fewer personnel over the next few years.

● The Aging Systems Advisory Committee is a new committee created as a result of the Gore Commission 

Report. It will focus on aging aircraft systems and address inspections and other Operational activities, not 

research and development (R&D). Any of this new Committee’s work in the R&D arena, would 

necessitate coordination with the R,E&D Advisory Committee. This new Committee is holding its first 

meeting at the FAA on January 20.

● The NASA/FAA Executive Committee met recently to share budget information, discuss metrics and 

goals, and explore program areas linking NASA and FAA to assure R&D activities meet sponsor 

expectations. Recently, the Executive Committee determined FAA’s budget to be inadequate for taking 

NASA’s prototype technology developments to an advanced stage. 

● FAA announced an anticipated 14-month delay in the WAAS initial operating capability (IOC), with IOC 

now expected in September 2000 rather than July 1999. FAA and Raytheon will work the system’s 

technical issues, mainly algorithm generation and integration, but also timing and safety issues. FAA’s 

press release on the subject was made with full customer cooperation, and resulted in frank and productive 

discussions. 

● The Johns Hopkins study on GPS and its augmentations will be released to FAA on 

January 29, 1999. The study addresses significant issues such as interference and associated mitigation 

factors. This study’s review is anticipated to greatly perpetuate dialog among members of the domestic 

and international aviation communities. 

In closing, Mr. Zaidman said the aviation community, for the first time on record, has experienced zero fatalities 

on U.S. air carriers and commuters in 1998. He pointed out that this is a remarkable performance achievement, 

considering U.S. commercial aviation carriers and commuters transport twice the country’s population during the 

year. 

Meeting Process and Objectives

Dr. Rediess reviewed the agenda and invited members to attend a joint FAA R,E&D and NASA Aeronautics and 

Space Transportation (ASTT) Advisory Committee Meeting on January 21, at 1:30 p.m. at NASA Headquarters. 
The meeting agenda for the joint meeting will address the organizational and functional activities of the two 

Committees and their respective subcommittees.

Air Traffic Services Subcommittee Update

The Air Traffic Services (ATS) Subcommittee is one of six standing subcommittees established in January 1997 

to provide recommendations to the FAA on its proposed R,E&D investments portfolio and to conduct annual 

reviews of FAA's research and development program. FAA's ATS program includes air traffic management 

systems; communications, navigation and surveillance systems; and weather systems. Mr. Nancy Price chairs the 

Subcommittee. 

Ms. Nancy Price provided the Committee with a report from the Subcommittee’s November 1998 meeting. The 

Subcommittee found that FAA is not pursuing long-range R&D projects, but instead, is focusing only on the nearterm. This is evident by the transfer of R&D funds to F&E and operations funds. Furthermore, the Operational 

Concept and National Airspace System (NAS) Architecture appear to be diverging rather than paralleling one 

another. An overall, integrated approach is necessary to prevent further divergence. Planning, including 

increasing technical competency within the FAA, as well as systems integration and funding are major NAS 

modernization hurdles. The report addresses these concerns, along with capacity issues.

The members discussed the report and suggested some minor changes. With the changes, the Committee voted to 

approve the report and provide it to the Administrator. The approved report is provided by Attachment 3.

Update on FAA/Eurocontrol R&D Committee Meetings 

Mr. Paul Drouilhet commented on two international research meetings that he recently attended: the USA/Europe 

ATM R&D Seminar and the FAA/Eurocontrol R&D Committee Meeting. 

The USA/Europe ATM R&D Seminar was held in Florida on December 1-4, 1998. The purpose was to provide a 

forum for researchers to share the results of current R&D. Two issues emerged from these discussions that will be 

pursued at the next meeting. (1) User community participation should be expanded, particularly among aircraft 

operators, and (2) meeting results, which are of broad interest to the aviation community, must be more widely 

distributed without compromising the benefit of small-group, informal interaction. [For more information on this 

meeting visit web site www.atm-seminar-98.eurocontrol.fr.]

The second meeting was the FAA/Eurocontrol R&D Committee Meeting, which was held in Florida on 

December 8-9, 1998. This is an ongoing meeting between the agencies for the purpose of collaborating and 

conducting cooperative R&D in areas of mutual interest. 

Mr. Drouilhet found the European ATC R&D more aggressive than U.S. R&D. An example is ADS-B. 

Mr. Drouilhet described the relationship between Eurocontrol and the European Commission (EC) as very 

complex and not well defined. Mr. Drouilhet urged the Committee and Subcommittee to understand not only 

NASA research, but also international research in order to advise more thoroughly. He recommended the 

Committee attempt to contact the EC in addition to Eurocontrol.
Architecture Database

Mr. Steve Bradford, Manager of the NAS Concept Development Branch, and Mr. Steve Decker, from TRW 

Systems and Information Technology Group, presented the National Airspace System Capability and 

Architecture Tool. The Architecture embodies a NAS modernization evolution from today through the year 2015. 

It is not an end-state, but a "living" representation of an integrated and evolutionary approach to NAS 

modernization. The tool reflects the "living" nature of the Architecture. It can be used to provide decision-makers 

with the NAS interdependency data necessary to make mission need, investment, and budget decisions. It can 

promote FAA and industry collaboration and support the FAA acquisition and budget process.

New FAA NASA Partnership Agreement

Mr. Charles Huettner, Deputy Director of Aeronautics for the NASA Office of Aernautics, reviewed the FAA/

NASA partnership agreement that was signed on October 9, 1998, by FAA Administrator Jane Garvey and 

NASA Administrator Daniel Golden. The thrust of the agreement is to improve aviation safety, security, and 

efficiency by ensuring complementary goals and coordinated planning, resources, progress monitoring, and 

changes, if necessary. 

Mr. Huettner invited Committee members to the joint meeting with the ASTT Advisory Committee at NASA 

following the R,E&D Advisory Committee’s meeting. These issues would be discussed there in greater detail.

Committee Restructing

Dr. Herm Rediess reviewed the Advisory Committee’s role, purpose, and structure compared with RTCA and 

NASA. He proposed more clearly defined roles to increase effectiveness and reduce duplication of effort. 

Each group has specific objectives, which are clearly defined in their charters. The Advisory Committee’s 

primary role is to review R&D issues, regardless of where they are funded. RTCA’s primary focus is on 

implementation including providing advice on the Operational Concept and NAS Architecture; therefore, it is not 

effective for the Advisory Committee to spend time on these issues. 

The restructuring proposal includes the following. (1) Linking-members between RTCA and the R,E&D 

Advisory Committee to convey information between the two groups and prevent duplication of effort. (2) R,E&D 

Advisory Committee provides briefing to RTCA on research issues, as needed. (3) Linking members between the 

FAA R,E&D and NASA ASTT Advisory Committees; (4) Common subcommittees between the two advisory 

committees in the areas of safety, NAS efficiency and capacity, and environment.

Subcommittee Updates

Mr. Eschenbach asked each subcommittee chairperson to provide a brief status report on his or her 

subcommittee’s recent efforts and future plans. 

● Ms. Nancy Price, Chair, Air Traffic Services Subcommittee

The Subcommittee will meet on February 23-25, 1999. The plan is to review how the research maps to the 
Architecture tool including NASA efforts. 

● Angela Gittens, Chair, Airports Subcommittee

The Airport Technology budget has been cut to $5 million. However, FAA has continued to prioritize and 

has managed to complete the pavement test facility. The test facility will open in April 1999. Ms. Gittens 

congratulated FAA for its foresight in working with wildlife and setting up a Center of Excellence.

● Robert Doll, Chair, Aircraft Safety Subcommittee

The Subcommittee will meet on March 2- 4, 1999. Mr. Doll will continue to Chair the Subcommittee until 

a replacement is named. The Subcommittee met in August and delivered a report to the Committee in 

September 1998. Mr. Doll applauded the creation of the Aging System Advisory Committee and 

suggested an update on the Centers of Excellence at the April 1999 meeting to acquaint the Committee 

with the program’s scope

● Jim Pierce, Chair, Security Subcommittee

The Subcommittee will meet on February 23-24, 1999, to review recommendations for April meeting. Mr. 

Pierce announced a need for additional Committee members to participate on the Security Subcommittee.

● John Lauber, Chair, Human Factors Subcommittee

The Subcommittee will meet on March 11, 1999. The Subcommittee will focus on the Flight Deck 

Training Program and address recommendation from the last Subcommittee meeting.

● Dr. Wesley Harris, Chair, Environment & Energy Subcommittee

The Subcommittee will meet on February 18, 1999. Dr. Harris introduced Mr. Howard L. Wesoky, the 

FAA’s Designated Federal Official for the Environment and Energy Subcommittee. Dr. Harris discussed 

national and international initiatives in environment and energy, NAS modernization and its impact on the 

environment, the FAA and NASA relationships with respect to environment and energy research, the 

Environmental Research Beyond 2000 effort, and Subcommittee membership. 

Day Two - January 21

Mr. Eschenbach convened the meeting at 8:30 a.m., and Dr. Rediess reiterated the terms of the public meeting 

announcement.

Update on Free Flight Phase 1 (FFP1)

Dr. Clyde Miller, ________________Free Flight Phase 1 Office, presented the FFP1 program, which provides 

early operational benefits by evaluating products and performance through limited deployment to determine 

whether further deployment is warranted. The program is scheduled for completion no later than December 2002. 

There are five products being deployed including Surface Movement Advisor (SMA), Collaborative Decision 
Making (CDM), User Request Evaluation Tool (URET), Traffic Management Advisory (TMA), and Passive 

Final Approach Spacing Tool (pFAST). These are controller decision support tools designed to help controllers 

better manage air traffic. 

Update on Safe Flight 21

Ms. Shelly Myers, Director of the Office of Communication Navigation and Surveillance Systems, presented the 

Safe Flight 21 program. To allay misconceptions about this program, Ms. Myers emphatically stated that Safe 

Flight 21 is not Flight 2000. 

Safe Flight 21 is an operational evaluation of nine NAS enhancements, which were determined by the RTCA 

Select Committee. These nine enhancements include: providing weather and other information to the cockpit; 

using affordable means to reduce controlled flight into terrain; improving capability for approaches in low 

visibility conditions; enhancing the capability to see and avoid adjacent traffic; enhancing the capability to 

delegate aircraft separation authority to the pilot; improving the capability for pilots to navigate airport taxiways; 

enhancing the capability for controllers to manage aircraft and vehicular traffic on airport surface; providing 

surveillance coverage in non-radar airspace; improving separation standards.

In FY 1999, Safe Flight 21 is funded under F&E; however, plans are to fund it entirely with R,E&D funds 

beginning in FY 2000. A plan, detailing the program’s initiatives, is being written and will be available soon.

Proposed Subcommittee on General Aviation and Vertical Flight

Mr. John Zugschwert, Vice President of TEXTRON, presented a proposal to reestablish the Subcommittee on 

General Aviation and Vertical Flight. The proposed subcommittee would address the challenges of implementing 

tilt-rotor technology with respect to the NAS and civil aviation. He asked the Committee’s approval to form a 

team to write the Terms of Reference for the Subcommittee, which he proposed to present at the Committee’s 

April meeting. The Committee approved the proposal to form a team to prepare the Terms of Reference.

Closing Comments 

Mr. Eschenbach thanked members for their participation. Meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m. Members were 

reminded about the joint FAA R,E&D and NASA ASTT Advisory Committee meeting starting at 1:30 p.m. at 

NASA Headquarters.

Attachment 1
Research, Engineering & Development Advisory Committee

Holiday Inn Rosslyn Westpartk Hotel

1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209

(703) 807-2000 FAX: (703) 522-7480

January 20-21, 1999

Agenda

DAY 1 - JANUARY 20

9:00 am-9:30 am Welcome and Introductory Remarks

● Farewell to Retiring Members

● Welcome New Members

Mr. Ralph Eschenbach, Chair

Dr. Herman Rediess, FAA

9:30 am-9:45 am Update on R,E&D Budget Mr. Steve Zaidman, FAA

9:45 am-10:00 am Meeting Process and Objectives Dr. Herman Rediess, FAA

10:00 am-10:30 am Air Traffic Services Subcommittee Update Ms. Nancy Price

10:30 am-10:45 am BREAK

10:45 am-11:00 am Update on FAA/EUROCONTROL R&D 

Committee Mtg. Held in Florida

Mr. Paul Drouilhet

11:00 am-12:00 noon Architecture Database Mr. Steve Bradford, FAA
12:00 noon LUNCH

1:00 pm-2:00 pm Architecture Database - Continued Mr. Steve Bradford, FAA

2:00 pm BREAK

2:15 pm-2:30 pm New FAA NASA Partnership Agreement Mr. Charlie Huettner, NASA

2:30 pm-4:30 pm Committee Restructuring

-- Committee Role vs. RTCA Role

-- NASA/FAA Advisory Committee 

Relationship

-- Committee Meetings

-- Subcommittees

-- Budget Process Management

Dr. Herman Rediess, FAA

4:30 pm-5:00 pm Subcommittee Updates and Future Meeting Plans

Subcommittee on Air Traffic Services Ms. Nancy Price

Subcommittee on Airports Ms. Angela Gittens

Subcommittee on Aircraft Safety Mr. Robert Doll

Subcommittee on Security Mr. James Pierce

Subcommittee on Human Factors Dr. John Lauber

Subcommittee on Env. & Energy Dr. Wesley Harris
5:00 pm Adjourn

Day 2 - January 21

8:30 am Meeting Convened Mr. Ralph Eschenbach, Chair

8:30 am-9:15 am Update on Free Flight Phase 1 Dr. Clyde Miller, FAA

9:15 am-10:00 am Safe Flight 21 Update Ms. Shelly Myers, FAA

10:00 am BREAK

10:15 am-10:30 am Discussion on the Proposed Subcommittee 

on General Aviation & Vertical Flight

Mr. John Olcott

Mr. John Zugschwert

10:30 am-11:30 Committee Discussions

11:30 am Meeting Adjourned

Attachment 2
Research, Engineering & Development (R,E&D) Advisory Committee

January 20-21, 1999

Attendance

Members

Mr. Ralph Eschenbach Lt. Gen. Spence Armstrong Mr. Viggo Butler

Hon. Susan Coughlin Mr. Robert Doll Mr. Paul Drouilhet

Mr. Paul Fiduccia Ms. Angela Gittens Dr. Wesley Harris

Mr. Bruce Landsberg Dr. Dennis McLaughlin Mr. Jack Olcott

Mr. James Pierce Mr. Neil Planzer Ms. Nancy Price

Mr. Edward Stimpson Dr. Deborah Boehm-Davis Dr. Herman Rediess

Audience

Steve Zaidman, FAA Quentin Taylor, FAA Rudy Ruana, Jeppesen

Jim White, FAA Joseph Pino, FAA Tom Proeschel, FAA

Earl Weener, Boeing Richard Young, FAA Edward Spitzer, Volpe

Roy Reichenbach, NASA Mike Versage, FAA Bob Tyler, FAA

Jon Baldwin, FAA Virgenia Embrey, FAA Jim Poage, Volpe

Mark Rodgers, FAA Lee Olson, FAA Keith Murray, SETA

Richard John, Volpe Fidel Cornell, DOT/IG Bennie Sanford, FAA

C.T. Ruehle, FAA Rosanne Marion, FAA Nick Stoer, Stoer & Assoc.

Geoff Mumford, APA Robert Jacobsen, AMES Charles Huettner, NASA

Randy Stevens, FAA Cathy Myers, CTA David Goehler, Jeppesen

Mike Gallivan, FAA Terry Kraus, FAA Michael Shapiro, SETA
Joseph McCormick Howard Wesoky, FAA Sieg Poritzky

Brent Foote, NCAR Nancy Lane, FAA Bruce Carmichael, NCAR

Lynne O'Rourke, TRW David Johnson, FBPCS Patrick Lewis, FAA

Diana Liang, FAA Paul Jones, FAA William Thedford, SRC

Raymond LaFrey, MIT LL Warren Fellner, FAA Edward Gervais, Boeing

John Fielding, Raytheon Fred Broadway, FAA Dennis Filler, FAA

Anne Harlan, FAA Herb Bachner, FAA Bill Edmunds, ALPA

Bill Bozin, ATA Al Albrecht Hugh McLaurin, FAA

Jim Banks, ATCA Glenn Orthmann, ACI Wilson Felder, TRW

Chuck Friesenhahn, FAA Hugh Bergeron, FAA Kenneth Cobb, TRW

Lawrence Buehler, FAA Lauren Grace, FAA Vivian Hobbs, Volpe

Paul Abramson, SRC Tisha Colvin, SRI Steve Bradford, FAA

Steve Decker, TRW Mike Harrison, FAA Phil Yu, TRW

Jeff Grove, Science Cmte. Bob DeRoode, Gallium Charles Fluet, FAA

Jan Brecht-Clark, FAA Lyle Malotky, FAA Joe Justiniano, FAA

Jim Wilson, Science Cmte. Al Babbitt, TRW Diane Boone, MITRE

Paul Polski, FAA Glenn Smith, NASA Robert Wright, FAA

Chris Seher, FAA Mike Prendergrast, P&W T.J. O'Brien, FAA

Jim Banks, ATCA Hank Cabler, FAA Michael Flores, FAA

Jim Herbert, FAA Shelly Myers, FAA Hal Bell, FAA

Mark Rockman, MITRE Don Streeter, FAA Clyde Miller, FAA

Sieg Poritzky Hans Weber, WTA Dwight Love, MITRE

J. Zugschwert, TEXTRON Glen Martin, FAA Gloria Dunderman, Crown

Mary Barboza, FAA June Lidder, TRW Denise Davis, FAA
Carole Schmidt, Crown Marcie Romagnoli, TRW

Attachment 3

March 5, 1999

The Honorable Jane Garvey 

Administrator 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, DC 20591 

Dear Ms. Garvey:

The recent meeting of our R,E&D Advisory Committee and the work of our Air Traffic Services Subcommittee 

impels me to offer some thoughts of our Committee to you directly.

As always, the meetings have been informative and the obvious dedication of the briefers has been gratifying. Yet 

the meetings have been disturbing in several respects, - among them:

a. the lack of any real long range research and development programs,

b. the transfer of funds from R&D to F&D and Operations which further weakens and confuses the R&D 

program and

c. virtually no focus on the major challenge of system and airport capacity, of which capacity-increasing 

technologies and procedures are a part.

Based on the priority being given to near-term system improvements, we note again that the current efforts are 

seemingly all directed at implementing things on which the real R&D was done years ago. These things need to 

be implemented rapidly and we support them enthusiastically. However, there appears to be little, if any, real 

R&D efforts associated with the integration of the near-term improvements to a more capable system for the 

future. There is acknowledgement within the FAA that the absolutely crucial work for the future is not being 

addressed. Without a vigorous R&D program, nothing will be ready to be implemented after Free Flight Phase 1. 

This lack of early planning could easily lead to a long gap in implementation of completed research. Our NASA 

friends have pointed out that NASA’s research stops short of fieldable systems and requires important FAA R&D 

to complete the efforts if the NASA research is to be successful. Other outside the United States are doing 

meaningful R&D and the U.S. will inevitably lose its eminent role.

The R&D situation has been further aggravated by the shift of money to F&E and Operations. Congress moved 
most of the Air Traffic Management programs and all of the Airports technology programs to the Facilities and 

Equipment (F&E) budget, reflecting the emphasis on the near-term at the expense of the longer-term. With the 

R&D funding and responsibilities for implementation separated into so many different pots, the R&D 

management, focus and effort have been seriously compromised.

The new Architecture and the new Operations Concept, on which ARA and ATS have been working hard and 

effectively, are of limited value if they don’t clearly show where we need to go – regardless of funding. However, 

without adequate funding, solutions will neither be achieved promptly or easily. The FAA should not indulge in 

the pretense that system modernization can be carried out with the present funding. Ms. Garvey, the FAA must 

find a way to convince Congress that the R&D budget must be increased. This budget issue requires exceptional 

action.

We were briefed on the development and active pursuit of a new "Architecture" tool (which is an overall planning 

and scheduling tool depicting the steps to NASA modernization) being developed by FAA with its TRW 

contractor. It is potentially a very powerful tool, and we strongly encourage its wide internal and external use. 

Further work is required to evolve the system to provide a time-phased architecture showing how specific 

products evolve to provide the service evolution, as well as work to define the metrics of resultant benefits. It 

may be tempting to some to downplay or hide this powerful tool, because it will show starkly the consequences of 

inadequate funding, inadequate organization and inadequate system engineering, but it deserves your strong 

support.

Several of us have the impression that the close melding of the ARA Architecture and the ATS Operations 

Concept, which has been a major and highly welcome FAA accomplishment, is perhaps unraveling a bit. There is 

great value and importance of them staying close and fully tracking in unison, just as it is important that the new 

"Architecture" tool remain in lock step with these activities.

We had a good briefing on the evolution of Flight 2000 (intended as a real life "beta test" of some of the new 

technologies) to SafeFlight 21. While this redirection is brand new, it is highly promising and we think it deserves 

strong support. While FAA is using RTCA as its advisory body on operational matters of Safe Flight 21, we stand 

ready to help on the R&D aspects of it.

The lack of adequate and enough technical competence in FAA remains a critical matter, one which can not be 

resolved by hiring more support contractors and external body shops – it requires a critical mass of good people 

inside the FAA. Additional good program and technical managers, system and software engineers are needed.

FAA and NASA are trying, at the top level, to work together a bit more closely that before. However, the union is 

not yet nearly close enough, especially since NASA has a substantial part of the available R&D funds. We know 

about, and support, the efforts of Steve Zaidman and Sam Armstrong to bring the agencies together. As noted 

above, our NASA friends have pointed out that NASA’s research stops short of fieldable systems, and requires an 

important FAA R&D effort. It will need unflagging attention from the highest levels in FAA – both ARA and 

ATS – if the money and efforts are to result in useful and timely products.
Finally, we urge you to reinstate and reinvigorate FAA’s emphasis on our most challenging problem for the 

future – meeting the nation’s needs for adequate system and airport capacity. We stand ready to help.

Sincerely,

Ralph Eschenbach

Chairman, R,E&D Advisory Committee