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Airport Safety Section UpdateANG-E261

REDAC

Jim Patterson

March 16, 2016

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Safety Projects and Plans 

March 16, 2016	

Safety Projects & Plans
        - Safety RPD Budget Summary
        - Resources
        - R&D Projects
        - New Safety Building
        - Report Publications

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Safety Projects and Plans 

March 16, 2016	

Safety - RPD Budget Summary
| RPD #                          | Research Project                      | RPD Mgr.    | 2016       | 2017        |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|                                |                                       |             | Enacted    | RPA         |
| 132                            | AIRPORT PLANNING                      | Cyrus       | $      550 | $    3,000  |
| 133                            | AIRPORT DESIGN                        | Vitagliano  | $      850 | $    1,600  |
| 134                            | OPERATION OF NEW LARGE AIRCRAFT       | Bagot       | $      600 |
| 139                            | RUNWAY SIMULATOR                      | Cyrus       | $      400 |
| 140                            | COMPOSITE MATERIALS FIRE FIGHTING     | Bagot       | $      750 |
| 141                            | DATA MINING DATABASE                  | Vitagliano  | $      500 | $      500  |
| 142                            | COMPLEX RUNWAY GEOMETRY               | Vitagliano  | $   1,000  |
| 147                            | AIRCRAFT BRAKING AND FRICTION         | Breen       | $      500 |
| 148                            | RUNWAY SURFACE TECHNOLOGY             | Subbotin    | $      600 | $    1,100  |
| 149                            | AIRPORT SLEEP & ANNOYANCE         | Vitagliano  | $      750 | $       750 |
| 150                            | AIRPORT WILDLIFE HAZARDS              | King        | $   2,500  | $    2,500  |
| 151                            | VISUAL GUIDANCE / INCURSION REDUCTION | Gallagher   | $   2,400  | $    1,500  |
| 152                            | AIRPORT RESCUE / FIRE FIGHTING        | Bagot       | $      900 | $    3,000  |
| 153                            | AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TAXIWAY   | Bassey/Garg | $      900 | $       450 |
| 154                            | INNOVATIVE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES     | Bassey      | $   1,210  | $    1,500  |
| 157                            | AIRPORT ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH        | TBD         | $   1,000  | --          |
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| TOTAL SAFETY:                  | $   15,410                            | $  14,300   |
|                                | TOTAL ALL:                            |             | $   27,600 | $  27,400   |
| PERCENTAGE OF CONTRACT BUDGET: | 56%                                   | 52%         |

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Safety Projects and Plans 

March 16, 2016	

Safety Resources
        - FAA – 10  (including Section Manager)
        - New FTE – Support Environmental Work

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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 

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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
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        - All Reports available at:  http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/safety/downloads/

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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:  http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/safety/downloads/

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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:  http://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/safety/downloads/

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Safety Projects and Plans 

March 16, 2016	

Thank You!

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