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... While safety research is the primary domain of the Aviation Safety Program, safetyrelated research is undertaken in all of the ARMD programs. Congress requested this review of NASA's aviation safety-related research programs, seeking an assessment of whether the programs have well-defined, prioritized, and appropriate research objectives; whether resources have been allocated appropriately among these objectives; whether the programs are well coordinated with the safety research programs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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... While these existing nodes of expertise need to be recognized and their critical mass sustained, they risk being neglected as research funding is spread widely to preserve all of ARMD's research capabilities, including those that are no longer unique to NASA or of high safety relevance. yet, even as ARMD seeks to retain and strengthen its core safety research competencies, it must give sufficient attention to investing in the research expertise that will be needed to address new and emerging safety issues, including the capability to address safety issues extending beyond aircraft to the broader aviation environment.
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... Are the Programs Properly Coordinated with the Safety Research Programs of the FAA and Other Relevant Federal Agencies? Finding: Connections with the FAA, other federal agencies, and the aviation community are varied but not deep.
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... yet, for some of the safety-relevant research being pursued by ARMD, the resulting technologies and process are intended to support the FAA operational needs and have early application, in which case transition planning is important. The committee observes, however, that in many such cases NASA and the FAA recognize these challenges and are actively seeking to overcome them, for instance, by coordinating special research transition teams intent on identifying and addressing safety implications much earlier in the research process.
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... Recommendation 3: The Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's safety-related research activities should be subject to regular reviews by outside experts from the Federal Aviation Administration and other government agencies, industry, independent research institutes, and universities. These reviews, which will help in ensuring continued safety relevance, quality, implementation challenges, and successful transitioning, should be undertaken during the formative stages of the research, interim phases, and as the work is being completed.
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