Technology Development, Validation, and Transfer Via the FAA Airworthiness Assurance Validation
In 1991, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) established an Airworthiness Assurance NDI Validation Center (AANC) at Sandia National Laboratories. Its primary mission is to support technology development, validation, and transfer to industry in order to enhance the airworthiness and improve the aircraft maintenance practices of the U.S. commercial aviation industry. The Center conducts projects in a myriad of engineering disciplines. The results are placed in the public domain so that the industry at-large can reap the benefits of FAA-funded Research and Development efforts. To support the Center's goals, the FAA/AANC has set up a hangar facility at the Albuquerque International Airport which contains a collection of transport and commuter aircraft as well as other test specimens. The facility replicates a working maintenance environment by incorporating both the physical inspection difficulties as well as the environmental factors which influence maintenance reliability.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 5806
- Report Number(s):
- SAND99-0940C; TRN: AH200115%%118
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Society for Experimental Mechanics Conference, Cincinnati, OH (US), 06/07/1999--06/09/1999; Other Information: PBD: 15 Apr 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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FAA Airworthiness Assurance NDI Validation Center (AANC) operated by Sandia National Laboratories.