Consulting Services

Capabilities Summary

Skills and engineering experience in near real-time communications– high integrity systems. Engaged in product and system development cycle, TRL-1 thru 7, focus on airborne data links for autonomous and airmobile assets deploying self organizing IP based links.

Nav-Surveillance Activities- PMEI Consultant Actions

Member, RTCA Program Management Committee since 2000. Received RTCA’s Achievement Award, 2006.
Chairman, RTCA Free Flight Steering Committee’s Data Link Evaluation Group (ADS-B evaluation team).
Sr. advisor to FAA’s Office of Future Surveillance Programs and Office of Surveillance and Broadcast Services to achieve national deployment of ADS-B ground infrastructure.
Co-chairman, RTCA committees for development of navigation and surveillance MASPS and MOPS for RTCA SC-159 and SC-186 (GNSS, 1090ES and UAT).
Member, FAA/RTCA Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee ADS-B Work Group and co-chair of the Surveillance and Broadcast Services Specification Team (FAA) for ADS-B lay-down and GPS back-up issues.

CNS Capabilities

Integrator of radio systems in flight demonstrations of Airborne Networking at the FAA Technical Center (NexGen program support).
Provided the ground stations and airborne radio system for FAA and NASA aircraft in the SATS Program.
Member/participant of the ICAO panel and workgroups that developed SARPs for VDL Navigation/Surveillance data link services.
Supported the ICAO GNSS panel SARPs (LAAS) with design engineering, prototype development and validation of EPOL antennas at NAWCAD, Patuxent.
Demonstrated (at Atlanta and Pax River) multi-mode ground station/router to interface VDL/4 and VDL/2 with ground-based automation and safety systems for AMASS and FASSTER
Member, Virginia Small Aircraft Transportation System (VSATS) team and contractor under the NCAM/ NASA Program.