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Aircraft Safety Research and Development Branch conducts research
on aircraft icing, lightning, and fire hazards. The Flight Safety
Research Section addresses both natural and manmade atmospheric
hazards: ie., aircraft inflight icing, aircraft ground deicing,
aircraft ice detection; electromagnetic environmental effects
such as high intensity radiated fields, lightning and hazards
generated by portable electronic devices; and digital system
validation technologies for flight controls and other critical
avionics systems. The Fire Safety Section conducts research to
enhance the effectiveness of cabin safety by establishing an
international framework, evaluation of Refrigerant FE-25 as a
Halon 1301 simulant for use in aircraft cargo compartment certification
tests, and research and full-scale fire tests for the purpose
of hardening an aircraft fuselage against burnthrough by a postcrash
external fuel fire. |
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