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FAA Research, Engineering & Development

The Federal Aviation Administration's Research, Engineering and Development program conducts aviation research to ensure a safe, efficient, and environmentally compatible air transportation system. Research is conducted on safety, human factors, aviation weather, and environment.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Effective

This is the highest rating a program can achieve. Programs rated Effective set ambitious goals, achieve results, are well-managed and improve efficiency.
  • The program is well-managed and results oriented. The Research, Engineering, and Development program has specific long-term measures tied to multi-year objectives that support the agency's strategic plan. The program's goals are developed in conjunction with sponsors and partners from industry, universities, other agencies, users, and associations.
  • The program gains tremendous cost efficiencies through its Centers of Excellence program. The Centers of Excellence program provides matching funds from non-federal sources enabling the program to leverage industry resources to help finance critical safety research.
  • The program's performance plan does not include efficiency measures and targets.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Improving the cost accounting system to view financial plans at various reporting levels in real time.
  • Delphi financial reports are used in daily management and assisted in controlling overhead expenses.
  • The efficiency measure is to maintain a RE&D management workforce comprising no more than 10 percent of its overal RE&D workforce.

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