Background

Aviation Management Associates, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Virginia on April 1, 1984 to provide a wide range of aviation consulting services to assist individuals and organizations in addressing primarily Federal Aviation Administration regulatory and services challenges and opportunities.

The fact that Aviation Management Associates has survived and prospered as a small consulting firm focusing in aviation venues for over twenty-five (25) years is testimony to the value Aviation Management brings to its broad base of clients. Aviation Management Associates touches virtually every aspect of issues related to the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA Aeronautics and the Transportation Security Administration. Aviation Management has become known among those in aviation circles as a can-do company of significant and broad aviation domain knowledge and expertise.

Since 1984 Aviation Management Associates has provided marketing support to companies which have been awarded more than $5 billion in contracts with the Federal Aviation Administration. These companies range from Federal Aviation Administration technical assistance support contractors to vendors selling the Federal Aviation Administration a variety of goods and services from aviation data to instrument landing systems to security training.

Aviation Management Associates has also been successful in assisting airlines and aviation manufacturers in receiving approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration for exemptions to Federal Aviation Regulations. These have included regulatory exemptions related to airline slots at high density airports, aircraft parts pools, training simulator requirements, aircraft and flight crew qualifications, and aircraft certification and registration.

Technical projects undertaken by Aviation Management Associates have been varied and have had notable success. These efforts range from airport related operational performance surveys to airspace obstruction evaluation to aviation related data acquisition, analysis and publication to technical and policy planning and critiques.

Qualifications

Aviation Management Associates has a long and successful history of working with a wide variety of aviation related clients to identify and achieve goals and objectives quickly and efficiently for the following reasons:

1. •Known and trusted in government aviation circles.
   

1. •Understands government aviation personal and organizational duties, authorities and responsibilities, including an intimate knowledge of procedures and processes.
   

1. •Comprehends government aviation latent and active personal and organizational requirements.
   

1. •Capable of creating viable visions and solutions that satisfies government aviation wants, needs and desires.
   

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In addition to 25 years of domain experience, Aviation Management Associates brings the resources of over 25 highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced former executives and senior managers to support clients needs. This literally saves many clients tens of years in building the knowledge base and relationships that Aviation Management Associates brings from day one. 

Past Performance

The following detailed performance ratings are results of an independent third party query of Aviation Management Associates’ past and present clients. Aviation Management is proud to have an average performance rating of 93 out of 100. This “A” rating demonstrates Aviation Management’s continuing commitment to the objectives of Six Sigma in creating and sustaining an organization committed to excellence.

Airline and Airports

Operational Surveys, concurrently analyzing overall air traffic control, airport and airline performance, have achieved significant operational benefits in improved airport performance at a number of major airport locations. In the case of John F. Kennedy International Airport, one major U.S. flag carrier experienced an air traffic control delay reduction from thirty-five (35) hours per day to less than four (4) hours per day over a six (6) month period as a result of Aviation Management Associates' recommendations adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration and the principal airline involved. More recently, Charlotte/Douglas International Airport achieved a forty percent (40%) reduction in air traffic control related delays since the adoption of operational recommendations made by Aviation Management Associates to the Federal Aviation Administration.

In addition, Aviation Management has successfully supported air traffic control improvement initiatives for People's Express and subsequently Continental Airlines at Newark International Airport. Similar successful initiatives were pursued at Baltimore Washington International Airport for Piedmont Airlines, Henson Airlines and US Airways.

Aviation Management worked closely with the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control and Flight Standards and Procedures on behalf of Ransome Airlines, Pan Am Express and TW Express to develop and implement RNAV, MLS and Land and Hold Short Procedures in the Northeast Corridor. This work entailed the development of both ILS and MLS instrument approach procedures as were as extensive planning and data reduction and analysis of flight test performance data.

Aviation Management supported both operational and scheduling requirements for AirCal immediately prior to its acquisition by American Airlines. This work entailed coordinating with the Air Transport Association Scheduling Committee and a variety of government organizations to insure airport access and successful flight operations subsequent to the air traffic controller's strike on August 1981.

Aviation Management also developed and coordinated with the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration the operational implementation plans for United Airlines to establish its hub operations at Dulles International Airport. Notably these plans included the establishment of the first comprehensive airport funded ramp control system in the United States. Aviation Management also supported United Airlines flight operations and airline operational control organizations dealing almost daily with the Federal Aviation Administration and its Air Traffic Management initiatives and operations.

As part of Aviation Management's support responsibilities to United Airlines, Aviation Management successfully obtained waivers to Federal Aviation Administration Regulations to permit United Airlines to use selected Phase 2A Simulators to meet pilot training requirements as well as waivers to permit United Airlines to successfully acquire and operate Pan Am trans-pacific operations.

Aviation Management has never been denied a waiver to Federal Aviation Regulations written and submitted on behalf of its clients. This includes; a waiver for the Trump Shuttle to begin operation, a waiver for North American Rockwell to demonstrate Ground Proximity Warning System to military pilots, a waiver for Mark Air to operate under US Flag Carrier rules, a waiver for Lynden Air Cargo operate without digital cockpit recorder updates, a waiver for Reeves Air Aleutian for fire suppression, and a waiver for Lynden Air Cargo to re-engine its C-130 fleet.

Aviation Management was employed by the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport to manage the successful establishment of an FAA Contract Control Tower. The Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority also employed Aviation Management to assist in the reopening of the Control Tower for the Downtown Island Airport. Aviation Management also supported analysis and planning and directed execution to establish improved air traffic control capabilities for Waukesha Wisconsin Municipal Airport.

Aviation Manufacturers and Service Providers

Aviation Management worked closely with the Federal Aviation Administration on behalf of Technical and Management Services Corporation (TAMSCO) to establish the Federal Aviation Administration requirements for a low cost Airport Surface Detection Radar (ASDE) and deploy initial radar demonstration systems. This initiative was the forerunner to the current Federal Aviation Administration ASDE-X procurement.

Aviation Management was also employed by Wilcox Electric and later AirSys to assist in developing Federal Aviation Administration voice switch design and operation. Aviation Management also supported these organizations in understanding and implementing Federal Aviation Administration requirements for navigation systems including Instrument Landing Systems, Loran C, Microwave Landing Systems and Global Positioning Landing Systems. Aviation Management also provided similar support to a number of clients including Airport Systems Incorporated International, Megapulse and Canadian Marconi Company, Ltd.

Computer Sciences Corporation, Inc. has employed Aviation Management on a number of occasions to support knowledge of Federal Aviation Administration architecture, infrastructure and equipment. Support efforts include subject areas of traffic flow management, flight plan processing, weather messaging and switching and consolidated notam processing.

Aviation Management has been contracted by IBM, Loral and Lockheed Martin to assist in understanding and develop system designs and technologies in support of Federal Aviation Administration enroute automation initiatives. This has required Aviation Management to have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the entire National Airspace System architecture, infrastructure, and functions. Motorola as well as Raytheon have employed Aviation Management in a similar fashion based upon Aviation Management's knowledge of National Airspace System's communication infrastructure.

Iridium had employed Aviation Management to provide regulatory support to address critical communication spectrum allocation issues with the Federal Aviation Administration. Although Aviation Management was successful in its endeavors to aid Iridium, Iridium did not.

Aviation Management was temporarily employed by Fairchild then Orbital Sciences to support program initiatives to transfer military mission planning systems technology to the Federal Aviation Administration in support of an automated instrument approach procedures design capabilities called IAPA. Orbital Sciences was award the IAPA prototype.

Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP) provides comprehensive aviation regulatory documentation to thousands of aircraft owners, operators and maintainers. Aviation Management assisted ATP in modernizing its information technology infrastructure from micofiche to electronic media in order to interface Federal Aviation Administration requirements for Flight Standards Inspectors using portable laptops. Focus included data security and access concerns.

Aviation Management provided aviation domain knowledge and expertise to Northrop Grumman Information Technology in identifying hardware and software application and requirements with aviation venues.

Aviation Management was employed by Orincon Corporation to assist in developing aviation applications of inductive loop technology for airport runway incursion applications and well as working closely with the Federal Aviation Administration on deployment of a test site at Long Beach Airport in California.

Aviation Management provided support to AIR(R) American Support, Inc. to assist in standardizing cockpit pilot interface for air traffic procedures and changing instrument approach procedures requirements for GPS.

Arcata Associates of North Las Vegas employed Aviation Management to introduce military radar video compression products to the Federal Aviation Administration. As a result of design changes coordinated by Aviation Management over thirty (30) Arcata systems were sold enabling the Federal Aviation Administration to remotely locate outdated terminal surveillance radar systems.

Aviation Management has contracted with Universal Avionics Systems Corporation to provide insight and coordination into developing National Airspace System requirements for communication, navigation and surveillance for aircraft avionic requirements. Notably, a significant effort was placed on developing an integrated satellite navigational capability utilizing both the US GPS as well as the Russian GLNOSS.

The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC) has employed Aviation Management to assist understanding and coordinating requirements for aviation weather systems as well as developing capabilities and products to meet current and future aviation weather needs. Similar work is performed under contract to Weather Services International (WSI). In addition, Aviation Management has been intimately involved with TASC efforts to support the Federal Aviation Administration's integrated data and information infrastructure through both air traffic and flight standards offices.

Aviation Management has been employed by ARINC has provided detailed information concerning aviation requirements and solutions for Federal Aviation Administration wire and wireless communications programs. Aviation Management has also supported Wang in efforts to understand the Federal Aviation Administration communications architecture, infrastructure and interface for both operational and administrative telephony.

Aviation Management under contract to Johnson Control (JCI) helped JCI understand and successfully begin to deploy physical access security to over 25,000 Federal Aviation Administration facilities.

Aviation Management has worked for United Aircraft Services Corporation, Star Mountain and Perform Tech to develop aviation training syllabuses and materials to support a broad spectrum of aviation training requirements from air traffic controller, pilots, mechanics and technicians.

Aviation management contractually involved with companies such as Norris Electro Optical Systems (NEO) and Time Domain in developing aviation applications for new and developing technologies. NEO has worked extensively with Aviation Management is seeking aviation applications for Ultra-Violet technology with the Federal Aviation Administration and NASA. Aviation Management has also worked aviation and communication regulatory and technical issue with Time Domain, the leading company in developing Time Modulated Ultra-Wideband technologies.

Aviation Management has been active in providing airspace analysis and services to a broad client base affected by aviation rules and regulations as well as aircraft flight operations in general. Aviation Management has worked for CDT Landfill, BFI, Epsilon Associates, US Generating, Kimberly-Horn, and Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Voicestream, Primeco, and others in supporting regulatory compliance issues.

In addition, Aviation Management has provide domain knowledge and expertise to a variety of client including NCI Information Systems, CNSI, PPG, Smart Route Systems, Unitech, and others in their efforts to understand the Federal Aviation Administration and the aviation technical, organizational, economic, and political environment.

Aviation Management has provided aviation market surveys to clients including Unisys, TRW and Lockheed Martin focusing on developing strategic business planning for these organizations.

Aviation Management has also been active in the security venue supporting domain knowledge requirements for companies such as BioNetrix, Lockheed Martin Information Sytstems, DynCorp and Motorola. Aviation Management's longstanding knowledge and relationships with the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Aviation Security migrated post September 11, 2001 to the new Transportation Security Administration with a transfer of personnel and responsibility for aviation security.

Aviation Management has been contracted by the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority to coordinate, develop and recommend Special Category 1 Global Positioning Satellite Instrument Approach certification requirements for both ground and airborne systems. As part of this effort Aviation Management is to develop a comprehensive project plan in coordination with ground and air system manufacturers, Federal Aviation Administration, Norwegian Air Traffic Management organization, and Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority.

Aviation Management has supported development of the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport as a member of the Airport capacity Improvement Task Force. Critical recommendations presented by Aviation Management have driven the Cleveland Airport Master plan and runway construction and noise initiatives.

Boeing ATM hired Aviation Management's domain knowledge and aviation expertise to provide insight into the current activities and future trends in government aviation activities to provide a regulatory and service environment.

Aviation Management has also done work for McGraw-Hill Publishing in recommending and establishing a support infrastructure and methodology with the Federal Aviation Administration for disseminating time critical newsworthy information within selected Federal Aviation Administration organizations.

Aviation Management has been actively employed by Sensis Corporation to provide technical requirements for a variety of developing technologies including Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) as well as data collection, processing, and dissemination of airport terminal air and ground movement data acquired by multi-lateration.

DynCorp had contracted with Aviation Management to provide domain expertise and technical support to address a number of aviation initiatives including communication systems, weather systems and Federal Aviation Administration operational support systems.

ITT, as a recurrent client, has employed Aviation Management to provide for the development and pricing of surveillance data for commercial applications as a result of their contract with the Federal Aviation Administration to deploy ADS-B and cost share commercial revenues for data and applications.

Trade Associations

Aviation Management has contracted with a number of aviation trade association in providing wide ranging support. Aviation Management has assembled and evaluated a number of surveys on behalf of the American Association of Airport Executives. These surveys focused on airport requirements for communication, navigation, surveillance and facilities. Aviation management has supported the National Business Aircraft Association by organizing editing and publishing the Annual NBAA Fact Book about business aviation. In addition, Aviation Management has represented the Regional Airlines Association in a variety of venues. This included preparation and delivery of Congressional testimony, participation on a variety or Federal Aviation Administration panels, committees, and forums, including the Federal Aviation Administration Research Advisory Committee and National Airspace Review, and representation to print media, radio and television interviews.

Aviation Management has provided ongoing technical support to the Air Transport Association of America in analyzing the technical and economic impact or FAA future plans, programs, projects, procedures and policy and its effect on the US airline industry. In addition, Aviation Management has supported the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association in a number of technical areas, including Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast standards development and implementation planning and execution, with the FAA and RTCA.

Aviation Management's client responsibilities also permit Aviation Management to work closely with a number of aviation associations including the Airport Council International, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, National Air Transportation Association, and Air Transport Association.

Colleges and Universities

Aviation Management has had long relationships with the academic community both as clients and partners. Aviation Management contracted with Arizona State University to organize and promote a successful symposium on airport lighting sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, Further, Aviation management has supported a number of aviation research planning initiatives with Ohio State University.

Notably, Aviation Management has been contracted to provide management support to two of the Federal Aviation Administration's Center of Excellence. Aviation Management provide organizational management support the General Aviation Center of Excellence as well as maintain a management website with high end data processing capabilities for both the General Aviation Center of Excellence and NEXTOR, the Center of Excellence of Operations Research. The institutions supported include Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Wichita State University, University of Alaska, University of North Dakota, Florida A&M University, University of California Berkeley, University of Maryland, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Government and Others

Aviation Management has provided contracted support to a number of government organizations over the last eighteen (18) years including the General Accounting Office, Federal Aviation Administration, National Center for Atmospheric Research, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Although Aviation Management has successfully completed some government contract work, government contracting has not been a business priority. Indeed, commercial business relationships and business opportunities have been Aviation Management's major business focus until recently.

Work with the General Accounting office entailed providing expertise concerning air traffic controller staffing workload and responsibilities. Work for the Federal Aviation Administration resulted in delivery of a report defining requirements, schedules and resources for Microwave Landing System Equipage and Certification (DTFA 05-87-F-77036) including ground to air communication protocols. Work for the National Center for Atmospheric Research entailed providing aviation domain expertise from an air traffic control and pilot perspective on the development of new aviation related weather products. The latest work within the last three years completed has been a $49,500 PR for a Weather Datalink Market Survey (C-77109-T) for NASA Glen Research Center issued March 8, 2002, highlighting commercial offerings for weather delivered to the general aviation cockpit.

Aviation Management has also provided government support through contracts with the Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mitre Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the Flight Safety Foundation. Aviation Management completed work for NASA under a contract (IC-798440) with the Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory to provide an Analysis of FAA Assessments of Satellite Concepts and Aviation Spectrum Requirements. Aviation Management provided operational concepts to support future national airspace systems design to the Federal Aviation Administration through a Mitre contract. Aviation Management supported NASA Ames through Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems contract (NAS2-36189) as an advisory committee member for the Advanced Air Transportation Technologies for Free Flight. Recently Aviation Management has been a subcontractor to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to develop a tool to predict airport capacity at the busiest one hundred US airport under a variety of weather conditions by building and stochastically analyzing historical operational and weather databases. The work under contract with the Flight Safety Foundation emphasized the development of critical aviation safety indicators for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Related Experience

Aviation Management has been extremely active in a number of professional and trade association as well as active with federal advisory committees and other venues with aviation visibility. For example, Aviation Management personnel have been members of the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) since 1980 and have Chaired the Annual ATCA Symposium and Exhibition a total of four (4) times. In addition, Aviation Management personnel have organized and chaired or participated in numerous panel and industry presentations on a variety of aviation related topics. Aviation Management personnel have also been members of the Aero Club of Washington and have served as membership chair and trustees. Aviation Management personnel membership includes National Aeronautics Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, Federal Aviation Administration Aviation System Capacity Task Force, Center for Applied Human Factors in Aviation, University Aviation Association, Human Factors Society, and National Aviation Club. Aviation Management personnel have also been a member of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Airways Sciences Research Advisory Council since 1989 and Chair of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Research Advisory Council. In addition, Aviation management has been a member of RTCA since 1990 and has had Aviation Management personnel on numerous Task Forces and Special Committees, including Chairing and Co-chairing a number of Committees and Sub-committees.

Publications

Publications in aviation reports, journals, magazines are almost too numerous to list. Articles include the Flight Safety Foundation Bulletin; "Air Traffic Control Communication Concerns", Flight Safety Foundation Bulletin; "The FAA NOTAM System", Air Traffic Control Association; "The Changing Challenge for Air Traffic Control", Air Traffic Control Association; "A Look at Runway Occupancy", Encyclopedia Brittanica; Contributing Editor on Aviation, and Air Traffic Control Association; "ATC: The Human Element". In addition, Aviation Management personnel have published articles and commentaries in Avionics Magazine, Global Airspace, Contract Association Newsletter, and Air traffic Control Association Journal among others.