on Feb 13th, 2012

Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation
Research Roadmap Report- December 2011

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA AST) has established a Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation (COE CST) in order to identify solutions for existing and anticipated commercial space transportation problems. Click here to read entire report


on Feb 13th, 2012

Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation
Year 1 Annual Report
Executive Summary



The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) is pleased to release this FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation (COE CST) Year 1 Annual Report Executive Summary.  

For more information about the content of this report, please visit the COE CST web site at www.coe-cst.org.  
Please address any questions or corrections to COE CST Program Manager, Ken Davidian,202-267-7214, [email protected]. - December 14, 2011   click here to read entire report


on Feb 1st, 2012
OVERVIEW OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR 
COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION 
 
Ken Davidian 
Director of Research, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Washington, DC 
Patricia Watts, Ph.D. 
Centers of Excellence Program Director, FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ 
 
Between August 2009 and September 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a competitive selection process with the purpose of establishing a Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation (COE CST). The purpose of the COE CST is to help the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) execute its dual mission through a dedicated university research program. This paper includes the following major sections (i)  an overview of the FAA COE program and the COE CST, including a description of the competitive selection process and results, (ii) an introduction to the nine  COE CST member universities and an overview of their  organizational relationship to AST, (iii) a description of  the structure of the research activity areas, and (iv) a discussion of opportunities for the participation of non-US organizations in the COE CST.  click here to read rest of paper

on Mar 18th, 2011

FAA has released the 2011 U.S. Commercial Space Transportation Developments and Concepts: Vehicles, Technologies, and Spaceports click here to read report