Environment and Energy Research and Development

The Environment and Energy Research and Development Program supports FAA's Flight Plan (PDF) and environmental compatibility goal, as well as provides fundamental knowledge and tools to support the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) research and development plan. These efforts complement activities in technology, operational solutions, environmental management systems, and models development under NextGen research. In particular, the NextGen Technologies, Fuels and Metrics program helps achieve the NextGen goals to increase capacity by reducing significant community noise, local air quality emissions impacts in absolute terms, aviation greenhouse gas emissions impacts on the global climate, and advancing alternative fuels research for aviation use. The Advanced Noise and Emissions Reduction and Validation Modeling program helps achieve the NextGen goal to increase capacity threefold while reducing significant environmental impacts in absolute terms.

• Science and Integrated Modeling
• Aircraft Technology
• Alternative Fuels
• Operations
• Environmental Policy and Market Measures

For more information, you may contact our Chief Scientist and Technical Advisor for Environment, Dr. Lourdes Maurice.