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Advanced Pavement Design Airport Design Technology
Advanced Pavement Design LEDFAA
3-D Finite Element Model
DIA Instrumented Pavement 		Taxiway Centerline Deviation Study
Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Technology Airport Wildlife Hazard Abatement
Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Technology Interior Intervention Vehicle Research
Heavy Rescue Vehicle Roll-Over Study
Small Airport Firefighting System
Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Training Fuel Comparative Evaluation
Evaluation of Conductivity Meters for Firefighting Foams 		Bird Strike Reporting
 Bird Strike Identification
National Airport Pavement Test Facility Nondestructive Pavement Testing
National Airport Pavement Test Facility Introduction to NAPTF Database
Test Items
Sensors
Daily Traffic
Static Data
Dynamic Data
FWD Data 		Runway Roughness Criteria
Nondestructive Pavement Testing
Pavement Materials Operation of new large aircraft
National Registry of Airport Pavements
Performance of Open-Graded Drainage Layers
Recyclable Paving Materials 		Soft Ground Arrestor System
Alternative Methods to De-ice Runways
Runway Friction Surveys During Winter Ops
Rubber Deposits Removal
Infrared Aircraft De-Icing
Visual Guidance & Runway Incursion Reduction Runway Surface Technology
Configuration for Lighting Windmill Farms
Solar-Powered Lights at General Aviation Airports
Airport Marking - Paint and Bead Durability Study
LED Evaluation
Approach Lighting 		New Large Aircraft Fire Fighting Strategies
New Large Aircraft Composite Fire Fighting
Specialized Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicles
New Methodology for Calculating Firefighting Agent Quantities