[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46015-46016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22255]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Availability of Solicitation for Aviation Research Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Cancellation of Closing Date.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is cancelling the 
closing date on Grants for Aviation Research Program Solicitation No. 
96.1 until further notice. This cancellation increases opportunities to 
provide maximum safety in the national air space system. Proposals may 
be submitted for grants and cooperative agreements which address the 
long and short-term technical needs of the National Airspace System 
(NAS) pursuant to Section 9205, Aviation Research Grant Program, and 
Section 9208, Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research Program, of the 
FAA Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1990 
(Pub. L. 101-508), and section 107 of the Aviation Security Improvement 
Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-604).

DATES: Proposals may be submitted to the address below until further 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries or requests for a solicitation and application 
material should be directed to: Colleen Peranteau, AAR-201, Office of 
Research and Technology Applications, William J. Hughes Technical 
Center, Building 270, Room B115, Atlantic City International Airport, 
New Jersey 08405, Voice: (609) 485-8410, Fax: (609) 485-6509.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Title IX, The Aircraft Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 
(Pub. L. 101-508), Section 9205, states its purpose is ``to conduct 
aviation research into areas deemed by the Administrator to be required 
for the long-term growth of civil aviation.'' The Catastrophic Failure 
Prevention Research Grant Program, Section 9208, directs the FAA ``to 
conduct aviation research relating to development of technologies and 
methods to assess the risk and prevent defects, failures, and 
malfunctions of products, parts, processes, and articles manufactured 
for use in aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, and appliances which 
could result in a catastrophic failure of an aircraft.'' And the 
Aviation Security Grant Program (Pub. L. 101-604) provides for grants 
for ``the conduct of research, development, and implementation of 
technologies and procedures to counteract terrorist act against civil 
aviation.''
    A detailed description of specific research areas, additional 
requirements, and selection criteria are set out in the solicitation: 
Grants for Aviation Research, Solicitation 96.1.

    Dated: August 16, 1996.
Andres G. Zellweger,
Director, Office of Aviation Research.
[FR Doc. 96-22255 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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