2009 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

Acting Airborne Science
Program Director
Randy Albertson
Functions:
Portfolio Mgmt.
Grant Studies & Report rqmnts
Education & Outreach
Facilities, Testbeds & Operations
ARC ASP Program
Lead: Matt Fladeland
Functions:
SIERRA, Earth Science
Project Office
Studies and Reports
Airborne Sensor Facility,
Science Mission Mgmt.
DFRC ASP Program
Lead: Bob Curry
Functions:
DC-8/NSERC, ER-2,
Ikhana, Global Hawk,
G-III, Dryden Aircraft
Operations Facility
WFF ASP Program
Lead: George Postell
Functions:
P-3, Catalog Mgmt, Mission
Mgmt, Reports, Budget
Mgmt. support
JSC ASP Program
Lead: Ken Cockrell
Functions:
WB-57, Mission Support
Programs
GRC
Alan Micklewright
S-3
Twin Otter
Lear Jet
LaRC
Howie Lewis
B-200
UC-12
Cessna 206
Figure 1:
NASA’s Airborne Science Program organization.
Dryden Flight Research Center leads the operation
and maintenance of the core DC-8, ER-2 and G-III
aircraft. They also operate and maintain aircraft in
the new technology and platform development area,
including the Global Hawks. Another area Dryden is
been actively engaged in is over-the-horizon network
and communications research and development.
Dryden oversees the cooperative agreement with the
University of North Dakota’s National Suborbital
Education and Research Center. Dryden also
manages the Dryden Aircraft Operations Center in
Palmdale. For Program Year 2009, the Ikhana will
be moved to catalog management and the G-III will
become a core platform.
Goddard’s Wallops Flight Facility is the lead for
operating and maintaining the core low-altitude
heavy-lift P-3B aircraft, and managing the catalog
aircraft program through safety oversight of
contracted aircraft. Wallops also continues the
work in the field of small-class Uninhabited Aircraft
Systems (UAS) research.
Johnson Space Center contributes to the program
primarily by operating and maintaining the core WB-
57 high-altitude research aircraft.
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