{"id":2462,"date":"2018-12-04T14:08:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T13:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spazio-news.it\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2018-12-02T14:42:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T13:42:46","slug":"faa-key-appointments-for-executive-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spazio-news.it\/?p=2462","title":{"rendered":"FAA: KEY APPOINTMENTS FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration &#8211; FAA<\/a> announced <strong>Earl Lawrence<\/strong>\u2019s promotion to the Agency\u2019s <strong>Executive Director for Aircraft Certification<\/strong>. Lawrence was previously Executive Director for the FAA\u2019s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office. He succeeds <strong>Dorenda Baker<\/strong>, who retired Nov. 30 after a distinguished aviation safety career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jay Merkle<\/strong>, Deputy Vice President for the FAA Air Traffic Organization\u2019s Program Management Office, will become the new <strong>head of UAS Integration<\/strong>. The appointments are effective Dec. 9, and both executives will report to FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety <strong>Ali Bahrami<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n\u201cAs longstanding FAA advocates for safety, Earl Lawrence and Jay Merkle are the right selections at a critical time for emerging aviation technologies<\/em> &#8211; said FAA Acting Administrator <strong>Dan Elwell<\/strong> -. <em>Their extensive experience will help ensure a safe transition as these new technologies mature and enter our country\u2019s national airspace\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence is a veteran aviator with extensive aviation and leadership experience. Prior to managing the UAS Integration Office, Lawrence was Director of the FAA Small Airplane Directorate and was responsible for 17 aircraft certification and manufacturing district offices in 21 states. Before coming to the FAA in 2010, he served as Vice President for Industry and Regulatory Affairs at the Experimental Aircraft Association. <\/p>\n<p>Merkle has more than 25 years of engineering and program management experience in both the FAA and the defense industry. In his previous position within the Air Traffic Organization, Merkle supported the UAS Integration Office and was an architect of the <strong>Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) program<\/strong>. Prior to that, Merkle was a key manager in the FAA\u2019s NextGen Air Transportation System Office.<\/p>\n<p>The Aircraft Certification Service is the second largest Aviation Safety Organization, employing more than 1,300 people. Aircraft Certification Service offices are located across the United States, with international offices in Singapore and Belgium. Aircraft Certification is responsible for design and manufacturing approvals, along with the continued operational safety of all aviation products in the United States.<br \/>\nThe Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office coordinates the development of regulations, policies, programs, and procedures to enable the safe integration of UAS into the National Airspace System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration &#8211; FAA announced Earl Lawrence\u2019s promotion to the Agency\u2019s Executive Director for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,7],"tags":[1617,1619,1615,875,1616,1618],"class_list":["post-2462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prima-pagina","category-news-dal-mondo-en","tag-aircraft-certification","tag-ali-bahrami","tag-earl-lawrence","tag-federal-aviation-administration-faa","tag-jay-merkle","tag-uas-integration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FAA: KEY APPOINTMENTS FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS &#187; 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