Welcome To FAA COE CST

Congress authorized Air Transportation Centers of Excellence under the Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering and Development Authorization Act of 1990. This legislation enables the FAA to work with universities and their industry partners to conduct research in environment and aviation safety, and other activities to assure a safe and efficient air transportation system.  With the establishment of the COE CST in offices of FAA AST, research will extend to cutting-edge technologies and infrastructure for private human spaceflight and orbital debris mitigation.      Research will cover five areas including: 

Research areas are: 

• Space Traffic Management and Launch Operations
   
• Launch Vehicle Operations, Technologies & Payloads
   
• Human Spaceflight
   
• Space Transportation Industry Viability
   
• Cross Cutting Research Areas

Members

Core Universities, Partners, Collaborators

Research

Currently Funded Research Projects

FAA AST

FAA AST