AHS Technical Committees

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Through its Technical Committees, the AHS has gained a reputation as an organization to which the government, industry and the general public look for assistance, direction and leadership with respect to vertical flight aircraft.

Serving on an AHS Technical Committee is an excellent way to stay current on the state-of-the-art advances in your specific industry discipline, while interacting and sharing your expertise with others who possess the same professional goals and face similar challenges.

Technical committees provide the AHS with timely, high quality technical information that is disseminated to the industry through our Annual Forum, at AHS-sponsored technical meetings, chapter meetings and at regional specialists' meetings. The following areas are represented by AHS Technical Committees:

Acoustics || Advanced Vertical Flight ||Aerodynamics || Aircraft Design || Avionics & Systems || Crash Safety || Crew Stations & Human Factors Engineering || Dynamics || Flight Simulation || Handling Qualities || Health And Usage Monitoring Systems (Hums) - Itt ||  Integrated Manufacturing Process & Control Technology || Operations || Product Support || Propulsion || Structures & Materials || Test & Evaluation ||  Ununhabited VTOL & Rotorcraft Aerial Vehicle

ACOUSTICS COMMITTEE - This committee studies component and full-system noise generation and propagation. Methods of internal and external noise alleviation through active and passive control are also investigated.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Mr. Philip LeMasurier Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 384-7618 Fax: (860) 998-4948 Deputy Chair Dr. Kenneth S. Brentner Pennsylvania State University Telephone: (814) 865-6433 Fax: (814) 865-7092 Session Chair/ Vertiflite Editor Dr. Ram D. JanakiRam The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-6057 Fax: (480) 891-7671 Members Dr. Takashi Aoyama Japan Aerospace Telephone: (81) 422-403-229 Fax: (81) 422-403- 235 Mr. Eric R. Boeker US/DOT/Volpe Center Telephone: (617) 494-6342 Fax: (617)  494-3208 Mr. Raymond Browne QinetiQ Telephone: (44) 1252-394698 Fax: (44) 1252-397744 Dr. Randolphe Cabell NASA Langley Research Telephone: (757) 864-5266 Mr. David A. Conner U.S. Army Telephone: (757) 864-5276 Fax: (757) 864-8290 Dr. Micah Downing Wyle Laboratories Inc. Telephone: (703) 415-4550 Ext. 25 Mr. Marc Gervais Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-5605 Fax: (817) 278-0450

Mr. Royce Snider Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-5084 Mr. Chris Hennes Penn State University Telephone: (814) 865-1989 Dr. Changjeon Hwang Korea Aerospace Research Institute Telephone: (82) 42-860-2363 Fax: (82) 42-860-2006 Dr. John W. Leverton   AHS International Telephone: (703) 684-6777 Fax: (703) 739-9279 Mr. Thomas Norman    NASA Ames Research Center Telephone: (650) 604-6653 Fax: (650) 604-6717 Mr. Jean Prieur ONERA Telephone: (33) 146-734775 Fax: (33) 146-734166 Dr. Pierre Spiegel DLR Telephone: (49) 531-2952174 Fax: (49) 531-2952320 Mr. Perry Ziegenbein    The Boeing Company Telephone: (610) 591-2269 Fax: (610) 591-2448 Honorary Dr. Fredric H. Schmitz University of Maryland Telephone: (650) 604-2900 Technical Council Liaison Dr. Wayne Johnson NASA Ames Research Center Telephone: (650) 604-2242 Fax: (650) 604-6717

ADVANCED VERTICAL FLIGHT COMMITTEE - This committee's purpose is to broaden the vertical fight technology base with emphasis on VSTOL concepts beyond the conventional rotorcraft area.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Prof. E. Roberts Wood Naval Postgraduate School Telephone: (831) 655-0559 Fax: (831) 656-7884 Deputy Chair Mr. Tim Naumowicz NASA Ames Research Center Telephone: (650)604-6674 Fax: (650) 604-6900 Session Chair Mr. Charlie Crawford Georgia Tech Research Institute Telephone: (770) 528-7052 Fax: (770) 528-7077 Deputy Session Chair   Ms. Rebecca M. Cervoni Booz Allen Hamilton Telephone: (703) 816-5296 Members Mr. Simon Atyeo          RMIT University Telephone: (011) 614-08057187

Mr. Paul M. Bevilaqua Lockheed Martin Corp. Telephone: (661) 572-6920 Fax: (661) 572-6198 Dr. Naipei(Peter) Bi NSWCCD Telephone: (301) 227-4236 Fax: (301) 227-2584 Mr. Michael J. Hirschberg CENTRA Technology, Inc. Telephone: (571) 218-4417 Fax: (703) 741-7807 Mr. Daniel I. Newman DARPA Telephone: (610) 571-6812 Dr. John Zuk, PhD. NASA Ames Research Center Telephone: (650) 604-6568 Fax: (650) 604-6990

AERODYNAMICS COMMITTEE - This committee studies lift and external propulsion components and systems and their interaction; airframe aerodynamics; noise mechanisms; overall performance; and air loads.

AHS Aerodynamics Committee own web page
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Mr. Michael Costes ONERA Telephone: (33) 1-4673-4229 Fax: (33) 1-4673-4146 Deputy Chair Dr. Marilyn J. Smith GA Institute of Technology Telephone: (404) 894-3065      Fax: (404) 894-2760 Session Chair Dr. Preston B. Martin U.S. Army Telephone: (650) 604-3481 Deputy Session Chair Dr. Naipei(Peter) Bi     NSWCCD Telephone: (301) 227-4236 Fax: (301) 227-2584 Members Dr. James Douglas Baeder University of Maryland Telephone: (301) 405-1107 Fax: (301) 405-9001 Dr. Ashish Bagai Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-5193 Fax: (203) 386-5925 Dr. Charles R. Berezin Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-4084 Fax: (203) 386-5925 Dr. Mahendra Bhagwat ELORET Corp. Telephone: (650) 604-2893 Fax: (650) 604-5173

Prof. Richard E. Brown University of Glasgow Telephone: (44) 020-7594-5151 Fax: (44) 020-7584-8120 Mr. Edward T. Meadowcroft The Boeing Company Telephone: (610) 591-8482 Fax: (610) 591-2448 Dr. Marvin A. Moulton U.S. Army, AMRDEC Telephone: (256) 705-9607 Fax: (256) 705-9895 Mr. James O’Malley, III U.S. Army, AMRDEC Telephone: (256) 313-9025 Hormoz Tadghighi The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-6063 Fax: (480) 891-7671 Dr. Glen R. Whitehouse Continuum Dynamics, Inc. Telephone: (609) 538-0444 x126 Fax: (609) 538-0464 Honorary Member Mr. William G. Bousman U.S. Army Telephone: (650) 604-3748 Fax: (650) 604-1089 Tech Council Liaison Dr. Wayne Johnson      NASA Ames Research Center Telephone: (650) 604-2242 Fax: (650) 604-6717

AIRCRAFT DESIGN COMMITTEE  - This committee coordinates Society activities on (a) overall aircraft, subsystem, and component design; (b) design technology, design criteria, and design synthesis; (c) interdisciplinary design considerations including performance, reliability, maintainability, weights, and economics; and (d) vulnerability and crash safety considerations. The Aircraft Design Committee also oversees the activities of the Icing ITT.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Dr. Louis R. Centolanza Aviation Applied Technology Directorate Telephone: (757) 878-4292 Fax: (757) 878-4330 Deputy Chair Prof. Arvind Sinha RMIT University Telephone: (61) 3-9645-4541 Fax: (61) 3-9925-8050 Session Chair Mr. Dennis P. McGuire Lord Corporation Telephone: (814) 868-5424 Ext. 6630 Fax: (814) 860-3513 Deputy Session Chair Mr. Martin Sekula U.S. Army Research Laboratory Telephone: (757) 864-1269 Fax: (757) 864-8678 Highlights Editor Mr. Roger W. Lacy The Boeing Company Telephone: (610) 591-5175 Fax: (610) 591-8238 European Coordinator Mr. Luigi U. Ricci Moretti Agusta Telephone: (215) 281-1424 Fax: (215) 281-0447 Secretary Dr. Farhan Gandhi Penn State University Telephone: (814) 865-1164 Fax: (814) 865-7092 Members Dr. Uwe T. P. Arnold ZF Luftahrttechnik GmbH Telephone: (49) 5674-701402 Fax: (49) 5674-701-499 Mr. Malcolm P. Foster Harmonic Telephone: 01935 705481

Mr. Hiroshi Ito Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. Telephone: (81) 583-82-3112 Fax: (81) 583-82-5195 Mr. Robert Kufeld NASA Ames Research Center Telephone: (650) 604-5664 Mr. Wolf-Dieter Kuhnla Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Telephone: (49) 9097-920490 Fax: (49) 9097-920125 Dr. Vengalattore T. Nagaraj University of Maryland Telephone: (301) 405-1143 Fax: (301) 314-9001 Mr. Frederick W. Piasecki Piasecki Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (610) 521-5700 Fax: (610) 521-5935 Mr. James Renna Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-4241 Fax: (860) 998-6503 Dr. Mark E. Robeson U.S. Army, AATD Telephone: (757) 878-3029 Fax: (757) 878-4330 Mr. Robert H. Stroub Retired Fax: (413) 487-1964 Ms. Karen F. Studebaker Self-Employed Telephone: (510) 797-7232 Dr. Marat Tischcenko Moscow State Aviation Institute Telephone: (07) 095-283-78-29 Technical Council Liaison Mr. Daniel I. Newman DARPA Telephone: (610) 571-6812

AVIONICS & SYSTEMS COMMITTEE   - This committee studies avionics, armament, and other mission equipment, and human engineering subsystems synthesis, integration and design relating to aircraft missions.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Mr. Chris A. Bodenhorn Lockheed Martin Corp. Telephone: (607) 751-5699 Fax: (607) 751-2008 Deputy Chair Mr. Walter D. Rawle Smiths Aerospace Telephone: (616) 224-6805 Fax: (616) 241-7712 Session Chair: Mr. Donald S. Anttila Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-4707 Fax: (860) 998-5389 Deputy Session Chair Mr. Ryland S. Barlow Technology Applications Program Office MH-47 Deputy Product Manager Ft. Eustis, VA Telephone: (757) 878-0730 ext. 233 Members Mr. John Colclough Honeywell Telephone: 505) 828-7862 Fax: (505) 828-5500 Mr. Rafael DeLeon Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-2186 Fax: (817) 278-3138 Mr. Jack Heineman Kaman Aerospace Corp. Telephone: (860) 243-7469 Fax: (860) 243-7001

Mr. Michael Johnnie Northrop Grumman Corp. Telephone: (818) 715-3798 Fax: (818) 715-4776 Dr. Melvin Johnson US Army AED Telephone: (256) 705-9756 Fax: (256) 705-9917 Mr. John Makadi CMC Electronics, Inc. Telephone: (613) 592-6500 Ext. 2518 Fax: (613) 592-7420 Mr. Michael G. Manninen Rockwell-Collins Telephone: (319) 295-3906 Fax: (319) 295-8422 Mr. Allen D. Walker AATD Telephone: (757) 878-2516 Fax: (757) 878-2053 Technical Council Liaison Mr. Dale Lee Johnson U.S. Army, AATD Telephone: (757) 878-0123 Fax: (757) 878-2053

CRASH SAFETY COMMITTEE - This committee studies all aspects of rotorcraft crashworthiness technology including human tolerance to crash impacts, in-flight obstacle strike, cockpit delethalization, crashworthy fuel systems, ditching and post-impact flotation, energy absorbing components such as landing gears, subfloor structure, seats and restraint systems with associated design criteria formulation, analytical model development, testing, and system integration into a crashworthy rotorcraft design.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Dr. Karen E. Jackson NASA Langley Research Center Telephone: (757) 864-4147 Fax: (757) 864-8547 Session Chair Mr. Christof M. Kindervater German Aerospace Rsch. Center Telephone: (49) 711-6862-280 Fax: (49) 711-6862-227 Secretary Dr. David H. Laananen Arizona State University (541) 899-5749 Members Mr. Lindley W. Bark MSC Software Telephone: (480) 699-3690 Fax: (480) 699-3692 Dr. Akif O. Bolukbasi The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-5111 Fax: (480) 891-7671 Mr. LeRoy T. Burrows Burrows Consulting Telephone: (757) 229-0773 Mr. Charles W. Clarke Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-3515 Fax: (860) 998-5810 Mr. Roy G. Fox Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 596-9435 Fax: (817) 278-5372

Mr. David S. Friedmann U.S. Army Telephone: (757) 878-2159 Fax: (757) 878-4330 Mr. Alexander G. Harris Armor Holdings Aerospace & Defense Telephone: (602) 643-7216 Fax: (602) 643-7698 Mr. Joseph McEntire U.S. Army Aeromedical Rsch. La Telephone: (334) 255- 6896 Fax: (334) 255-7798 Ms. Heidi R. Moore Naval Air Systems Command Fax: (301) 342-9404 Mr. Frederick Rumph U.S. Army Telephone: (256) 705-9656 Fax: (256) 705-9905 Mr. Michael Schultz Naval Air Warfare Center Telephone: (301) 342-8451 Fax: (301) 757-8503 Mr. Stephen J. Soltis FAA Telephone: (562) 627-5207 Fax: (562) 627-5209 Technical Council Liaison Dr. Catherine H. Ferrie Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-7689 Fax: (817) 278-7689

CREW STATIONS & HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING COMMITTEE - This committee studies operational environments and mission requirements for identification of the aircrew and maintainer vehicle interface issues that impact workload and mission success. This will include the study of integrated crew station design; control concepts; information transfer; display methodology; symbology and formats; automation and artificial intelligence concepts; prototyping of crew systems; and the interdisciplinary interface of crew systems with other vehicle systems.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Mr. Barry R. Lakinsmith U.S. Army Aviation & Missile RDEC Telephone: (650) 604-4264 Fax: (650) 604-2414 Session Chair Ms. Margaret(Meg) Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-7760 Members Mr. Jeffery W. Erwin Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-5102 Fax: (817) 278-5102 Ms. Thea Feyereisen Honeywell Labs Telephone: (612) 951-7253   Ms. Nicole Garrett Lockheed Martin Corp. Telephone: (607) 751-2028 Fax: (607) 751-2008 Mr. James F. Grenell    The Boeing Company Telephone: (610) 591-6906 Fax: (610) 591-8238 Mr. Michael V. Hoagland Kaman Aerospace Corp. Telephone: (860) 286-4199 Fax: (860) 243-7001

Mr. Gates S. Murchie Lockheed Martin Corp. Telephone: (607) 751-3627 Fax: (607) 751-2008 Mr. Dieter R.H. Nitschke Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Telephone: (49) 89-6000-5562 Fax: (49) 89-6000-9138 Mr. Joerg Otte Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Telephone: (49) 89-6000-8990 Fax: (49) 89-6000-7094 Mr. Dennis L. Schmickley The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-6521 Fax: (480) 891-1823 Mr. Robert Scott Kaman Aerospace Corp. Telephone: (860) 243-7064 Fax: (860) 243-7001 Mr. R. Jay Shively US Army Telephone: (650) 604-6249 Fax: (650) 604-2414 Technical Council Liaison Mr. Dale Lee Johnson U.S. Army, AATD Telephone: (757) 878-0123 Fax: (757) 878-2053

DYNAMICS COMMITTEE  - - This committee studies aeroelasticity; mechanical stability, vibration characteristics and isolation; structural response to steady and unsteady aerodynamics and other loading, including: noise, gusts, landing, and criteria.
AHS Dynamics Committee own web page
Roster Update: October 2006

FLIGHT SIMULATION COMMITTEE - This committee provides focus on the use of manned simulation in support of rotorcraft engineering design, test and evaluation, and aircrew training. The primary orientation of the committee will be toward effective scientific and engineering applications of manned flight simulation as opposed to facilities, per se.
Roster Update: October 2006

HANDLING QUALITIES COMMITTEE - This Committee studies flying qualities, stability and controls; response modeling criteria, control systems; and ground and water handling.
Roster Update: October 2006

HEALTH AND USAGE MONITORING SYSTEMS (HUMS) ITT  - Studies the application and benefits of Helicopter Health and Usage monitoring system technology. The emphasis is focused on the application of helicopter monitoring systems, and monitoring system technologies, that have the potential of providing reduced helicopter direct operating costs and enhanced safety.
Roster Update: October 2006

PRODUCT SUPPORT COMMITTEE - This Committee strives to influence the industry to implement product support enhancements by recognizing the diversity of requirements in new and existing fleets. It promotes compatible design concepts that will contribute to the operators' supportability, safety, and economy of operation.
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Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Mr. Chris Merlenbach The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 924-9161 Fax: (480) 891-2160 Deputy Chair Mr. Leon Stewart Aviall Services, Inc. Telephone: (972) 586-1924 Fax: (972) 586-1922 Session Chair Mr. Clayton D. Vance U.S. ARMY RDECOM Telephone: (361) 961-4129 Fax: (361) 961-3352 Deputy Sessions Chair Mr. Jeffrey Edwards Rolls-Royce Telephone: (317) 230-8361 Members Mr. Allan De Young Pratt & Whitney Canada Telephone: (450) 647-2744 Fax: (450) 647-2888 Mr. Jack R. Denham, Jr. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-3344 Fax: (817) 280-2278 Mr. Joe Eltman Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 384-7488 Fax: (860) 998-5026 Mr. Billy G. Felton Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-3300 Fax: (817) 280-2635 Mr. Paolo Ferreri Agusta Telephone: (215) 281-1458 Fax: (215) 281-0447 Ms. Maureen M. Fino Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-5207 Fax: (203) 386-7069

Mr. Ty Genteman Aviall Telephone: (972) 586-1585 Fax: (972) 586-1922 Mr. John Guasto The Boeing Company Telephone: (610) 591-2252 Fax: (610) 591-6040 Mr. Svein Hubinette Pratt & Whitney Canada Telephone: (450) 647-2745 Fax: (450) 647-2888 Dr. Amit Mathur Qualtech Systems, Inc. Telephone: (860) 257-8014 Ext. 103 Fax: (860) 257-8312 Mr. Jim Minogue Agusta Telephone: (215) 281-1453 Fax: (215) 281-0447 Mr. Kevin S. Rees Aviation Engineering Directorate Telephone: (361) 961-3850 Fax: (361) 961-3352 Mr. Warren Sorensen The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-2122 Fax: (480) 891-2160 Mr. Jim Stothers Pratt & Whitney Canada Telephone: (450) 647-2725 Fax: (450) 647-2888 Dr. Harold L. Summers Helicopter Association International Telephone: (703) 683-4646 Fax: (703) 683-4745 Technical Council Liaison Larry Plaster The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-5788 Fax: (480) 891-6922

PROPULSION COMMITTEE - This Committee studies powerplant and power transmission design and criteria including their interaction, airframe interface, operational environment, related accessories and subsystems with primary emphasis on the disciplines of thermodynamics, internal aerodynamics, dynamics and drive-system technology.
Roster Update: October 2006

STRUCTURES & MATERIALS COMMITTEE - This Committee studies structures and structural research, analysis, and testing; design criteria and position loads; material and processing technology.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Mr. Edwin D. Martin U.S. Army Telephone: (256) 313-4293 Fax: (256) 313-4346 Deputy Chair Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-7423 Fax: (860) 998-5367 Session Chair Dr. Jian Li The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-7183 Fax: (480) 891-7671 Deputy Session Chair Dr. Gregory D. Olsen Mississippi State University Telephone: (662) 325-7298 Fax: (662) 325-7730 Members Mr. David O. Adams Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-4694 Fax: (203) 386-5770 Mr. Charles Kyle Berkowitz Georgia Institute of Technology Telephone: (770) 528-7853 Fax: (770) 528-7077 Mr. Richard A. Christ The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-0225 Mr. Richard A. Everett, Jr. NASA Langley (Retired) Telephone: (757) 850-4145 Mr. Clifford T. Gunsallus Kaman Aerospace Corp. Telephone: (860) 286-4186 Fax: (860) 243-7001 Dr. Mark Gurvich United Technology Corporation Telephone: (860) 610-7459 Fax: (860) 660-1493 Dr. David Haas U.S. Navy Telephone: (301) 227-1397 Fax: (301) 227-2584 Mr. Paul Keary Kaman Aerospace Corp. Telephone: (860) 286-4126 Fax: (860) 243-7001

Mr. Terry Larchuk The Boeing Company Telephone: (610) 591-3877 Fax: (610) 591-3186 Dr. Suresh M. Moon Titan Systems Corp. Telephone: (301) 863-2209 Fax: (240) 725-0047 Ms. Heidi R. Moore Naval Air Systems Command Fax: (301) 342-9404 Dr. John Romanski Piasecki Aircraft Corp. Telephone: (610) 521-5700, Ext. 118 Fax: (610) 521-5935 Mr. Brendan Schlosser U.S. Army, AMCOM Telephone: (256) 876-9493 Fax: (256) 955-0123 Mr. Jon C. Schuck U.S. Army, AATD Telephone: (757) 878-2101 Fax: (757) 878-4330 Dr. Joyanto K. Sen The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-6209 Fax: (480) 891-7671 Mr. Clyde F. Simmerman, Jr. U.S. Navy Telephone: (301) 342-9339 Fax: (301) 342-9404 Dr. Robert Vaughan U.S. Army Telephone: (256) 313-8738 Fax: (256) 313-3212 Dr. Anthony J. Vizzini Mississippi State University Telephone: (662) 325-1148 Fax: (662) 325-7730 Technical Council Liaison Dr. Catherine H. Ferrie Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-7689 Fax: (817) 278-7689

TEST & EVALUATION COMMITTEE - This Committee studies testing of all operational aspects, e.g., availability, survivability, economics, interdisciplinary tests and procedures for aircraft and components--small scale, full scale or simulation.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Mr. Courtney D. Johnson Naval Air Systems Command Telephone: (301) 342-9327 Fax: (301) 342-9406 Deputy Chair Mr. John O’Neill Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-6883 Fax: (860) 998-5893 Session Chair Mr. Carl Ockier Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Telephone: (49) 906-71-4894 Fax: (49) 906-71-4580 Deputy Session Chair/Journal Liaison Mr. Donald L. Byrne, Jr. The Boeing Company Telephone: (301) 757-0164 Fax: (301) 757-2046 Members Mr. Philip J. Alldridge Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (561) 775-5179 Fax: (561) 775-5414 Prof. Inderjit Chopra University of Maryland Telephone: (301) 405-1122 Fax: (301) 314-9001 Mr. Robert Erdos National Research Council of Canada Telephone: (613) 998-3180 Fax: (613) 952-1704 Mr. Christophe Hermans National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Telephone: (31) 20-5113298 Fax: (31) 20-5113210

Mr. K. Drake Klotzman Kaman Aerospace Corporation Telephone: (860) 286-4120 Fax: (860) 243-7099 Mr. Edward Lambert Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Telephone: (450) 971-6500 X 6750 Fax: (450) 437-0438 Mr. Paul W. Martin The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-6158 Fax: (480) 891-3765 Mr. Richard H. Reichelt U.S. Army Telephone: (757) 878-2959 Fax: (757) 878-2959 Mr. Patrick M. Shinoda U.S. Army Telephone: (650) 604-6732 Fax: (650) 604-5173 Dr. Berend G. van der Wall, M.S. German Aerospace Center (DLR) Telephone: (49) 531-295-2849 Fax: (49) 531-295-2641 Technical Council Liaison Mr. Larry Plaster The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-5788 Fax: (480) 891-6922

Uninhabited VTOL & Rotorcraft Aerial Vehicle Committee - The committee seeks to focus on new technologies for UAV systems with a balanced consideration of five broad areas: Autonomy and Operability; Reliability and Robustness; Payloads, sensors and Data Links; Performance; and Survivability.
Roster Update: October 2006

Chair Mr. Matthew S. Whalley U.S. Army AFDD Telephone: (650) 604-3505 Fax: (650) 604-5173 Session Chair Mr. Keith Arthur U.S. Army AATD Telephone: (757) 878-2772 Fax: (757) 787-3108 Deputy Session Chair Mr. Andrew D. Smith Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Telephone: (817) 280-4872 Fax: (817) 278-4872 Members Prof. Inderjit Chopra University of Maryland Telephone: (301) 405-1122 Fax: (301) 314-9001 Mr. Jöerg Dittrich DLR Telephone: (49) 531-295-2982 Fax: (49) 531-295-2647 Mr. Jerry L. Franke Lockheed Martin Corp. Telephone: (856) 792-9723 Fax: (856) 792-9920 Mr. Russell A. Gray Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Telephone: (203) 386-6885 Fax: (860) 998-6705 Dr. Ram D. JanakiRam The Boeing Company Telephone: (480) 891-6057 Fax: (480) 891-7671 Mr. W. Odis Nickoles U.S. Army Telephone: (256) 313-4976 Fax: (256) 313-4963

Mr. Bryan P. Pilati U.S. Army AATD Telephone: (757) 878-5839 Fax: (757) 878-4330 Dr. J. V. R. Prasad Georgia Institute of Technology Telephone: (404) 894-3043 Fax: (404) 894-2760 Dr. R. Ganesh Rajagopalan Iowa State University Telephone: (515) 294-6796 Fax: (515) 294-3262 Mr. Eric Silberg U.S. Navy NSWCCD Telephone: (301) 227-1595 Fax: (301) 227-2584 Prof. Arvind Sinha Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Telephone: (61) 3-9645-4541 Fax: (61) 3-9925-8050 Mr. Eric N. Stuverude The Boeing Company Telephone: (610) 591-6610 Fax: (610) 591-6622 Dr. Robert J. Szczerba Lockheed Martin Corp. Telephone: (607) 751-3624 Fax: (607) 751-3163 Honorary Member Mr. Cecil S. Richardson Lockheed Martin Corp. (Retired) Telephone: (607) 754-7643 Technical Council Liaison Mr. Dale Lee Johnson U.S. Army AATD Telephone: (757) 878-0123 Fax: (757) 878-2053