Aerospace Standards Newsletter - December 2014 - 2

SAE RECEIVES FAA TASK REQUESTS FOR STANDARDS ON RFID, HELICOPTER HOISTS
In October, SAE International received two tasking requests
from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) to develop standards on active radio
frequency identification (RFID) and helicopter hoists.
The SAE G-18 Radio Frequency Identification Aero Application
Committee will work on the FAA's requests for new minimum
performance standards for active RFID tags and sensors intended
for use on aircraft, and a new aerospace recommended practice
providing guidance for a means to show compliance with FAA
regulations for RFID installations and design.
The agency also requested the creation of minimum performance
standards for hoists that are installed on helicopters for various

operations (including external cargo hoist, search and rescue, and
other operations). In addition to the specification on hoist design,
the FAA also requested a new aerospace recommended practice
providing guidance for a means to show compliance with FAA
regulations for hoist installations and design.
A new SAE committee is being formed to address helicopter hoist
standards. Those interested in participating may contact Laura
Feix at lfeix@sae.org. A kickoff meeting for this committee is
tentatively scheduled for January or February 2015.
The contact for the SAE G-18 committee is Bruce Mahone at
bmahone@sae.org.

SAE 2015 PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO NUMEROUS
AEROSPACE STANDARDS COMMITTEES
In October, SAE International's Executive Nominating
Committee named Richard Greaves, PhD, as its candidate
for 2015 SAE International President. Dr. Greaves, Chief
Technology Officer at Meggitt PLC, has long been one of the
strongest supporters of SAE's aerospace standards program.
He is the outgoing Chairman of the SAE International
IVHM Steering Group, a position in which he has served
since the group was formed in 2010. He has been a longtime member of the E-32 Aerospace Propulsion Systems
Health Management Committee, previously serving as that

committee's chair, and has been a leading member of the HM-1
Integrated Vehicle Health Management Committee. An SAE
Fellow, Greaves received the SAE Technical Standards Board
Outstanding Contribution Award in 2009.
He is being succeeded as Chair of the IVHM Steering Group
by Rhonda Walthall, Manager of Prognostics and Health
Management, UTC Aerospace Systems. She has previously
served as Vice Chair of the IVHM Steering Group, Chair of the
E-32 Committee, and a member of the HM-1 committee.

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