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UNITED STATES

News & Regulatory Updates
AEA President tells Congress: The
avionics industry is ready to meet
mandate, but FAA leadership needs to
refocus on ADS-B
On Wednesday, June 11, Paula Derks, president of
the Aircraft Electronics Association, told members of
the U.S. House Small Business Committee that the
Federal Aviation Administration leadership needs to
refocus its efforts for a more rapid adoption of the
safety-enhancing NextGen technologies, in which it
has invested so heavily.
Chaired by Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the hearing titled, "FAA's 2020 NextGen Mandate: Benefits
and Challenges for General Aviation," examined the
benefits of the 2020 mandate to the general aviation
industry, challenges it may face in compliance with
the mandate, and the importance of incentivizing and
ensuring widespread adoption.
In her testimony, Derks focused on job creation and
urged congressional leaders to encourage the FAA to
expedite the implementation of the NextGen GA Fund
by issuing loan guarantee certificates. Derks stressed
the need to streamline certification and field approvals for the expected 160,000 U.S. general aviation
airplanes to equip in time to meet the Jan. 1, 2020,
mandate for ADS-B Out.

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Other witnesses who presented testimony include:
Michael P. Huerta, FAA administrator; Tim Taylor,
president and CEO of FreeFlight Systems; and Bob
Hepp, owner of Aviation Adventures.
The hearing was live-streamed and is available
on the committee's website at www.ustream.tv/
recorded/48663396. To hear Derks' testimony, skip to
1:06:00 in the video.
Below is Derks' written testimony that was submitted to the committee.
Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Velázquez, and
members of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before
you today on the benefits and challenges of the
Federal Aviation Administration's 2020 NextGen
mandate on the general aviation industry.
My name is Paula Derks, and I am president
of the Aircraft Electronics Association. We are an
international organization representing nearly 1,300
companies of which nearly 80 percent are small
businesses. Included in our membership are nearly
200 avionics manufacturers who are producing systems to meet ADS-B Out requirements.
Our largest category of membership is the 900plus government-certified repair stations with
approximately 700 in the United States certified by
the FAA, and an additional 200 repair stations in
more than 40 countries around the world.
My comments today will focus on three primary
areas: 1) the ability of industry to meet the mandate; 2) the challenges my members face when


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