Aviation Facilities and Business Services
About Us
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center’s Aviation Facilities and Business Services Division provides program management support, maintenance, and improvement for major aviation infrastructure, air traffic control, and facility replacement projects.
We provide technical and financial reviews of FAA telecommunications service requests, business and financial management oversight support for major FAA programs, and system engineering to ensure that FAA facility requirements are fully defined and met.
Our team works to ensure long-term sustainability and critical infrastructure resilience in all aviation facility modernization efforts in support of FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)—with a goal of enabling safe and efficient across the national airspace.
Capabilities
Systems and Infrastructure Modernization and Optimization
- Perform national airspace facility infrastructure maintenance and improvements
- Provide communication technology analysis and prototyping
Engineering and Technology Deployment to Enhance Transportation
- Conduct comprehensive system engineering and systems architecture engineering
- Perform maintenance efforts that evolve with facility expansion and air traffic operational needs
Safety and Security Assessments
- Conduct cybersecurity, risk assessment, benefit-cost analysis, safety analysis, and operational performance analysis
- Assess network vulnerability to mitigate safety risks for major FAA programs
Meet Our Team
View selected staff biographies.
Kelly Curran
Co-chief
617-494-3682
kelly.curran@dot.gov
Kelly Curran is chief of the Aviation Systems Engineering division and co-chief of the Aviation Facilities and Business Services division at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center. She has more than 20 years of experience in aviation, has been a project manager in the Aviation Safety Management Systems Division, and is leading work on the System Approach for Safety Oversight (SASO), which provides a comprehensive system safety approach to the certification and oversight of aviation entities with a goal of improving safety by enhancing risk-based decision-making practices. Curran also serves as project manager for FAA’s Systems Safety Management Transformation (SSMT) program, defines emerging safety requirements through a series of activities that includes research, data analysis, and demonstrations. In this capacity she directs a multidisciplinary technical team of federal staff from different divisions to provide aviation expertise in the areas of risk-based decision-making and safety analysis.
Further, she applies her interest in continuous process improvement by leading the Office of Research and Innovative Technology’s Software Continuous Improvement Program (SCIP) initiative, ensuring the U.S. DOT Volpe Center attains and maintains a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 certification. Before coming to the U.S. DOT Volpe Center in 2015, Curran was a project manager supporting the U.S. Coast Guard in operational business requirement development.
She served as officer in the U.S. Navy where she held the position of Air Bridge Denial Officer Tactical Commander and primary watch officer for oversight of the U.S. Congressionally appointed program monitoring the suppression of illicit aerial trafficking of narco-terrorist substances in Colombia. Curran planned and executed operations with over 30 countries while overseeing operations by joint service members using several radar systems, military and government aircraft, and multi-service warships. She also served as an Officer and Aircraft Commander responsible for the mission and safety of a crew on the P-3 Orion aircraft deployed in the Middle East and Far East in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Prior to that, Curran flew the C-12 King Air, SH-3 Sea King helicopter, SH-60B Seahawk helicopter, and other aircraft. She is currently pursuing her Part 107 Drone certification.
Curran obtained her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Lowell, MA) and a bachelor’s degree in oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD).
Jason Glaneuski
Co-chief
617-494-3769
jason.glaneuski@dot.gov
Jason Glaneuski is chief of the Air Traffic Management Systems division and co-chief of the Aviation Facilities and Business Services division at the U.S. DOT Volpe Center in Cambridge, MA. His division applies information technology and operations research disciplines to enhance the capacity, safety, and security of the National Airspace System. A key component of this work is developing concepts and designing automated decision-support tools and capabilities that provide solutions to existing and anticipated traffic flow issues. Glaneuski has experience both performing and managing technical work in the areas of traffic flow management (TFM), time-based flow management (TBFM), and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) sense and avoid (SAA), among others. Before joining the U.S. DOT Volpe Center in 2001, he provided analytical support for the FAA Free Flight Program Office in Washington, D.C. Glaneuski earned a B.S. in Aviation Management and Flight Operations from Daniel Webster College (Nashua, NH) and has a master’s degree in computer science from Boston University (Boston, MA). He is a certified private pilot.
David Raymond
Principal Technical Advisor for Aviation Facilities and Business Services
David Raymond serves as part of our team of principal technical advisors who work across the Center to identify emerging transportation technologies, conduct analyses and assessments on topics of national significance, and explore new opportunities in response to evolving national concerns. He serves as the principal technical advisor for aviation facilities and business services.