Andy Zeitlin Senior Principal Engineer
The MITRE Corporation/CAASD
Dr. Andrew D. Zeitlin, Senior Principal Engineer at MITRE/CAASD is renowned for expertise in aircraft collision avoidance. He has made major contributions to the development of TCAS, including its algorithms and safety studies, from its origins in the 1970’s to the present day. He was the 2007 recipient of the AIAA Dr. John C. Ruth Digital Avionics Award.
Dr. Zeitlin leads the Sense & Avoid Working Group of RTCA SC-203 (UAS), and has been an invited speaker on this subject at many domestic and international conferences. He has been a member of RTCA SC-147 (TCAS) since its origination in 1981, and co-chairs its Requirements Working Group. He was a principal contributor to the TCAS MOPS (DO-185, 185A and 185B). He was a long-term member of SC-186 (ADS-B) and was co-chair of its Working Group 2, which developed the MASPS for TIS-B (DO-286 and 286A). He also contributed to the ADS-B and ASA MASPS (DO-242 and DO-289). He led the safety subgroup of RTCA SC-218 (ADS-B and Collision Avoidance).
He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania (cum laude), New York University, and a Doctorate from George Washington University.
Speaker: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): What’s in a Name?
