The FAA has officially opened its new indoor fire research facility in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The agency says the $5 million facility will be used to support research and conduct testing on fluorine-free firefighting foams. The project is being conducted in order to address a directive laid out in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 that calls for the agency “to stop requiring the use of fluorinated chemicals in aircraft firefighting foams within three years.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/faa-regs/faa-opens-fire-research-facility