Airworthiness Expert Witnesses

Peachtree City, Georgia

Aviation & Aerospace - Commercial Aircraft Maintenance, Aircraft Modifications, Corporate aviation, Pre-purchase inspection, Structural repairs, Lease acceptance & return language, FAA Regulation, FARS, Airworthiness, records, EASA Regulations, STC's, Tool use and safety, MRO Performance, Business aviation, Logbooks, Lease language, Mx Procedures, Part 91

Robert G. Tuck is the Founder and President of Jet Research, LLC. Since its founding in 1996, Jet Research has completed more than 900 aircraft engagements across corporate, business, and commercial aviation in over 50 countries, serving aircraft owners, flight departments, operators, lessors, financial institutions, and legal counsel. Mr. Tuck holds a FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Certificate issued in 1989 with a clean FAA record. He is authorized as a 2-REG Fixed Wing Airworthiness Inspector (Bailiwick of Guernsey Aircraft Registry) and is a former FAA ODA Unit Member with airworthiness authorizations equivalent to DAR-T. He is a U.S. Army veteran with more than ten cumulative years of field experience in Europe working under EASA regulatory frameworks. A significant portion of his expert witness practice involves pre-purchase inspection disputes — matters in which the scope, adequacy, documentation, and return to service compliance of an inspection is contested. He has part...

New York , New York

Aviation & Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence - UAS, unmanned aircraft, autonomous systems, eVTOL, airworthiness, FAA certification, Surgical Robotics, Industrial Robotics, Safety Case Analysis, FMEA, flight test, Airfield Safety, hazard analysis, drone, Medical Device Safety, Product Liability, aviation safety, software safety, ADAS Failure Analysis, Insurance Coverage Disputes

When a case turns on whether an autonomous or safety-critical system was properly designed, verified, or certified, I provide the independent technical judgment attorneys need to establish or challenge that standard. I evaluate whether systems were reasonably built and validated for their intended environment : reviewing hazard analyses, safety cases, certification evidence, and the engineering decisions that determined whether a system was ready for real-world deployment. My opinions are grounded in direct program accountability across Lockheed Martin F-35 flight test, Northrop Grumman systems engineering, Boeing engineering, and Anduril autonomous UAS operations - programs where getting these decisions wrong had real consequences. Available for litigation support, expert report preparation, deposition, and trial testimony in matters involving: Aviation and aerospace system failures, certification disputes, airfield safety, and airline operational negligence. Autonomous vehicle...