Aerospace Vehicle Technologies

Abstract

This program investigates, develops, and analyzes aerospace vehicle technologies in the three primary areas of structures, controls, and aeromechanics. Advanced structures concepts are explored and developed to exploit new materials, fabrication processes, and design techniques. Flight control technologies are developed and simulated for aerospace vehicles. Advanced aerodynamic vehicle configurations are developed and analyzed through simulations, experiments, and multi-disciplinary analyses. Resulting technologies improve performance of existing and future manned and remotely piloted air and space access vehicles. Improvements include, but are not limited to, reduced energy use by efficient air platform designs, use of lightweight composite structures and improved sustainment methods based on the condition of the platform and sub-systems. Efforts in this program have been coordinated through the Department of Defense (DoD) Science and Technology (S&T) Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. This program is in Budget Activity 2, Applied Research, since it develops and determines the technical feasibility and military utility of evolutionary and revolutionary aerospace vehicle technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Source ID
0602201F_2_3600_PB_2014
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease in FY 2014 is due to higher DoD priorities.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Control Systems
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Materials
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Space

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