Aerospace Vehicle Technologies

Abstract

This program investigates, develops, and analyzes aerospace vehicle technologies in the primary areas of high speed systems, flight control technologies, aeromechanics, structure systems and nuclear system technology. The effort has five projects, each focusing on a technology area critical to the Department of the Air Force. The High Speed Systems Technology project develops high speed/hypersonic aerospace vehicles as well as high-speed air breathing propulsion engines to include combined cycle, ramjet, and hypersonic scramjet technologies to enable revolutionary propulsion capability for the Department of the Air Force. The Flight Controls and Pilot-Vehicle Interface project develops technologies that enable maximum affordable capability from manned, remotely-piloted and autonomous aerospace vehicles. The Aeromechanics and Integration project designs advanced aerodynamic vehicle configurations that are developed and analyzed through simulations, experiments, and multi-disciplinary analyses. It also develops design techniques, incorporating vehicle, inter-vehicle, and intra-vehicle control systems. The Structures project develops and exploits new materials, and fabrication processes. The Nuclear System Technology project provides science and technology to preserve nuclear deterrence for future generations. Funds in this PE may be used to investigate specified technology advancements in air, space and/or cyber domains. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver science & technology capabilities. The use of program funds in this PE would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0601102F, 0602102F, 0602201F, 0602203F, 0602204F, 0602602F, 0602605F, 0602788F, 1206601SF, and 0602298F. In FY 2022, the seismic technologies efforts of PE 1206601SF, Space Technology, Project 621010, Space Survivability & Surveillance were transferred to Appropriation 3600, Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force, PE 0602201F, Aerospace Vehicles Technologies, Project 625172, Nuclear System Technology, from Appropriation 3620, Budget Activity (BA) 02 due to the creation of a new Appropriation for Space Force. This program is in Budget Activity 2, Applied Research because this budget activity includes studies, investigations, and non-system specific technology efforts directed toward general military needs with a view toward developing and evaluating the feasibility and practicality of proposed solutions and determining their parameters.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0602201F_2_3600_PB_2022
• Change Summary Explanation: Decrease in FY 2022 of 194.487 million is due to Congressional reversal of program element restructure, higher Department of the Air Force priorities, and transformational activities.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Autonomy
• Cyber
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aerodynamic Configurations
• Aerospace Craft
• Aircraft Design
• Aircraft Equipment
• Aircrafts
• Airframes
• Control Systems
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Human-Machine Interaction
• Hypersonic Aircraft
• Hypersonic Vehicles
• Remotely Piloted Vehicles
• Space Systems
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Unmanned Systems

Fields of Study

• Physics

Readers

• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Hypersonics
• Space