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 current projects, each focusing on a technology area critical to the Department of the Air Force. The High Speed Systems Technology project develops component level vehicle technologies for expendable and reusable high speed/hypersonic aerospace systems. 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 program element 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 program element would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0601102F, 0602020F, 0602102F, 0602203F,0602202F, 0602204F, 0602602F, 0602605F, 0602788F, 0602298F, and 1206601SF. 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
0602201F_2_3600_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease in FY 2021 reflects reprogramming to support Research and Development Projects, 10 U.S.C. Section 2363, an amendment to PL 110-417, 10 U.S.C. Section 2358 and 10 U.S.C. 2805(d)(1)(B). The FY 2022 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY 2023 through FY 2026 funding. Therefore, an explanation of the change between the two budget positions for FY2023 cannot be made in a relevant manner.
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

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Hybrid Power
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Turbine Components
  • Turbojet Engines
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Hypersonics
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers

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