Aerospace Propulsion

Abstract

This program develops propulsion and power technologies to achieve enabling and revolutionary aerospace technology capabilities. The program has six projects, each focusing on a technology area critical to the Air Force. The Advanced Propulsion Technology project develops high-speed air breathing propulsion engines to include combined cycle, ramjet, and hypersonic scramjet technologies to enable revolutionary propulsion capability for the Air Force. The Combustion and Mechanical Systems project evaluates lubricants and combustion concepts and technologies for new and existing engines. The Turbine Engine Technology project develops enabling capabilities to enhance performance and affordability of existing weapon systems and develops component technologies for ultra high pressure ratio, substantially improved durability, and adaptive cycle engine architecture to provide optimized performance, fuel efficiency, and life for widely varying mission needs. The Aerospace Power Technology project develops electrical power and thermal management technologies for military applications that are part of energy optimized aircraft development. The Rocket Propulsion Technology project develops advances in rocket propulsion technologies for space access, space maneuver, missiles, the sustainment of strategic systems, and tactical rockets. The Aerospace Fuel Technology project evaluates hydrocarbon-based fuels for legacy and advanced turbine engines, scramjets, pulse detonation, and combined-cycle engines. 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 technologies.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0602203F_2_3600_PB_2014
• Change Summary Explanation: Decrease in FY14 is due to higher DoD priorities. Received reprogramming from PE 0601103F University Research Initiative for Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology (ADVENT) effort.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Combustion
• Energy Management
• Fuel Efficiency
• Fuels
• Heat Transfer
• Jet Engine Fuels
• Materials Testing
• Propellants
• Propulsion Systems
• Rocket Engines
• Rocket Propulsion
• Rockets
• Space Propulsion
• Spacecraft
• Thrusters
• Turbines
• Turbojet Engines

Fields of Study

• Physics

Readers

• Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

• Hypersonics
• Space
• Space - Hall-Effect Thruster