Aviation Technology

Abstract

This program element (PE) conducts air vehicle component design, fabrication and evaluation to enable Army aviation transformation. Emphasis is on developing aviation platform technologies to enhance manned and unmanned air vehicle combat and combat support operations for attack, reconnaissance, air assault, survivability, logistics and command and control missions. Project 47A researches and evaluates components and subsystems for air vehicles in the areas of aviation and aircraft weapons technology. Project 47B researches and evaluates components and subsystems for air vehicles in the areas of propulsion and structures. Focus areas include: engines & drive trains; rotors & vehicle management systems; platform design & structures; aircraft & occupant survivability; aircraft weapons & sensors; maintainability & sustainability; and unmanned & optionally manned systems. This PE supports the National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC), a partnership of government, industry, and academia. Work in this PE contributes to the Army Science and Technology (S&T) air systems portfolio and is fully coordinated with efforts in PE 0603003A (Aviation-Advanced Technology), PE 0602624A (Weapons and Munitions Technology), PE 0602303A (Missile Technology) and PE 0603710A (Night Vision Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering S&T focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this PE is performed by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), located at Redstone Arsenal, AL; Joint Base Langley Eustis, VA; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA; NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), located at Adelphi, MD; Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; Hampton, VA; and Cleveland, OH.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2016
• Source ID: 0602211A_2_2040_PB_2016
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aircraft Industry
• Aircrafts
• Airframes
• Army Aviation
• Combat Support
• Command And Control
• Engineering
• Military Research
• Night Vision
• Rotary Wing Aircraft
• Supply Chain Management
• Test And Evaluation
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Vehicles
• Weapons

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Autonomy
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control