Aerospace Propulsion and Power Technology

Abstract

This program develops and demonstrates technologies to achieve enabling and revolutionary advances in turbine, advanced-cycle, rocket, and space propulsion as well as electrical power, thermal management, and fuels. The program has six projects, each focusing on technologies with a high potential to enhance the performance of existing and future Air Force weapon systems. The Aerospace Fuels project develops and demonstrates improved hydrocarbon fuels and advanced propulsion systems, including those for air-breathing, high-speed/hypersonic flight. The Aerospace Power Technology project develops and demonstrates adaptive power and thermal management components, controls, and systems for high-power payloads and aircraft as part of energy-optimized aircraft development. The Aircraft Propulsion Subsystems Integration (ASPI) project develops demonstrator engines by integrating the engine cores demonstrated in the Advanced Turbine Engine Gas Generator project with low-pressure components. The Space and Missile Rocket Propulsion project develops and demonstrates innovative rocket propulsion technologies, propellants, and manufacturing techniques. The Advanced Aerospace Propulsion project develops the scramjet propulsion cycle to a technology readiness level appropriate for in-flight demonstration and for full integration with other engine cycles (including turbine and rocket based). The Advanced Turbine Engine Gas Generator project develops and demonstrates core turbine engine technologies for current and future aircraft propulsion systems. Portions of the Aerospace Fuels, ASPI, and Advanced Turbine Gas Generator projects support adaptive cycle technology demonstrations, which develop component technology for an adaptive cycle engine architecture that provides optimized performance, fuel efficiency, and durability for widely varying mission needs. Projects 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 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, 0602202F, 0602203F, 0602204F, 0602601F, 0602602F, 0602605F, 0602788F, 1206601F, and 0602298F. This effort is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development, because this budget activity includes development of subsystems, components, and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2019
• Source ID: 0603216F_3_3600_PB_2019
• Change Summary Explanation: Increase in FY 2019 due to realignment of funds for High-Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW).
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Aircraft Equipment
• Aircrafts
• Carburetors
• Fuel Efficiency
• Fuel Systems
• Jet Engine Fuels
• Manufacturing
• Materials Laboratories
• Materials Processing
• Materials Science
• Propulsion Systems
• Reliability
• Rocket Propulsion
• Turbine Components
• Turbines
• Turbojet Engines
• Turboshaft Engines

Fields of Study

• Physics

Readers

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

Technology Areas

• Hypersonics
• Space
• Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
• Space - Satellites