AERON & ACFT WPNS TECH
Abstract
This project designs and evaluates rotary wing vehicle technologies for manned and unmanned Army/ Department of Defense (DoD) aircraft to increase strategic and tactical mobility/deployability, improve combat effectiveness, increase aircraft and crew survivability; and improve combat sustainability. Areas of research address desired characteristics applicable to all aviation platforms, such as enhanced rotor efficiencies, improved survivability, increased structure and airframe capability, improved engine performance, improved sustainability, improved mission avionics performance, and reduced cost. This project supports the National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC), a partnership of government, industry, and academia. This project leverages work accomplished in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Technologies within this project transition to advanced technology development programs with application to future, as well as current, Army/DoD aircraft systems. Work in this project is fully coordinated with PE 0603003A (Aviation Advanced Technology) and work in this project related to aircraft weapons integration is also fully coordinated with PE 0602624A (Weapons and Munitions Technology) and PE 0602303A (Missile 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 project is performed by the Aero-Flight Dynamics Directorate of the Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), (located at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA; and the NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA); and the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, Fort Eustis, VA.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 47A_0602211A_2_2040_PB_2013
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- Root: AVIATION TECHNOLOGY
- Child Accomplishment: National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC)
- Child Accomplishment: Rotor Technology
- Child Accomplishment: Flight Controls
- Child Accomplishment: Rotors & Vehicle Management Technologies
- Child Accomplishment: Aircraft and Occupant Survivability Technologies (previously titled Survivability Technologies)
- Child Accomplishment: Engine Technologies (previously titled Advanced Engines)
- Child Accomplishment: System Concepts Studies
- Child Accomplishment: Platform Design & Structures Technologies
- Child Accomplishment: Network Operations and System Integration
- Child Accomplishment: Unmanned and Optionally Manned Technologies
- Child Accomplishment: Aircraft Weapon & Sensor Technologies
- Child Accomplishment: Maintainability & Sustainability Technologies (previously titled Durability and Sustainment Technologies)
- Child Accomplishment: Survivability For Degraded Visual Environment Operations