Assured Fuels
Abstract
The Alternative Fuels program manages the certification of current and future alternative fuels for operational use in all legacy and future weapons systems, applicable support equipment, and fuel delivery and storage infrastructure. The alternative fuel types being evaluated and certified include various synthetic fuels, bio-mass derived fuels, and fuel blend technologies. This effort includes complete system evaluations, studies and analysis, subsystem and system-level testing, safety, environmental analysis, fuel stock purchase, fuel storage and transport and other USAF certification costs. Scope of activities include interaction with all USAF weapon system single managers to accomplish complete certification activities for applicable weapon systems. Initiative supports USAF assured fuels effort to decrease US dependence on foreign oil and secure additional fuel-types on which to conduct world-wide operations. This program is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 645287_0604796F_4_3600_PB_2013
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- Root: Alternative Fuels
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