Aerospace Systems and Technology - The Role of RAE (Royal Aerospace Establishment)

Abstract

After a brief summary of the history of RAE an outline is given of the Establishment's facilities, including the guided weapon ranges which are currently being modernised. The scope and rationale of its research programme are illustrated by descriptions of a number of specific items: night and all- weather operations, flight control of ASTOVL aircraft, applications of computational fluid dynamics to aircraft and gas turbines, advanced airframe materials, aim-point refinement for guided weapons, and remote sensing of the Earth's surface from space. The use of assessment techniques in research planning and in support of the definition of operational requirements is then discussed and reference is made also to relationships with industry and to future trends in research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 02, 1988
Accession Number
ADA196821

Entities

People

  • G. G . Pope

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Guided Weapons
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Aircraft
  • Radar
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Simulators
  • Target Seekers
  • Test Facilities
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space