National Aeronautics R&D Goals: Technology for America's Future
Abstract
In November of 1982 an interagency working group, under the direction of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, issued a comprehensive report analyzing the state of aeronautics research and the role of the Federal Government in supporting that research. Among its conclusions were that there are possible today monumental advances in aircraft performance. Due to the nature of the benefits, both military and commercial, the Federal Government and industry must unite to realize that potential. As a result of that report, an Aeronautical Policy Review Committee was established, composed of government, industry, and academic experts, for the purpose of keeping track of the implementation of the recommendations in the first report. This second report by the Committee points out that, like other industries that rest on strong technological bases, American aeronautics faces tremendous challenges from abroad as well as tremendous opportunities for advances and leadership now and in the future. The report is comprehensive and addresses specific goals in three areas - subsonics, supersonics, and transatmospherics - that we should be focusing on. It gives clear direction for the Administration's commitment to maintaining and extending our leadership in this field. If the goals are pursued vigorously by industry, academia, and government, U.S. aeronautics, in both the civil and defense sectors, will be able to sustain its preeminence into the next century.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA328422
Entities
Organizations
- Executive Office of the President of the United States