Nine Years of Cooperation: The US-German Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Helicopter Aeromechanics 2003-2012

Abstract

For 30 years, the United States Department of the Army through the Aeroflightdynamics Directorate (AFDD), AMCOM and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the German Ministry of Defense (MoD) through the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have mutually benefited from a long-standing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Cooperative Research in the Field of Helicopter Aeromechanics. The mission of this joint venture is to bring together motivated scientists and visionary engineers in order to elucidate corresponding research perspectives. With the ever increasing constraints of national resources this agreement has proven over the last three decades to be a catalyst for effectively reducing the national workloads while widening research capabilities and enhancing research productivity. This MoU is considered a textbook example of a mature, formal exchange agreement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA594824

Entities

People

  • Berend G. Van Der Wall
  • Chris L. Blanjen

Organizations

  • United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Engineers
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Helicopter Rotors
  • Helicopters
  • Mathematical Models
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space