1 Aeronautics Committee Report to the NASA Advisory Council Gen. Lester Lyles (Chairman) Dr. John Sullivan Dr. Gene Covert Dr. Ilan Kroo Dr. Ray Colladay.

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Aeronautics Committee Report to the NASA Advisory Council

Gen. Lester Lyles (Chairman)Dr. John SullivanDr. Gene Covert

Dr. Ilan KrooDr. Ray Colladay (ex-officio)

October 16, 2008

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Areas of Interest Explored at Current Meeting• Col. Jeffrey S. Turcotte, Chief of the Air and Weapons Division,

Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base– Status of Agreements Between AFRL and NASA Aeronautics Research– Sense and avoid systems for UAVs and airspace technology for

NextGen

• Dr. Kenneth W. Barker, Chief Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base – Technology Transition process improvements resulting from the USAF

Smart Operations for the 21st Century initiative.

• Dr. Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate– Presentation on NASA’s Aeronautics Research and ARMD’s Response

to the NAC’s Recommendation for System-Level Work

• Dr. Robie Samanta-Roy, Assistant Director for Space and Aeronautics, Office of Science and Technology Policy– Presentation on the Technical Appendix to the National Plan for

Aeronautics R&D and Related Infrastructure

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Status of Agreements AFRL and NASA

Aeronautics Research

Col Jeff Turcotte

AFRL/XPA

14 Oct 2008

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AFRL Mission

Leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our

air, space and cyberspace force.

Leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our

air, space and cyberspace force.

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S&T Customers/Stakeholders

I-CRRA Capability Shortfalls

MAJCOMs

DSB/SAB

DDR&E

SAF/US

SAF/AQ

Congress

System Program Offices

CSAF & SecAF

AFMC/CC

BalancedS&T

Investment

AFSPC/CC

Wargaming

Strategic Command

Joint Forces Command

Special Ops Command

Transportation Command

DARPA

ARMY

NAVY

PARNTERSHIPS

DOENASA

Capability-based Planning

and Programming

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Some On-Going Agreements

ProgramAutomatic Collision Avoidance

Technologies

Integrated High Lift and Control Systems

High-Speed Wind Tunnel Test of Blended Wing Body

Future High Altitude, Long Endurance Vehicles

Reduce Fuel Usage

Scramjet Engine Tests

Software Usage and Validation

Directed Energy Effects upon Aircraft

Aircraft Acoustic Signatures

Human Factors in Aeronautics

JView Visualization for NextGen

Propulsion and Power Systems

Power for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Summary

• AFRL is working with NASA in many areas, as it should

• Additional agreements are welcome wherever they make sense

– Unique/underutilized facilities

– Unique expertise

– Synergistic benefits where missions overlap

– Sharing results is a no-brainer in most cases

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Observation• NASA and the USAF have significant collaborative

activities• Much of the collaborations takes place at the working

level, where there exists a network of researchers working in related fields

Committee Observation

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Technical Appendix to the National Plan for Aeronautics R&D and Related Infrastructure

NAC Aeronautics Committee Meeting15 October 2008

Robie I. Samanta RoyAssistant Director for Space and Aeronautics

Office of Science and Technology Policy

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• Observation– The National Aeronautics R&D Policy and the follow-on Implementation

Plan lay out the roles and responsibilities of participating federal agencies, including NASA, in a collaborative effort to advance U.S. technological leadership in aeronautics.

– In the Committee’s view, the NASA Aeronautics program, while currently conducting high quality research, is insufficient in scope to achieve the U.S. leadership objectives implicit in the President’s Aeronautical R&D Policy.

• Recommendation– ARMD should plan and develop candidate systems-level research

projects of highest priority that should be evaluated and considered by NASA for augmentation in the FY2010 (and out years) budget request.

– These projects should be consistent with the objectives and themes of the National Aeronautical R&D Policy and Implementation Plan, leverage NASA’s unique expertise and competencies, and reflect the priorities of the NRC’s Decadal Survey for aeronautics.

NAC Aeronautics Committee Observation & Recommendation from April 2008 Meeting

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NASA’s Aeronautics Research and ARMD’s Response to the NAC’s Recommendation for System-Level Work

Overview to the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC)

Dr. Jaiwon ShinARMD Associate Administrator

October 15, 2008

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ARMD Response

Integrated system-level research to address national problem:• Integrate advanced operational concepts and new aircraft and engine

technologies to safely increase capacity and reduce fuel burn, noise and emissions.– Demonstrate integration of new aircraft and engine technologies through

system level experimentation to simultaneously reduce fuel burn, noise, and emissions

– Demonstrate the capability to conduct in-situ field testing of concepts which integrate surface, super-density, separation assurance and/or traffic flow management elements

– Understand and mitigate safety concerns to fully and safely exploit new capabilities

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New System-level Research Focus

1 = Hybrid wing configuration2 = 1+ advanced engine and airframe technologies3 = 2 + embedded engines with BLI inlets4 = 3 + laminar flow

Achieving Significantly Reduced Fuel Burn By Integration of Multiple TechnologiesBased on existing NASA data, investment in

terminal procedures has the most benefit to fuel reduction

• Continuous climbs and descents (at top-27 airports)

• Direct routing/improved re-routing/collaborative TFM

• “No-stop” taxi operations (arrivals only at 35 OEP airports)

VEHICLE THEMEOPERATIONS THEME

• Reduce noise

• Reduce emissions

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Coordination With Other Efforts

FAA: CLEEN

•NASA is also significantly involved in the technical aspects of this effort

•CLEEN focuses on more mature technologies (i.e. N+1) while the new focused activities are intended to explore more advanced (N+2) technologies

•The new activities are more closely related to the existing base research portfolio.

JPDO/FAA Demonstrations

•The new activity should compliment any planned JPDO demonstrations, including applications on FAA’s South Florida testbed.

•The new activity is focused on establishing a more extensive capability to test new operational concepts rather than maturing a few operational concepts that are ready for implementation

Industry

•ASP System Study NRA – “Integration of Advanced Vehicles Into NextGen”

•FAP “N+3” System Study NRA – “Advanced Concept Studies for Subsonic and Supersonic Commercial Transports Entering Service in the 2030-2035 Period”

NASA/FAA Research Transition Teams

•The new activity will directly support two of the RTTs – Integrated Arrival/Departure/ Surface RTT and Efficient Flow Into Congested Airspace RTT

•The improved analysis capability should benefit the future transition of other technologies that are not yet ready for the RTTs.

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• ARMD has been very responsive to the Council recommendation

• The proposed system-level research will have a major impact on aviation and the environment

• This system-level research builds on the progress that has been made in the past two years in the foundational program

Summary and Committee Observations