Fundamental Aeronautics Program The Fundamental Aeronautics Program, part oNASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, explores cutting-edge solutions to enable radical new designs or vehicles that y at all speeds rom subsonic to hypersonic. Its researchers develop technologies and vehicle concepts to enable uture versions osubsonic and supersonic vehicles that y more cleanly, quietly and efciently. Fundamental Aeronautics addresses national challenges in air transportation and access to space: •Publicconcernsovernoiseandemissions; •Sustainabilityofaf fordableairtra veldespiteincreasingcostsandtheavailabilityofjetfuel; •Maintainingmobilitywi thinanairspacewhilemeetingincreasingdemand;and •Makingmeaningfulpr ogresstowardfastermeans otransportation. Potential outcomes that beneft the public and the nation include: •Revolutionaryairframecongurations; •Dramaticdecrea sesinnoise,fuelconsump tionandgreenhousegasemissions; •Improvedairqual ity;and •Improvedpropulsionsystems.Fundamental Aeronautics also supports NASA’ s human and robotic exploration missions by devel- oping technologies and vehicle concepts or low- cost, reliable access to space, and or the entry, descent and landing ohigh mass payloads into the Martian and other planetary atmospheres. Images (Clockwise, left to right) Future Supersonic: NASA wind tunnel tests oa Gulstream Aerospace low-sonic-b oom confgura- tion assess the tools or designing aircra t that produce little or no sonic boom noise. SMART Rotor: NASA wind tunnel tests othe Smart Material Actuated Rotor Technology (SMART) assess helicopter blade active-control strategies or reducing vibrations and noise. Scramjet Engine: A hydrocarbon-ueled scramjet engine model was tested in a NASA wind tunnel able to simulate ight conditions rom Mach 3 to 7. Blended Wing Body: Flight tests continue on a revolutionary aircrat design that smoothly blends an aircrat wing into a wide, tailless uselage with top-mounted engines.
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8/6/2019 NASA Facts Fundamental Aeronautics Program
Images (Clockwise, left to right) Future Supersonic: NASA wind tunnel tests o a Gulstream Aerospace low-sonic-boom confgura-
tion assess the tools or designing aircrat that produce little or no sonic boom noise. SMART Rotor: NASA wind tunnel tests o the
Smart Material Actuated Rotor Technology (SMART) assess helicopter blade active-control strategies or reducing vibrations and noise.
Scramjet Engine: A hydrocarbon-ueled scramjet engine model was tested in a NASA wind tunnel able to simulate ight conditionsrom Mach 3 to 7. Blended Wing Body: Flight tests continue on a revolutionary aircrat design that smoothly blends an aircrat wing
into a wide, tailless uselage with top-mounted engines.
8/6/2019 NASA Facts Fundamental Aeronautics Program