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The Future of Aviation

Bill Anderson Partnership Manager for Education Office of Aeronautics NASA Headquarters. AESP September 13, 2004. The Future of Aviation. Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Programs. Airspace Systems. Vehicle Systems. Aviation Safety and Security. Aviation Safety Noise Reduction

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The Future of Aviation

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  1. Bill Anderson Partnership Manager for Education Office of Aeronautics NASA Headquarters AESP September 13, 2004 The Future of Aviation

  2. Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Programs Airspace Systems Vehicle Systems Aviation Safety and Security

  3. Aviation Safety Noise Reduction Emissions Reduction System Capacity New Technologies Aeronautics Technology Challenges

  4. Challenge: The Need to Continuously Improve Aviation Safety 50 Business as usual 40 Hull loss accidents per year* 30 20 Reductions possible with continued effort Departures, Millions* 10 Hull loss accident rate* [Accidents per million departures] 0 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 *Accident and Departure data through 31 December 2001

  5. Human Factors Weather Situational Awareness Aviation Safety

  6. Synthetic Vision

  7. Automatic Protected Airspace Avoidance Control Threshold Prohibited Area Autonomic Control Invoked Predicted Flight Path Approved Flight Path Alerting Threshold 

  8. Challenge: Containing Noise Within the Airport Boundary Growth in World Airport Noise Restrictions All Types of Restrictions 1000 Noise Abatement Procedures 800 Number of Restrictions 600 400 200 0 1970 1980 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Year

  9. Noise Reduction Chevron Nozzle Airframe Noise Reduction Source Noise Reduction Aircraft Operations

  10. Challenge: Minimizing Aviation Emissions Smog-free No impact on global climate

  11. Emissions Reduction Making engines more efficient

  12. Regenerative Fuel System Energy Storage System H2 Tank O2 Tank Weight is a problem

  13. Challenge: National Airspace System Approaching Gridlock Future ATM Concepts Evaluation Tool (FACET)

  14. Challenge: National Airspace System Approaching Gridlock

  15. Increasing Airspace Capacity and Efficiency Community access with small aircraft/airports Gate-to-gate air traffic management capacity & flexibility Advanced concepts of operation Human factors

  16. Expanded Accessibility to Underutilized Airports and Airspace An additional 5,400 Public Use Airports Airports today with “near all weather” availability

  17. Automated Control of Small Aircraft

  18. Personal Air Vehicle Exploration • Rural/Regional General Aviation • Conventional take off and landing • 5-place, non-pressurized cabin • 200 mph cruise speed • 500-mile range • Near all weather capability • Target cost of $75,000

  19. Personal Air Vehicles Must be safe, efficient,and low-cost Roadable Vehicle

  20. Challenge: Revolutionary Technologies and New Missions

  21. Building Aircraft One Molecule at a Time

  22. Mimicking Biology

  23. Subsonic Transports Notional Aircraft

  24. Supersonic Aircraft Sonic BoomLow Speed NoiseHigh Speed Inefficiencies and Emissions

  25. F-15 Visible Sonic Shock Wave

  26. F5-E Supersonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) With Nose Glove F5-E Without Nose Glove

  27. Vehicles of the Future

  28. Hypersonic Aircraft Mach 7 – One Mile Per Second Total flight – 400 miles during 6 minute test Scramjet Burn - 11 Seconds Mach 10 – Fall, 2004 X-43A

  29. X-43A Video and Animation Supersonic Combustion Ramjet (Scramjet) • Facts • March 27, 2004 • 2,800 lbs. • Length 12 ft. • B-52 • 40,000 feet • Pegasus Rocket • 3,500 mph • 100,000 feet • Scramjet Power • Mach 7, 5000 mph • 10-sec burn • Gaseous Hydrogen • No recovery • Next flight 12/04 • $230M Program

  30. X-43A Flight Video

  31. ARES Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey of Mars

  32. ARES Animation

  33. ARES Balloon Drop Test

  34. In Summary…

  35. Vehicle Systems Education Products English Chinese Spanish English ColoringBook

  36. The invention of flight continues…

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