APPENDIX D
Complete List of Technologies Assessed
AIR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
Propulsion Technologies
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active, closed-loop engine control with real-time, detailed diagnostics
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actively controlled combustor pattern factor
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advanced combustor cases
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advanced membrane technology
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advanced propulsion systems
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advanced propulsion systems for rotorcraft
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aircraft turbine core engines with oxygen-enriched airstream
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aircraft turbine engine with thrust modulation and/or vectoring
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alternate fuels and propulsion systems
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alternative propulsion for small airplanes
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aspirated compressors
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condition-based monitoring/maintenance
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cooled cooling air
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electrically powered aircraft wheels
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fine spray grid fuel-air injection
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fuel reforming/fuel cells
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integral heat exchanger
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integrated combustor front-end design
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intelligent gas turbine engines
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large turndown ratio combustors
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low cost turbines for general aviation and helicopters
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low or no emission engines
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nacelle boundary layer suction
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nonmetallic aircraft turbine engines
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revolutionary combustors
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trapped vortex pilot zone
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turbo-electric hybrid powered aircraft
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turbogenerators
Aerodynamics
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elimination of airframe wave drag through wave cancellation
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maintaining laminar flow on airframes by means of surface cooling
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minimum-wake wing
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technology to extract the rotary energy of wingtip vortices
Air Vehicle Configurations
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"electraircraft" x-plane
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"green" aircraft configurations and operations
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air vehicles optimized for reduced operating costs
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blended-wing body (BWB)
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high speed civil transports
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mid-wing twin fuselage
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O-plane
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practical, affordable flying automobile
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strut-braced wing
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unconventional aircraft
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unpiloted air vehicles
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V/STOL aircraft to enhance capacity
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variable diameter tilt-rotors
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vertical flight for commercial applications
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vertical flight for personal transportation
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very large cargo aircraft
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Z plane
Control Systems and Sensors
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aircraft mounted remote weather sensors
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control systems
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data fusion/estimation
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low-cost ice protection systems and ice avoidance capability
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noise reduction technology
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photonics-based sensors
Structures, Materials, and MEMS
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"smart systems" applications
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advanced materials
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aluminum/aluminum diboride metal matrix composites
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carbon nanofibers with an ultra high capacity to absorb/adsorb hydrogen gas at ambient temperatures and modest pressures
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carbon/carbon/boron nitride composites
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laminated structures technology
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materials and materials processing
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MEMS in-situ cooling of hot section sensors
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micro electromechanical systems (MEMS)
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miniaturization, smart structures, and health-monitoring
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multichip module laminates
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nanoporous composite fiber activated carbon assemblies
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new alloys
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recyclable copolyester thermosets
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reinforced composites for propulsion systems
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shaped/smart materials
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superconducting electronic materials
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very low-cost composites
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wing sealants
Design and Manufacturing
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automated assembly
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fabrication by light
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integrated design
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lean manufacturing for gas turbine engines
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modeling and simulation
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new methodology for engine design and development
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virtual manufacturing
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virtual prototyping
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virtual test cells
AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
Flight Deck and Human/Automation Systems
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affordable, reliable fly-by-light control systems
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automated preflight procedures
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automated reasoning
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care free handling
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configuration performance monitoring and situation awareness
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decision aids
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distributed systems (via datalinks)
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flight deck workload reduction technology
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highly capable automation systems
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human-machine systems (cognitive engineering)
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integrated flight systems
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situation awareness alerting systems
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technology for uncrewed aircraft
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upwardly compatible systems
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virtual visual meteorological conditions (VMC)
Communications, Navigation, Surveillance, and Air Traffic Management
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4-D operations (four dimensional precision trajectory prediction)
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air traffic control
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air traffic management for V/STOL aircraft
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antijamming technology
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free flight and a precise knowledge of location
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high altitude airborne communications platforms
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information security
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low-cost inertial measurement units
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reliable and confirmed ATC information in the cockpit
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satellite-based communications, navigation, and surveillance systems
Terminal Area Technologies
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energy absorbing runways
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formation landings
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high speed turnoffs
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V/STOL infrastructure
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wake vortex mitigation
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wide runways
Software and Process Technologies
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autocode
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certification
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common conceptual model for software
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formal methods for software development
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improved theory and methods of risk estimation and management in complex flight-critical systems
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new software verification and validation processes
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next generation ''goal level" autonomy algorithms
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predictive tools/models for analyzing the total air transportation system
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safety analysis
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software architecture
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software certification
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software designed for evolution
SPACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY
Propulsion Technologies
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advanced fuels
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advanced high energy propellants
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blast wave accelerator
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combined cycle rocket-based engines
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endothermic hydrocarbons
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high efficiency H2-O2 rocket engine capable of providing optimum expansion ratio performance over the ambient pressure range from 1 atmosphere to space vacuum
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hydrogen densification/storage
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increased thrust-to-weight engine
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laser propulsion
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liquid air, cooled air propulsion concepts
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pulse detonation engine
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reformed hydrocarbons
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solid/metallic hydrogen
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strained ring hydrocarbons
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unique propulsion concepts
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variable expansion ratio engine
Launch Vehicle Configurations and Components
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advanced composite materials
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advanced thermal protection systems
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cost optimized multistage to orbit rocket
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integrated thermostructural systems
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lightweight and high performance components for reusable launch vehicles
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lightweight structures
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miniaturization
Launch Assist Technology
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air launch systems
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cannons
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magnetic lifter
Ground Infrastructure
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modeling and simulations of operations
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prelaunch processing
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test and mission planning automation
Mitigation of Environmental Impact
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noise control technology
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pollution reduction technology