Aeronautical Technologies for the Twenty-First Century (1992) / Chapter Skim
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The Committee estimated the growth that can be expected in domestic and international markets, arid forecast the generic advances in performance that will be required to meet that growth. The Committee concluded that the development of technology for advanced subsonic transport aircraft is vital to the future of the U.S.
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. The remaining sections of this overview chapter discuss the benefits of a strong aeronautics industry and the role that technological advancement plays in keeping that industry competitive.
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has supplanted McDonnell Douglas as the second largest maker of large commercial subsonic aircraft. Clearly, as the worldwide market grows, U.S.
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aeronautics industry, in particular, the first benefit is clear more high-quality jobs for U.S. workers, more capital within the industry for reinvestment, greater profits to U.S.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR GROWITI Realization of the benefits described above requires that the technology that forms the basis of the aeronautics industry be focused on the primary missions of He industry competitive products and services. NASA has played and will continue to play a key role in development of this technology.
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5. Improved aircraft pe~forma~e: Advances in performance of conventional subsonic aircraft, rotorcraft, short takeoff and landing aircraft, and supersonic aircraft wit!
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avionics and controls' and (s) cognitive engineenng.4 In addition, a subcommittee was established to 4 Cognitive engineering is defined as the use of knowledge developed by the cognitive sciences to allow the h~man/machine interface to become more effective.
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Reducing noise may tend to increase operating costs, reduced emissions may degrade performance. In short, advances in one technology may help meet a number of needs or may necessitate additional advances in a complementary technology.
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OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY TABLE I-] Primary Benefits from Each Discipline 33 - - ream - | Avionics and control | More effective crew l c0~; Acre reliability ........
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3. "Subsonic aircraft," which includes both the advanced subsonic transport aircraft and the short-hau!
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Excludes wind tunnel refurbishment ($62. 8 million)
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The actual amount of effort devoted to technology validation through vehicle and component design and testing is actually much less than 37 percent of the program. Research into high-performance military aircraft was the second largest item in the 1992 research and technology budget, exceeding both advanced subsonic transport aircraft research and HSCT.
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Similarly, within the advanced subsonic transport class, the funding is distributed evenly between disciplines, concentrating slightly on advanced materials and controls technologies. This also seems appropriate given the broad range of technologies that are likely to contribute to the success of future subsonic transport aircraft.
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