Speed Agile Team Wins Laureate
Almost
since the dawn of powered flight, military aircraft have benefitted
from NASA aeronautics research. Back then - in 1917 – it wasn't called
NASA. It was the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which
changed its name to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in
1958.
That legacy continues today and is getting recognition. A
government/industry team, led by the Air Force Research Laboratory
(AFRL) and including NASA, won Aviation Week magazine's 2013 prestigious
Laureate Award in Aeronautics and Propulsion for the Speed Agile
Powered Lift System Concept Demonstrator. The idea behind the program is
to design a next-generation tactical mobility aircraft that could give
the U.S. Air Force more flexibility to deliver supplies and troops to
remote regions of the world that might not have traditional
infrastructure such as long, paved runways. Included on the award
winning research team were not only NASA Aeronautics Research Mission
Directorate's Fixed Wing Project, but also Boeing Research &
Technology; Lockheed Martin; Advanced Technologies, Inc.; and Williams
International.
Since the research efforts started in 2002, AFRL
and its partners have designed, tested and validated technology for
cruise-efficient short takeoff and landing aircraft. NASA's primary
interest is in the dual use technology and its potential application to
future airliners. NASA contributed computational tool, wind tunnel,
simulator and aerodynamic expertise at its Langley Research Center in
Hampton, Va. and Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.
Researchers tested several concepts in NASA Langley's National Transonic
Facility and 14 by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel. They also used NASA Ames'
Vertical Motion Simulator to evaluate flying qualities and control
schemes for an advanced transport.
Image Credit: NASA Langley/George Homich
NASA
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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