Bill Anderson Partnership Manager for Education Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters The Future of Aviation
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Programs Airspace Systems Vehicle Systems Aviation Safety and Security
Aeronautics Technology Challenges • • • Aviation Safety Noise Reduction Emissions Reduction System Capacity New Technologies
Challenge: The Need to Continuously Improve Aviation Safety 50 40 Business as usual Hull loss accidents per year* 30 20 Departures, Millions* 10 Reductions possible with continued effort Hull loss accident rate* [Accidents per million departures] 0 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 *Accident and Departure data through 31 December 2001 2020
Aviation Safety Human Factors Weather Situational Awareness
Synthetic Vision
Automatic Protected Airspace Avoidance Control Threshold Prohibited Area Autonomic Control Invoked Predicted Flight Path Approved Flight Path Alerting Threshold
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 Year 1996 1997 1998
Chevron Nozzle Noise Reduction Airframe Noise Reduction Source Noise Reduction Aircraft Operations
Challenge: Minimizing Aviation Emissions Smog-free No impact on global climate
Emissions Reduction Making engines more efficient
Regenerative Fuel System Energy Storage System H 2 Tank Weight is a problem O 2 Tank
Challenge: National Airspace System Approaching Gridlock Future ATM Concepts Evaluation Tool (FACET)
Challenge: National Airspace System Approaching Gridlock
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
Expanded Accessibility to Underutilized Airports and Airspace An additional 5, 400 Public Use Airports today with “near all weather” availability
Automated Control of Small Aircraft
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
Personal Air Vehicles Must be safe, efficient, and low-cost Roadable Vehicle
Challenge: Revolutionary Technologies and New Missions
Building Aircraft One Molecule at a Time
Mimicking Biology
Subsonic Transports Notional Aircraft
Supersonic Aircraft Sonic Boom Low Speed Noise High Speed Inefficiencies and Emissions
F-15 Visible Sonic Shock Wave
F 5 -E Supersonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) F 5 -E Without Nose Glove With Nose Glove
Vehicles of the Future
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-43 A
X-43 A 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 • $230 M Program
ARES Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey of Mars
ARES Animation
ARES Balloon Drop Test
In Summary…
The invention of flight continues…
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