Welcome to NASA Langley Research Center November 15

Welcome to NASA Langley Research Center November 15, 1999 Jeremiah F. Creedon Director

Goals of “Home & Home” • Provide Better Understanding of: – how we select and plan programs – The scope, content, and relevance of our efforts • • • Establish Points of Contact for Interested Parties Improve Working Relationships Receive Feedback to Improve Program Relevance, Content, and Execution

Office of Aero-Space Transportation Role OAT undertakes high payoff activities beyond the risk limit or capability of commercial enterprises and, in partnership with industry, academia, and other government agencies, delivers validated technology and scientific knowledge

OAT’s Contributions to Improve Quality of Life • To improve the air transportation system which is a fundamental element of the country’s infrastructure • To assure the pre-eminence of U. S. military aircraft • To reduce the cost of access to space • To provide the benefits of aerospace technology breakthroughs to non-aerospace organizations

Three Pillars for Success Pillar One: Global Civil Aviation Pillar Two: Revolutionary Technology Leaps Pillar Three: Access to Space

Global Civil Aviation Enabling Technology Goals Safety: Reduce the aircraft accident rate by a factor of five within 10 years and by a factor of ten within 25 years Environmental Compatibility: Reduce emissions of future aircraft by a factor of three within 10 years, and by a factor of five within 25 years Reduce the perceived noise levels of future aircraft by a factor of two from today’s subsonic aircraft within 10 years and by four within 25 years Prevailing noise at airports will be from cars and buses Meeting stringent international standards for noise & emissions could become a competitive advantage Hull Losses per million departures Air travel is the safest of all major modes of transportation

Global Civil Aviation Enabling Technology Goals Affordable Air Travel: While maintaining safety, triple the aviation system throughput, in all weather conditions, within 10 years Reduce the cost of air travel by 25% within 10 years and by 50% within 25 years Increase fuel efficiency Need to reverse the trend of increasing cost of ownership and operation Joint NASA & FAA research into unrestricted flight will allow more aircraft to safely share airspace To accommodate the growth in air travel and air cargo, 12, 000 new aircraft will be added in the next 20 years

Revolutionary Technology Leaps Enabling Technology Goals High-Speed Travel: Reduce the travel time to the Far East and Europe by 50% within 25 years, and do so at today’s subsonic ticket prices. General Aviation Revitalization: Invigorate the general aviation industry, delivering 10, 000 aircraft annually within 10 years, and 20, 000 aircraft within 25 years. Advanced Design for General Aviation Aircraft The High-Speed Civil Transport will Revolutionize Overseas Travel Low-Cost Materials and Structures for Affordability

Revolutionary Technology Leaps Enabling Technology Goals Tools of the Trade: Provide next-generation design tools and experimental aircraft to increase design confidence, and cut the development cycle time for aircraft in half. NASA’s Advanced Computational Research Facilities Computational View of Complex Aerodynamics on an F-18 Blended -Wing-Body Hyper-X: Airbreathing propulsion research to Mach 10

Access to Space Aerospace Technology Goals Revolutionizing America’s Space Launch Capabilities: Reduce the payload cost to low-Earth orbit by an order of magnitude, from $10, 000 to $1, 000 per pound, within 10 years and by an additional order of magnitude within 25 years Reduce the cost to interorbital transfer by an order of magnitude within 15 years, and reduce travel time for planetary missions by a factor of two within 15 years, and by an order of magnitude within 25 years Advanced Mars Transportation X-34 Air Launched Vehicle X-33 Technology Demonstrator Advanced Propulsion Research Vehicle to Revolutionize Space Access

Aviation Safety Limited visibility is single greatest contributing factor in CFIT accidents, General Aviation accidents, and airspace capacity limitations

Noise Reduction OBJECTIVE: 10 d. B Community Noise Impact Reduction Relative to 1992 Production Technology Small Twin 80 EPNd. B Takeoff Noise Contours

General Aviation AGATE Technologies Play a Key Role in New GA Aircraft SAFETY • Weather in the cockpit • Crashworthy designs AFFORDABILITY • Next generation engines Cirrus SR-20 • COTS-based cockpit architecture • Low-cost composite materials and manufacturing EASE OF USE • Highways in the Sky (HITS) system • Single-lever power control • Graphically-intuitive situational awareness • Unified instrument-private curriculum Lancair Columbia 300

Hyper-X

Rapid Smart Assembly Modeler Applied to NGST Drag and drop predictive models into assembly screen Library of legacy models Analysis uses advanced and legacy tools

NASA Installations Dryden Flight Research Center Ames Research Center Glenn Research Center Goddard Space Flight Center/ Wallops Flight Facility NASA Headquarters Langley Research Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory Kennedy Space Center Johnson Space Center John C. Stennis Space Center Marshall Space Flight Center

Planetary Entry NASA Space Access Aviation Military Langley Roles Non-aerospace Commercialization Atmospheric Science

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, CA Mission: Flight Research COE: Atmospheric Flight Operations Aeronautics Access to Space Airborne Science

Three Levels of Planning Click to add title Sub goal 1 2 Click to add sub-title Click to add 1 2 Click to add sub-title Sub goal 2 Click to add title 1 2 Sub goal 3 Goal Sub goal 1 Click to add sub-title 1 } 1. Defining the Collection of Goals and their relative funding Sub Goal goal 2 title Sub goal 1 goal 3 Sub goal 2 Sub goal 3 2. Planning an Overall Roadmap to achieve the Goal 3. Planning individual Programs

Three Pillars / Ten Goals Global Civil Aviation Reduce Accident Rates, 10 x Increase System Throughput, 3 x Reduce Cost of Air Travel by 50% Revolutionary Technology Leaps Reduce Transoceanic Travel time by 50% Invigorate GA 20 K units Annually Cut Development Cycle Time in Half Access to Space Reduce Launch Cost to LEO, 100 x by 2020 Reduce In. Space Transport cost, 10 x by 2022 Reduce Emissions, 5 x Reduce Noise, 4 x

A Notional Roadmap 1 = also on another roadmap 2 = dotted means not yet fully funded Sub goal 1 2 Sub goal 2 1 Time Sub goal 3 Goal

Roadmap Legends These plans exist and have been approved These plans are being developed Objectives for these plans have been defined, the objective will be refined, and detailed plans will be developed in the future

Three Levels of Planning Click to add title Sub goal 1 2 Click to add sub-title Click to add 1 2 Click to add sub-title Sub goal 2 Click to add title 1 2 Sub goal 3 Goal Sub goal 1 Click to add sub-title 1 } 1. Defining the Collection of Goals and their relative funding Sub Goal goal 2 title Sub goal 1 goal 3 Sub goal 2 Sub goal 3 2. Planning an Overall Roadmap to achieve the Goal 3. Planning individual Programs

OAT Aeronautics Competency Group Areas & Lead Center Assignments Center: Mission: COE: DFRC Aviation Ops. Systems Flight Research Astrobiology Atmos. Flt. Ops. Info. Tech. Simulators/ Facility Scientific & Engineering Group Lead: Computational Facilities La. RC GRC Airframe Sys. Atmos. Science Aeropropulsion Structures & Materials Turbomachinery WTs & Aero, Aircraft & Flight Facilities Aerthermo Facilities/ Struct. Test Facilities Propulsion Facilities Programs/ Lead Centers Aerospace Vehicle Systems Technology /La. RC ISE/La. RC Competency Human Factors Group Areas: Air Traffic Management Information Systems Techs. Rotorcraft & V/STOL Techs Experi. Aircraft Flight Research Airborne Systems Test Bed A/C Research & Ops Structures & Materials RPV Research & Ops Aerodynamics Flight Test Tech & Instrument Mission/Sys Analysis Crew Station Design & Integ Hypersonic Technologies Turbomachinery & Combustion HPCC/ARC Inlets, Nozzles & Mech. Engine Components Aviation Sys Capacity /ARC AOS/ARC UEET/GRC Propulsion Mats & Structs Airframe Sys/La. RC Hybrid Propulsion Flt Research/DFRC Propulsion Support Tech Prop. Sys/GRC Aviation Ops. /ARC Info. Tech/ARC Rotorcraft/ARC

OAT Space Transportation Roles Independent Assessment (HQ, La. RC) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (MSFC) Systems Engineering, Vehicle Design and Integration (MSFC) Systems Analysis Intercenter (Intercenter Systems Analysis Team) ELEMENT LEADS Prop. System Design & Integ. (MSFC) Electric Prop. Systems (GRC) Power Systems (GRC) Rocket Prop. Syst. Testing (SSC) Struct. & Mech. Design & Integ. (MSFC) Integrated Thermal Struct. (La. RC) Non-Metallic TPS (ARC) Int. Veh. Health Mgmt. Arch. (ARC) Airframe Design & Integ. (La. RC) Crew and Passenger Syst. (JSC) Avionics Sys. Design & Integ. (MSFC) Adv. Mfg. and Processes (MSFC) Payload and Lauch Operations (KSC) Materials Research (La. RC) Atmospheric Flight Operations (DFRC)

Lead Center Concept • Level I Lead Center · Defines overall goals for Level I , Level II WBS, goals and funding splits for Level II · Defines which center leads each Level II element based on a priori agreed to roles and missions (Code R adjudicates differences of opinion) · Reviews results of Level II • Level II Centers · Manage the Level II efforts · Define Level II WBS, goals, and funding splits for Level III · Reviews results of Level III activities · Reports Level III results to Level I

Code R Model Level III

Av. SP Organization Aviation Safety Program Office Michael Lewis, Director George Finelli, Deputy Director Connie Smith, Secretary Brian Smith, Dep Prog Mgr (ARC) Frank Jones, Asst Tech Mgmt Jaiwon Shin, Dep Prog Mgr (GRC) Glenn Bond, Senior Prog Analyst Technical Integration Program Integration Vincent Schultz (La. RC) Michael Basehore (FAA) Carrie Walker (Hq) Michael Durham (La. RC) Aviation System Monitoring & Modeling System-Wide Accident Prevention Single Aircraft Accident Prevention Weather Accident Prevention Accident Mitigation Synthetic Vision Yuri Gawdiak (ARC) Tina Beard (ARC) John White (La. RC) Ronato Colantonio (GRC) Douglas Rohn (GRC) Daniel Baize (La. RC)

H&H Themes • • • Airport/Aircraft Safety, Security, & Efficiency Aviation Safety Aviation Systems Capacity Design Tools Engine Propulsion Technology & Emissions Information Technology Noise Reduction Small A/C Transportation System(SATS) Space Transportation Technology Vehicle Technologies

H&H Themes to be Discussed at Langley • • • Aviation Safety Design Tools Small A/C Transportation System(SATS) Vehicle Technologies Noise Reduction

Approach • In general, all of the centers contribute to all of themes • We want the attendees to have an overview of all of the work, and • We also want the attendees to be able to see in some detail the items that the host center is accomplishing for themes presented at that center

Approach (continued) • An overview will be given for each theme – Describes all of the work – Describes the roles of each center • Detailed demonstrations/presentations will be given of the host center’s contributions to each of themes discussed at that center • “breakout” sessions will be conducted on each theme to obtain participants feedback and direct them to where they can get more detailed information at each of the centers • An overall summary feedback session will be conducted to obtain further feedback A core team consisting of members from all centers will attend all “home and home” activities

Agenda Day #1 -Part 1 8: 30 – 8: 45 a. m. 8: 45 – 9: 30 a. m. 9: 30 – 9: 45 a. m. 9: 45 – 10: 15 a. m. 10: 15 – 10: 45 a. m. 10: 45 – 11: 15 a. m. 11: 15 12: 30 – 12: 15 p. m. – 12: 30 p. m. – 3: 00 p. m. Welcome by General Spence Armstrong Overview by Dr. Jeremiah Creedon Break Presentation: Vehicle Technologies (D. Tenney) Presentation: Design Tools/X-Planes (J. Malone) Presentation: System Analysis from Goals Standpoint (B. Gilbert) Catered lunch in RCC Break and Board Tour Buses Selected Facility Tours

Agenda Day #1 -Part 2 3: 00 – 3: 10 p. m. Break and Assemble for Discussion Sessions in RCC 3: 10 – 4: 00 p. m. Parallel Discussion Sessions Session 1: Vehicle Technologies Session 2: Design Tools/X-Planes Session 3: GA/SATS 4: 00 – 4: 10 p. m. Break 4: 10 – 5: 00 p. m. Parallel Discussion Sessions Session 1: Vehicle Technologies (includes Rev. Con) Session 2: Design Tools/X-Planes Session 3: GA/SATS 5: 00 – 5: 15 p. m. Closing General Sam Armstrong 6: 30 – 8: 30 p. m. Reception and I-Max at VASC

Agenda Day #2 8: 00 – 8: 30 am 8: 30 – 8: 40 am 8: 40 – 9: 10 a. m. 9: 10 – 9: 25 a. m. 9: 25 – 9: 35 a. m. 9: 45 – 11: 50 p. m. 11: 50 – 12: 50 p. m. 12: 50 – 1: 00 p. m. 1: 00 – 1: 50 p. m. 1: 50 – 2: 00 p. m. 2: 00 – 3: 00 p. m. Arrive RCC, Sign-in, Continental Breakfast Welcome by Dr. Jeremiah Creedon Presentation: Aviation Safety (M. Lewis) Presentation: Noise Reduction (B. Willshire) Break and Board Tour Buses Selected Facility Tours Catered lunch in RCC Break and Assemble for Discussion Sessions Parallel Discussion Sessions in RCC Session 1: Av Safety (Weather/Synthetic Vision) Session 2: Av Safety (Technologies for Safer A/C Session 3: Noise Reduction Break Roundtable Discussion and Plenary with Dr. Jeremiah Creedon

Goals of “Home & Home” • Provide Better Understanding of: – how we select and plan programs – The scope, content, and relevance of our efforts • • • Establish Points of Contact for Interested Parties Improve Working Relationships Receive Feedback to Improve Program Relevance, Content, and Execution