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Appendix D: Complete List of Technologies Assessed
Pages 125-132

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From page 125...
... Ing/fuel cells integral heat exchanger integrated combustor front-encl design intelligent gas turbine engines large turndown ratio combustors low cost turbines for general aviation and helicopters 125
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From page 126...
... . mlnlmum-wa~e wing technology to extract the rotary energy of wingtip vortices Air Vehicle Configurations "electraircraft" x-plane "green" aircraft configurations and operations air vehicles optimized for reduced operating costs b~enclecl-wing body (BWB)
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From page 127...
... Z plane Control Systems and Sensors aircraft mounted remote weather sensors control systems data fusion/estimation low-cost ice protection systems and ice avoidance capability noise reduction technology photonics-based sensors Structures, Materials, and M EMS · "smart systems" applications advanced materials aluminum/aluminum diboride metal matrix composites carbon nanofibers with an ultra high capacity to absorb/adsorb hydrogen gas at ambient temperatures and modest pressures carbon/carbon/boron nitride composites laminated structures technology materials and materials processing MEMS in-situ cooling of hot section sensors micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) miniaturization, smart structures, and health-monitoring multichip module laminates nanoporous composite fiber activated carbon assemblies new alloys recyclable copo~yester thermosets reinforced composites for propulsion systems 127 shaped/smart materials
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From page 128...
... Leadership in Aeronautics AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY Flight Deck and Human/Automation Systems affordable, reliable fly-by-light control systems automated preflight procedures automated reasoning care free handling configuration performance monitoring and situation awareness decision aicis distributed systems (via clata~inks) flight deck workload reduction technology highly capable automation systems human-machine systems (cognitive engineering)
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From page 129...
... Communications, Navigation, Surveillance, and Air Traffic Management 4-D operations (four dimensional precision trajectory prediction) air traffic control air traffic management for V/STOL aircraft anti jamming technology free flight and a precise knowledge of location high altitude airborne communications platforms information security low cost inertial measurement units reliable and confirmed ATC information in the cockpit satellite-based communications, navigation, and surveillance systems Terminal Area Technologies energy absorbing runways formation landings high speed turnoffs V/STOL infrastructure wake vortex mitigation wide runways Software and Process Technologies autococle certification common conceptual mode!
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... Leaclership in Aeronautics i imp roved theory and methods of risk estimation and management in complex flightcritical systems new software verification and validation processes next generation "goal level" autonomy algorithms predictive tools/models for analyzing the total air transportation system safety analysis software architecture software certification software designed for evolution SPACE TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY advanced high energy propellants blast wave accelerator combined cycle rocket-based engines endothermic hydrocarbons high efficiency H2-O2 rocket engine capable of providing optimum expansion ratio performance over the ambient pressure range from ~ atmosphere to space vacuum . hyd rogen densification/storage increased thrust-to-weight engine laser propulsion liquid air, cooled air propulsion concepts pulse detonation engine reformed hydrocarbons so~id/metal~ic hydrogen strained ring hydrocarbons unique propulsion concepts variable expansion ratio engine
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... air launch systems cannons . magnetic lifter Ground Infrastructure modeling and simulations of operations prelaunch processing test and mission planning automation Mitigation of Environmental Impact noise control technology pollution reduction technology 131
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Key Terms

  • air traffic
  • reduction technology
  • vehicle configurations
  • gas turbine
  • traffic management

  • expansion ratio
  • technology advanced
  • situation awareness
  • vertical flight
  • air vehicle

  • space transportation
  • propulsion concepts
  • air vehicles
  • planning automation
  • blast wave

  • ambient pressure
  • ice protection
  • control technology
  • ice avoidance
  • awareness alerting

  • integral heat
  • capable automation
  • variable expansion
  • cooled air
  • providing optimum

  • activated carbon
  • ratio performance
  • engine capable
  • metal matrix
  • multichip module


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