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NASA Aeronautics UpdateJay DryerDirector, Fundamental Aeronautics ProgramMarch 2014
Topics

• NASA Aeronautics Strategy• FY 15 Budget Highlights• New ARMD Structure
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Why is aviation so important?

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The air transportation system is critical to U.S. economic vitality. 
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Why should I care?

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Take the system view. You may not have flown today but something you needed did.
Aeronautics Research Supports High Qual

Manufacturing Jobs

“Sales orders for all four verGTF engine, which each haprice of $12 million, have pradd nearly 500 engineers at Hartford, Conn., headquartedone this in some time," saydirector of human resourcesbusiness in the area, from redentists to pizzerias, could bMagazine

Civil Aeronautics Manufacturing*

2008 1,096,000 jobs2009 1,112,000 jobs

* FAA 2011
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What do emerging global trends reveal?New realities challenge traditional approaches to strategic planning.

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China and India growing economically 

at unprecedented rates

Asia-Pacific will have 

largest middle class

The world will be predominantly urban Revolutionary technology deve

and adoption are accelera

Source: National Intelligence Council 
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Why are these trends important?Challenges are multiplying and accelerating. Technology is a catalyst.

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They drive expanding competition fomanufacturing...

They drive global demand for air travel...

They drive“leapfrog” adoption of new 

technology/infrastructure...

They drive resource use, costs, const
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How do these trends affect aviation?Three mega-drivers emerge.

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Traditional measures for mobility – economurbanization -- are gro

Revolutions in autinformation and cotechnologies enabsafety critical auto

Severe energy and climate issues create enormous affordability and sustainability challenges

TechnConve
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3 Mega-Drivers 6 Strategic Research & Technology 

Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Oper

• Enable full NextGen and develop technologies t

reduce aircraft safety risks

Innovation in Commercial Supersoni

• Achieve a low-boom standard

Ultra-Efficient Commercial Transport

• Pioneer technologies for big leaps in efficiency 

environmental performance

Transition to Low-Carbon Propulsion

• Characterize drop-in alternative fuels and pione

low-carbon propulsion technology

Real-Time System-Wide Safety Assur

• Develop tools for use in a prototype of an integr

safety monitoring and assurance system

Assured Autonomy for Aviation Trans

• Develop high-impact aviation autonomy applica

How is NASA Aeronautics responding?Research is organized into six relevant themes.

TechnologyConvergence
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What vision has NASA set for aviation?A revolution in sustainable global air mobility.

Sustainable

Transformative

On-Demand On-Demand 

Low-Carbo

Global

Intelligent

Safety

NextGen

Efficiency

Environment
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Summary

Urgent Drivers Innovative 

Solutions & High Payoff 

Technologies

Economic Growth

High Quality Jobs

Revolutionary Mobility

Long-Term Sustainability

Technology

Convergence
 ARMD has solid partnerships, high relevancy and is

delivering high impact results

 Now is the time to recognize the challenges and

opportunities of the future and build off the solid track

record that has been established

 Rising competition in international R&D Relentless challenges in mobility, energy and climate Accelerating opportunities to infuse non‐aerospace sector

technologies to create “convergent” solutions

 Therefore, ARMD’s new strategy builds on the current

leadership and focuses on enabling revolutionary

advances in the 21st Century aviation

“Civil aviatgrowing dorders and deliveries, competito

sustainabi

an industrtechnolog

Graham WSeptembe

Why a New Aeronautics Research Strateg

The Time Bomb of Complacency – AvWeek Editorial, September 2“An alarm needs to be sounded. A vital and vigorous aeronautics research program 

NASA’s unveiling of a new strategy for aeronautics research is a bold and welcome m
Budget Overview

 The strategic thrust areas are:

• Safe, efficient growth in global operations• Innovation in commercial supersonic aircraft• Ultra-efficient commercial vehicles• Transition to low-carbon propulsion• Real-time system safety assurance• Assured autonomy for aviation transformation. 

Outyea

 This research will continue to support economic growth and high quality jobs, and adv

mobility and long-term sustainability within the aviation industry.

 NASA will continue to develop methods and technologies to support implementation of Nex As NASA completes the Environmentally Responsible Aviation Project the technologie

been developed to simultaneously reduce fuel burn, community noise and emissions wtransferred for use by the aviation industry. 

 NASA has developed a compelling strategic vision for aeronautics research. This visi

six strategic thrust areas for research to enable NASA to be responsive to a growing demmobility, severe challenges to sustainability of energy and the environment, and technology adinformation, communications, and automation technologies. 

($M) 2015 2016 2017 2018 

Aeronautics $551 $557 $562 $568 
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Outyears are Noti

($ Millions) FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 20

Aeronautics $551.1 $556.6 $562.2 $567

Airspace Operations and

Safety 131.0 132.7 134.6 135

Advanced Air Vehicles 213.6 211.4 205.8 203

Integrated Aviation Systems 127.0 125.8 128.0 133Transformative Aeronautics

Concepts 79.5 86.8 93.8 95
Mission 

Programs

Seedling 

Program

Int

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Sy

• Flight Res

Pr

Integratedsupporting 

• X-Planes/

Transformative 

Aeronautics 

Concepts Program

• High-risk, leap-frog ideas 

supporting all six thrusts

• Critical cross-cutting tool 

development

Airspace 

Operations and 

Safety Program

• Safe, Efficient Growth in Global 

Operations

• Real-Time System-Wide Safety 

Assurance

• Assured Autonomy for Aviation 

Transformation

Advanced Air 

Vehicles 

Program

• Ultra-Efficient Commercial 

Vehicles

• Innovation in Commercial 

Supersonic Aircraft

• Transition to Low-Carbon 

Propulsion

• Assured Autonomy for Aviation 

Transformation

ARMD Programs with Strategic Thrus
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