Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2023)
Recipient: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2018-08-07 to 2019-04-30
Current total value of award: $1447413
Description: WINGED COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT WIND TUNNEL TESTBED. DETAILED DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AN ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT TESTBED SUITABLE FOR TESTING A VARIETY OF WINGED COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS IN THE 14 BY 22 FOOT SUBSONIC TUNNEL BY WAY OF A TRAVERSING ASSEMBLY MOUNTED BELOW A NEW FALSE FLOOR MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE FACILITIESMODEL CARTS.  IN THIS PROJECT A WINGED COMPOUND HELICOPTER IS DEFINED AS AN AIRCRAFT WITH A CONVENTIONAL ROTOR LIFTING WINGS AND CONVENTIONAL TAIL SURFACES.  THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF THIS TEST EFFORT IS TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION EFFECTS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT TO DRIVE FUTURE ARMY DESIGNS AND AS SUCH THE DESIGN SHALL INCORPORATE THE ABILITY TO MEASURE THE INTERACTIONAL EFFECTS OF THE ROTOR WAKE ON THE WING LOCATED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AS WELL AS DIFFERENT TAIL CONFIGURATIONS AND TAIL PROPULSOR CONFIGURATIONS.