AeroVision 2000 NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE
NEW MILLENIUM
Spence M. ArmstrongAugust 9, 1999
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The NASA That’s Familiar...
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The NASA You May Not Know...
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Our 25-Year Vision
Three Pillars / Ten Goals
Space Transportation
Cut Development Cycle Time in Half
Invigorate GA 20K units Annually
Reduce Trans-oceanic Travel time by 50%
Revolutionary Technology Leaps
Reduce Accident Rates, 10x
Increase System Throughput, 3x
Reduce Cost of Air Travel by 50%
Reduce Emissions, 5x
Reduce Noise, 4x
Global Civil Aviation
Reduce In-Space Transport cost, 10x by 2022
Reduce Launch Cost to LEO, 100x by 2020
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Partnerships
Safety
Throughput
General Aviation
Access to Space
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Enhancing Safety
…applying technology to solve problems of Controlled Flight Into Terrain with Synthetic Vision Technology
Digital databases and
highways in the sky…Sensors seeing through fog…
Developing a virtual window…
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Improving Throughput…applying technology to solve problems
in the efficient operation of airspace…
…on the ground…
…and in the air.
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Revolutionizing General Aviation
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Merging Aeronautics and Space . . .
to create advanced aircraft and affordable space access
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From Aeronautics to Aero-Space… the total is greater than the sum of the parts
New challenges in the next millennium will require aircraft and spacecraft to be smarter and self-reliant
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Intelligent Flight Controls Demonstration
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Efficient and Effective Operations
Pre-Flight - Ground Pre-Separation Flight Post-flight
IVHM Flight System
• Vehicle Sensor Data
• Vehicle Status
• Phase Information
• Ground Support Equipment Data
•Records
•Processes
•Tags
•Telemeters
• Databases
• Tracks
• Fault Detection Isolation, Predicts
• Maintenance Actions
• Checkout
Telemetry
Ground Link
X-34 IVHM Experiment
AeroVision 2000 8/9/99 Office of Aero-Space TechnologyRotorcraft
Monitoring ManagementReporting ReactingDiagnosis PrognosisSensors Intelligent SensingHuman Control Distributed Control Autonomous VehicleComponents SystemNow Future
ISSSTS
Aircraft Planetary/Deep Space
RLV
IVHM Continuum
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What the Future Holds...
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Back on the Ground...
There’s Still A Lot of Work To Do!