AVG Aerospace NASA's Three Pillars of Technology

 

 

 

pillar1Global Civil Aviation  -
Enabling Technology Goals

  • Reduce the aircraft accident rate by a factor of five within 10 years, and by a factor of 10 within 20 years.
  • Reduce emissions of future aircraft by a factor of three within 10 years, and by a factor of 5 within 20 years.
  • Reduce the perceived noise levels of future aircraft by a factor of two from today's subsonic aircraft within 10 years, and by a factor of 4 within 20 years.
  • While maintaining safety, triple the aviation systems throughput, in all weather conditions, within 10 years.
  • Reduce the cost of air travel by 25% within 10 years, and and by 50% within 20 years.

 

pillar2Revolutionary Technology Leaps

  • Reduce the travel time to the Far East and Europe by 50% within 20 years, and to do it at today's subsonic ticket prices.
  • Invigorate the general aviation industry, delivering 10,000 aircraft annually in 10  years, and 20,000 aircraft annually within 20 years.
  • Provide next generation design tools and experimental aircraft to increase design  confidence, and cut the development cycle time for aircraft in half.

 

pillar3 Access to Space – Enabling Technology Goals

  • Reduce the payload cost to low Earth orbit by an order of magnitude, from $10,000  per pound to $1,000 per pound within 10 years.
  • Reduce the payload cost to low Earth orbit by an additional order of magnitude,  from $1,000 per pound to $100's by 2020

     
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