Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics : Scenario-Based Strategies Planning for NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise.
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National Academies Press,
1900
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Table of Contents:
- ""Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""THE TASK""; ""STUDY APPROACH""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AERONAUTICS""; ""SYSTEM LEVEL TECHNOLOGY IMPLICATIONS""; ""New Aircraft""; ""System Integration in Aircraft Design, Manufacturing, and Operations""; ""Passenger and Crew Safety and Security""; ""Improved Operating Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness""; ""Environmental Protection and Noise Abatement""; ""Access to Space""
- ""NASA'S FUTURE ROLE IN MAINTAINING U.S. COMPETITIVENESS IN AERONAUTICS""""REFERENCE""; ""1 Introduction""; ""NEED FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN AERONAUTICS""; ""PRE-WORKSHOP DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCENARIOS""; ""THE WORKSHOP""; ""MAINTAINING U.S. COMPETITIVENESS IN AERONAUTICS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Long-Term Global Scenarios and Their Implications for Aeronautics""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PUSHING THE ENVELOPE""; ""Summary""; ""Aviation and Aeronautics in the ""Pushing the Envelope"" Scenario""; ""Needs, Opportunities, and Their Implications""
- ""Worldwide Demand for Efficient, Low-Cost Air Passenger Service""""Customer-Tailored Air Products and Services""; ""Increased Investments in Existing Transportation Infrastructure""; ""Improvements in the Air Traffic Management System""; ""High Security and Reduced Accident Rates""; ""Environmentally Friendly Air Transportation System""; ""Dependable, Reliable, Low-Cost Air Cargo Service""; ""Low-Cost, Reliable Access to Space""; ""Aerospace Research and Development Partnerships""; ""Global Responsibilities of the U.S. Military""; ""GROUNDED""; ""Summary""
- ""Aviation and Aeronautics in the ""Grounded"" Scenario""""Needs, Opportunities, and Their Implications""; ""Specialized Cargo Aircraft""; ""Low-Capacity, Long-Range Transports""; ""General Aviation""; ""Military Operations Vehicle""; ""Survivability and Security Technologies""; ""Air Traffic Management""; ""Access to Space""; ""Enhanced Modeling and Simulation""; ""REGIONAL TENSIONS""; ""Summary""; ""Aviation and Aeronautics in the ""Regional Tensions"" Scenario""; ""Needs, Opportunities, and their Implications""; ""Unstaffed or Autonomous Air Traffic Control""
- ""Virtual, Smart, Universal Aircraft ""Factory""""""Short-to Medium-Range, Infrastructure-Independent Transports""; ""Extremely Long-Range, Large, Supersonic Transports""; ""Skill-Targeted Education System""; ""Uninhabited Air Vehicles""; ""Controlled Observability, Low-Noise Technologies""; ""Low-Cost, On-Demand, Nonhuman Access to Space""; ""TRADING PLACES""; ""Summary""; ""Aviation and Aeronautics in the ""Trading Places"" Scenario""; ""Needs, Opportunities, and their Implications""; ""Privately or Regionally Owned and Operated Air Transportation Systems""
