NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Aviation Safety Program, has awarded approximately $300,000 to the National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, for the institute’s proposal, “An Adaptive Technology for Safe High-performance Aircraft.” The institute also will receive approximately $299,000 for its proposal, “Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis and Reliable Flight Envelope Assessment.”
NASA also has awarded approximately $239,000 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, for its proposal, “Adaptive Control with a priori Guaranteed Performance Bounds and Robustness/Stability Margins.” The institute also will receive approximately $177,000 for its proposal, “In-flight Load Constraint Estimation and Residual Life Prediction for Aircraft with Discrete Source Damage” and approximately $154,000 for its proposal, “Flight Validation of Metrics-driven Adaptive Control.”
In addition, NASA has awarded approximately $100,000 to the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, for its proposal, “Adaptive Control Techniques for Systems Under Structural Uncertainties with Aircraft Control Applications.” These awards will foster close collaboration with and facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among researchers within NASA, industry, academia and other government agencies to benefit the nation’s aeronautics community.
NASA conducts cutting-edge research dedicated to improving the safety of current and future aircraft operating in the National Airspace System. The research will focus on the way vehicles are designed, built, operated and maintained. Scientists and engineers in this program develop principles, concepts, tools, methods and technologies to address four areas: aircraft aging and durability, integrated intelligent flight deck technologies, integrated vehicle health management and integrated resilient aircraft control.
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