NASA’s Associate Administrator of Aeronautics Jaiwon Shin visited NASA Glenn today to present the agency’s 10-year plan to design, build and fly the next generation of aircraft.
In February, as part of the President’s budget request to Congress, NASA announced New Aviation Horizons, an original major research initiative to flight test several new experimental aircraft, or X-planes during the next decade.
“Working with our partners in government, industry and academia, New Aviation Horizons will include demonstrating green technologies on several experimental aircraft of various shapes and sizes,” said Shin.
As one of NASA’s four aeronautic research centers, Glenn’s work in hybrid-electric propulsion, noise reduction in super- and hypersonic aircraft and engine aircraft icing will be critical to helping the agency achieve its long-term goals.
“It’s our hope that by building and flying these X-planes, NASA can show our technologies will work in the air, thus reducing the risk for industry in adopting these ideas and accelerating the nation’s shift to green aviation,” Shin added.
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