Quieter, greener supersonic travel is the focus of eight studies selected by NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project to receive more than $2.3 million in funding for research that may help overcome the remaining barriers to commercial supersonic flight.
The research, which will be conducted by universities and industry, will address sonic booms and high-altitude emissions from supersonic jets.
The titles of the studies and details of the awards are:
Global Environmental Impact of Supersonic Cruise Aircraft in the Stratosphere
$1.2 million over four years Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Principal Investigator: Steven Barrett
The Influence of Turbulence on Shaped Sonic Booms
$1.2 million over three years Wyle Laboratories, Arlington, Virginia Principal Investigator: Kenneth Plotkin
Sonic Boom Display
$698,000 Rockwell Collins, Columbia, Maryland Principal Investigator: Laura Smith-Velazquez
Pilot Interface for Mitigating Sonic Boom
$686,000 over two years Honeywell, Golden Valley, Minnesota Principal Investigator: Olu Olofinboba
Quiet Nozzle Concepts for Low Boom Aircraft
$575,000 over two years University of California, Irvine Principal Investigator: Dimitri Papamoschou
Evaluation of Low Noise Integration Concepts and Propulsion Technologies for Future Supersonic Civil Transports
$599,000 over two years GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York Principal Investigator: Kishore Ramakrishnan
Waveforms and Sonic Boom Perception and Response Risk Reduction
$337,000 for one year Applied Physical Sciences, Groton, Connecticut Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Allanach
Risk Reduction for Future Community Testing with a Low-Boom Flight Demonstration Vehicle
$393,000 over one year Fidell Associates, Woodland Hills, California Principal Investigator: Sanford Fidell
The awards to Applied Physical Sciences and Fidell Associates are guaranteed only for the first year. One of the two will be selected to receive about $450,000 a year for two more years.
For more information about NASA’s aeronautics research, go to:
https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics
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