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Hello, my name is Jason Lejnak
and I work with the Aerodynamics

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and Propulsion branch at
Armstrong Flight Research

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Center.

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Over the years I have worked on
quite a few SBIRS and STTR

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topics and subtopics with both
the Air Force and NASA.

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I'd like to spend a few minutes
talking about our STTR subtopic

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T15-O Four, which pertains to
full aircraft, electric vehicle

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takeoff and landing, or EV tall
aircraft.

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Full scale, for the purposes of
this subtopic is defined as two

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or more passengers.

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The primary interest of this
subtopic is scaling

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aerodynamics, performance,
flight dynamics, controls and

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acoustics investigations of
these vehicles.

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For this subtopic we would like
to see full scale EV tall

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enabling technologies or
applications Enabling

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technologies are offered has
scaling techniques and

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applications that provide
subscale modeling that make it

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applicable to full scale EV
talls.

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Other unidentified gaps in
technology would also be

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acceptable offers for enabling
full scale EV tall flight and

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testing applications to full
scale EV tall are suggested but

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not limited to the previous
mentioned disciplines at the end

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of a phase one contracts.

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Some expected deliverables would
be information which includes

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preliminary design, design data,
performance models, test plans

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and expected data from a follow
on flight experiment if awarded

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a phase two contract.

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Some expected deliverables would
be detailed design performance

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models of the experimental
vehicle, instrumentation

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experimental results,
comparisons between predicted

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and measured results, and data
obtained from full scale vehicle

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flight.

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Subscale vehicle results would
be similar, but would likely

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include extrapolated results to
the full scale vehicle.

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The representative increase in
technology readiness level

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expectation is approximately
level 2 to level 6.

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Rapid advances in EV tall design
have outpaced and consequently

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created a large amount of gaps
in enabling technologies as well

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as design and analysis tools.

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Accordingly, we are looking for
state-of-the-art solutions to

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address known gaps.

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More importantly, we are
interested in identifying

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unknown gaps in the technology.

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Additionally, we are interested
in advancing model and test

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multidisciplinary aerodynamics,
propulsion, flight dynamics,

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controls, and acoustics.

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These solutions should also
complement goals within NASA's

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Aeronautics Research Mission
Directory.

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These goals are safe, quiet, and
affordable vertical lift air

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vehicles that are ultra
efficient and support growth in

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global operations.

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Advancement of this technology,
in which the goals of the

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subtopic are realized, will
provide vital contributions to

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the design and operation of safe
commercial EV tolls.

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Some primary examples would
include shorter commutes,

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expedient supply deliveries,
emergency response, disaster

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relief, and military
applications.

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Ultimately, these vehicles would
support the upcoming EV toll

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industry goals of safe,
efficient, flexible and

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environmentally sustainable air
transportation.

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Some of the expected impacts of
the advancement of this

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technology outside the aerospace
domain.

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Focus areas include materials,
batteries, electric motors,

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propellers, rotors,
instrumentation, sensors,

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manufacturing along with other
technology areas and markets.

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Additional markets might include
multimodal transportation,

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energy sector and the medical
sector.

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Thank you, and we hope to see
many innovative proposals.