National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research 2002 Program Solicitations

CHAPTER 9.1 SBIR Research Topics

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9.1.1 AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY

NASA's Aerospace Technology Enterprise pioneers the identification, development, verification, transfer, application, and commercialization of high-payoff aeronautics technologies. It seeks to promote economic growth and security and to enhance U.S. competitiveness through safe, superior, and environmentally compatible U.S. civil and military aircraft and through a safe, efficient national aviation system. In addition, the Enterprise recognizes that the space transportation industry can benefit significantly from the transfer of aviation technologies and flight operations to launch vehicles, the goal being reducing the cost of access to space. The Enterprise will work closely with its aeronautics customers, including U.S. industry, the Department of Defense, and the Federal Aviation Administration, to ensure that its technology products and services add value, are timely, and have been developed to the level where the customer can confidently make decisions regarding the application of those technologies.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/aero

A1 AVIATION SAFETY

A1.01 Flight Deck Situation Awareness and Crew Systems Technologies
A1.02 Propulsion and Airframe Failure Data and Accident Mitigation
A1.03 Automated On-Line Health Management and Data Analysis
A1.04 Aircraft Icing Systems

A2 VEHICLE SYSTEM

A2.01 Propulsion System Emissions and Noise Prediction and Reduction
A2.02 Electric and Intelligent Propulsion Technologies for Environmentally Harmonious Aircraft
A2.03 Revolutionary Technologies and Components for Propulsion Systems
A2.04 Airframe Systems Noise Prediction and Reduction

A3 AIRSPACE SYSTEMS

A3.01 Small Aircraft Transportation System Technologies
A3.02 21st Century Air-Traffic Management

A4 NEXT GENERATION ACCESS TO SPACE

A4.01 Space Transportation Architecture Definition
A4.02 Space Structures, Materials , and Manufacturing

A5 SPACE TRANSFER AND LAUNCH TECHNOLOGIES

A5.01 Lightweight Engine Components
A5.02 Reusable Launch Vehicle Airframe Technologies
A5.03 Nuclear and Exotic Propulsion
A5.04 Ground Testing of Rocket Engines

A6 COMPUTING, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

A6.01 Human-Automation Interaction in Aerospace Systems
A6.02 Nanotechnology

A7 ENGINEERING FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS

A7.01 Modeling and Control of Complex Flows Over Aerospace Vehicles and Propulsion Systems
A7.02 Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicles in a Flight Test Environment
A7.03 Flight Sensors, Sensor Arrays and Airborne Instruments for Flight Research
A7.04 Knowledge Engineering for Safe Systems in Lifecycle Engineering

A8 ENABLING CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

A8.01 Revolutionary Aerospace Vehicle Systems Concepts
A8.02 Revolutionary Flight Concepts


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