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Suggested Citation:"C STATEMENT OF TASK." National Research Council. 1997. U.S. Supersonic Commercial Aircraft: Assessing NASA's High Speed Research Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5848.
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APPENDIX C
Statement of Task

The High Speed Research Committee will conduct a 12-month study of the HSR program. This study will include thorough investigations of the following key technical areas:

  • engine emissions, fuel efficiency, service life, and weight

  • community noise

  • aircraft range and payload

  • weight and service life of airframe structures

The committee will prepare a report that accomplishes the following:

  1. assesses NASA's HSR planning

  2. evaluates progress to date

  3. recommends appropriate changes in the HSR program

To accomplish this task, the committee will meet approximately five times. Some meetings will take place at NASA centers and industry facilities where HSR research and development are under way.

The committee will receive extensive programmatic and technical briefings from NASA and relevant industry participants. The committee will review existing studies of the likely demands for supersonic transports in light of the dependence of these demands on aircraft characteristics. The committee may also request information on the extent of foreign programs from the Department of Commerce, NASA, and others.

The committee will take into consideration and build on relevant National Research Council reports issued by the ASEB, the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, and the National Materials Advisory Board.

Suggested Citation:"C STATEMENT OF TASK." National Research Council. 1997. U.S. Supersonic Commercial Aircraft: Assessing NASA's High Speed Research Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5848.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is currently developing advanced technologies to form the foundation for the next breakthrough in civil aviation: an economically viable, environmentally acceptable supersonic transport. NASA's High Speed Research Program works in conjunction with industry to identify and address critical technological challenges to initiating commercial development of a practical supersonic transport. The key technical areas investigated are engine emissions, fuel efficiency, service life, and weight; community noise; aircraft range and payload; and weight and service life of airframe structures. Areas of particular interest include the ability of technologies under development to meet program goals related to noise, emissions, service life, weight, range, and payload. This book examines aircraft design requirements, assesses the program's planning and progress, and recommends changes that will help the program achieve its overall objectives.

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