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2001 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Aircraft Technology Program

Committee for the Review of ONR’s Aircraft Technology Program

Naval Studies Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2001. 2001 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research's Aircraft Technology Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10200.
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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Engineering

Institute of Medicine

National Research Council

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M.Alberts and Dr. Wm.A.Wulf are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE REVIEW OF ONR’S AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

JOSEPH B.REAGAN,

Saratoga, California,

Chair

JOHN M.BORKY,

Tamarac Technologies, LLC

CARL S.CARTER,

Lockheed Martin

ROBERT W.DAY,

Raytheon Company

ALAN H.EPSTEIN,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ROBERT H.GORMLEY,

The Oceanus Company

CHARLES E.HEBER,

SRS Technologies

FRANK A.HORRIGAN,

Bedford, Massachusetts

JAMES D.LANG,

La Jolla, California

DOUGLAS P.LOOZE,

University of Massachusetts

F.ROBERT NAKA,

CERA, Inc.

PHILIP D.SHUTLER,

Center for Naval Analyses

MARILYN J.SMITH,

Georgia Institute of Technology

ROBERT E.WHITEHEAD,

Henrico, North Carolina

DIANNE S.WILEY,

Boeing Phantom Works

Staff

RONALD D.TAYLOR, Director

CHARLES F.DRAPER, Study Director

MARY G.GORDON, Information Officer

SUSAN G.CAMPBELL, Administrative Assistant

KERRY A.M.WILLIAMS, Research Assistant

SIDNEY G.REED, Consultant

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NAVAL STUDIES BOARD

VINCENT VITTO,

Charles S. Draper Laboratory, Inc.,

Chair

JOSEPH B.REAGAN,

Saratoga, California,

Vice Chair

DAVID R.HEEBNER,

McLean, Virginia,

Past Chair

ALBERT J.BACIOCCO, JR.,

The Baciocco Group, Inc.

ARTHUR B.BAGGEROER,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ALAN BERMAN,

Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University,

Special Advisor

JAMES P.BROOKS,

Litton/Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.

JOHN D.CHRISTIE,

Logistics Management Institute

RUTH A.DAVID,

Analytic Services, Inc.

PAUL K.DAVIS,

RAND and the RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies

FRANK A.HORRIGAN,

Bedford, Massachusetts

RICHARD J.IVANETICH,

Institute for Defense Analyses

MIRIAM E.JOHN,

Sandia National Laboratories

DAVID V.KALBAUGH,

Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

ANNETTE J.KRYGIEL,

Integro

WILLIAM B.MORGAN,

Rockville, Maryland

ROBERT B.OAKLEY,

National Defense University

NILS R.SANDELL, JR.,

ALPHATECH, Inc.

HARRISON SHULL,

Monterey, California

JAMES M.SINNETT,

Ballwin, Missouri

WILLIAM D.SMITH,

Fayetteville, Pennsylvania

JOHN P.STENBIT,

Oakton, Virginia (through August 6, 2001)

PAUL K.VAN RIPER,

Williamsburg, Virginia

MITZI M.WERTHEIM,

Center for Naval Analyses

Navy Liaison Representatives

RADM LEWIS W.CRENSHAW, JR.,

USN, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, N81

RADM JAY M.COHEN,

USN, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, N91

Marine Corps Liaison Representative

LTGEN EDWARD HANLON, JR.,

USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command

RONALD D.TAYLOR, Director

CHARLES F.DRAPER, Senior Program Officer

MARY G.GORDON, Information Officer

SUSAN G.CAMPBELL, Administrative Assistant

KERRY A.M.WILLIAMS, Research Assistant

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Preface

The mission of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is to maintain a close relationship with the research and development community to support long-range research, foster discovery, nurture future generations of researchers, produce new technologies that meet known naval requirements, and provide innovations in fields relevant to the future Navy and Marine Corps. Accordingly, ONR supports research activities across a broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines. As one means of ensuring that its investments appropriately address naval priorities and requirements and that its programs are of high scientific and technical quality, ONR requires that each of its departments undergo an annual review (with a detailed focus on about one-third of the reviewed department’s programs). The Aircraft Technology Program reviewed in this report resides within the Strike Technology Division (Code 351) of the Naval Expeditionary Warfare Science and Technology Department (Code 35) of ONR.

At the request of ONR, the National Research Council (NRC) established the Committee for the Review of ONR’s Aircraft Technology Program to review and evaluate ONR’s Aircraft Technology Program components in the areas of integrated avionics, propulsion and power, air vehicle technology, unmanned aerial vehicles/unmanned combat air vehicles (UAVs/UCAVs), and survivability against criteria that the committee would select. In addition, the review would seek to identify promising basic (6.1), exploratory (6.2), and advanced (6.3) research topics that could be considered to support the Aircraft Technology Program. At the request of the head of ONR’s Code 35, the committee also reviewed a special aviation projects thrust.

The committee met once, May 15 to 17, 2001, in Washington, D.C., to both gather information and prepare an initial draft report. The 3-day meeting was divided into two parts: the first comprised presentations by and interactions with project managers (and ONR-supported principal investigators) responsible for various program components, and the second was devoted to discussing the issues, developing consensus, and drafting the committee’s findings and recommendations. (The committee received read-ahead material from the sponsor prior to the first meeting.) The committee’s report represents its consensus views on the issues posed in the charge.

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Harold Andrews, Arlington, Virginia,

Philip S.Anselmo, Northrop Grumman Corporation,

Roy L.Buehler, Mableton, Georgia,

Jose B.Cruz, Jr., Ohio State University,

Bernard H.Paiewonsky, Institute for Defense Analyses,

George S.Sebestyen, Systems Development, LLC, and

Robert F.Stengel, Princeton University.

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Lee M.Hunt, Alexandria, Virginia. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) contracted with the Naval Studies Board (NSB) of the National Research Council (NRC) to establish a committee to review ONR's Aircraft Technology Program (ATP). The committee convened on May 15 and 16, 2001, and reviewed some 28 science and technology (S&T) efforts that were presented as constituting the ATP. The committee met separately on May 17, 2001, to formulate its findings and recommendations. This report represents the consensus opinion of the committee and is based on the information presented at the review. The ONR ATP resides within the Strike Technology Division (Code 351) of the Naval Expeditionary Warfare Science and Technology Department (Code 35). In 2001 the ATP is funded at $55.0 million, which is approximately 60 percent of the Strike Technology Division budget. The ATP S&T 2001 budget is further divided into the following categories: (1) 6.1 basic research at $4.3 million, (2) 6.2 exploratory development at $18.1 million, and (3) 6.3 advanced development, including technology demonstrations, at $32.5 million. However, the ATP will be in major transition beginning in FY02.

Starting in FY02, all of the 6.3 funding and one-half of the 6.2 funding at the ONR will be dedicated to 12 major program areas referred to as Future Naval Capabilities (FNCs). The purpose of the FNCs is to focus advanced technology development at ONR on naval force capabilities that have been identified as high priority for the future by a cross-functional group of naval operators, naval development and support organizations, and ONR program managers. Plans have been made to integrate several of the Code 351 programs reviewed into FNCs. The ATP was presented to the committee in six thrust areas: integrated avionics, propulsion and power, air vehicle technology, unmanned aerial vehicles/unmanned combat air vehicles (UAVs/UCAVs), survivability, and special aviation projects. Several projects were presented within each thrust area. The committee organized this report in response to these thrust areas, and in several of these areas it also suggests new S&T topics for consideration for the future ATP. The findings and recommendations of the committee are summarized in this report.

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