Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals (1998)

Chapter: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1998. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6293.

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ADS

automatic dependent surveillance

ATC

air traffic control

ATIS

air terminal information system

ATM

air traffic management

ATREX

Air Turbo Rocket Expander Cycle

BWB

blended-wing body

CFD

computational fluid dynamics

CNS

communications/navigation/surveillance

CO

carbon monoxide

CO₂

carbon dioxide

DOD

U.S. Department of Defense

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

GPS

Global Positioning System

LACE

liquid air cycle engine

LEO

low-earth orbit

MEMS

microelectromechanical systems

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NO_x

nitrous oxide

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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1998. Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6293.

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NRC

National Research Council

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSTC

National Science and Technology Council

ODW

oblique detonation wave

OSTP

Office of Science and Technology Policy

PDW

pulse detonation wave

R&D

research and development

RLV

reusable launch vehicle

SO₂

sodium dioxide

TRL

technology readiness level

T/W

thrust-to-weight ratio

UAV

uninhabited air vehicle

V/STOL

vertical/short takeoff and landing

V&V

validation and verification

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After the completion of the National Research Council (NRC) report, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Scenario-Based Strategic Planning for NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise (1997), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology requested that the NRC remain involved in its strategic planning process by conducting a study to identify a short list of revolutionary or breakthrough technologies that could be critical to the 20 to 25 year future of aeronautics and space transportation. These technologies were to address the areas of need and opportunity identified in the above mentioned NRC report, which have been characterized by NASA's 10 goals (see Box ES-1) in "Aeronautics & Space Transportation Technology: Three Pillars for Success" (NASA, 1997). The present study would also examine the 10 goals to determine if they are likely to be achievable, either through evolutionary steps in technology or through the identification and application of breakthrough ideas, concepts, and technologies.

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