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In the past several years, a number of large-scale prototype electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft have been flight tested by aircraft manufacturers to achieve their commercial product development goals for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market. Owing to intellectual property and propriety information concerns, however, relatively few large-scale eVTOL aircraft have been flight t ...

NASA manages $40B in facility assets with an inventory of more than 5,000 facilities. Over 83% of this infrastructure is beyond its design life, and the agency faces a deferred maintenance backlog of $2.77B. An effective method to address this challenge and achieve digital transformation is through Enterprise Architecture (EA) and the use of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods.nbsp;Duri ...

Mesh generation for wall-modeled large eddy simulations (WMLES) based CFD simulations represents a critical area of research as there are significant challenges which must be overcome before this technology can be adopted for widespread use.nbsp; Two critical challenges associated with these scale-resolving simulations is mesh size and mesh quality.nbsp; Mesh size represents a critical challenge a ...

To address NASArsquo;s need for advanced model-based systems engineering (MBSE) methods and tools that integrate digital engineering and science activities across the entirety of the mission and program life cycle, Orbital Transports proposes to develop AI for Systems Engineering (AISE), an innovative digital design assistant to provide semantic search and classification of systems design work pro ...

This Phase I investigation is focused on demonstration of both capacitors and inductors based on an innovative micron-scale thick high temperature stable dielectric film (Cerablakreg; UTF) deposited on suitable metal substrates to form MIM capacitors or coating on metal wire to form inductors on an insulating core material.nbsp;nbsp; Cerablakreg; UTF is a transparent ultra-thin film with excellent ...

In order to support NASArsquo;s ability to land humans and support a sustainable presence on the Moon, AMSENG has prepared a Invited Sequential Phase II Proposal for the white paper (2023-1-94-W) with aim to facilitate rapid technology maturation development and assist in its insertion and to infuse key technologies to advance the objectives of the Moon to Mars campaign.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nb ...

Hinetics performed a detailed study in Phase I to evaluate the integration of a lightweight, high efficiency 150 kW generator-drive subsystem within the SUSAN concept aircraft. Analysis on potential subsystem and system level integration strategies ensured stability and reliability were maintained across all operating conditions of the propulsion system and while maximizing the system level perfor ...

Radioisotope power systems (RPSs) including thermoelectric systems are proven technologies for long-term power generation in distant, dark, and/or dusty environments where solar power is not viable. Despite significant advancements in thermoelectric (TE) material technology, modern TE systems rely on legacy TE technologies due to shortcomings in systems-integration and reliability of improved TE m ...

Orbital Cryogenics is proposing to develop a new-type of integrated-pilot linear pneumatic valve, capable of providing long-life control of cryogenic liquids and associated gasses, while meeting the low-weight requirements of flight hardware. The valve will have a thermally isolated integrated pilot, with provisions for electrical pilot heat if required. The valve inlet/outlet can be any of severa ...

CU Aerospace (CUA) proposes the further development of the Quick Turn Pulsed Plasma Thruster (QT-PPT) in configurations up to 3200s specific impulse that will provide CubeSat deorbit capability at end-of-life for LEO missions.nbsp; While classic PPT technology is mature, it has historically been limited by its size and propellant load. CUA developed the Fiber-fed PPT (FPPT) and developed miniaturi ...