Aeronautics

NRC Report: Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future, NRC“With leadership comes opportunity, particularly with regard to setting international standards for aircraft certification and operations. A position of […]

Going global – Playing with the big boys in aviation means playing with Airbus, Opinion, Daily Press“Subsidization could work both ways. An Airbus contract would help support researchers and facilities […]

Space-age education, Daily Press“Money from Europe for aeronautical research? Bring it on, says Bob Lindberg, president and chief executive of the National Institute of Aerospace, answering critics of his organization’s […]

Editor’s note: Looks like LaRC management made sure that their workforce saw the Porter all hands. Now if only the rest of the world could see (or read) what she […]

NRC Report on NASA’s civil aeronautics program“Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics Foundation for the Future, a new report from the National Academies’ National Research Council, provides a list of high-priority […]

Editor’s note: Sources report that Aeronautics AA Lisa Porter went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon. LaRC officials were also asked to meet yesterday (Thursday) with Sen. Warner’s office – […]

Editor’s 30 May 2006 5:42 pm EDT note: At an all hands meeting at LaRC today, NASA AA for Aeronautics, Lisa Porter, told the audience that NASA “does not need […]

Changes Needed to Spur Innovation in Aerospace Technologies, National Research Council“NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) faces serious challenges to the innovative use of its research results because of inadequate […]

Bruce Peterson, pilot of NASA ‘lifting body’ aircraft, dies at 72, AP“Bruce A. Peterson, a NASA test pilot who flew the wingless “lifting body” vehicles that led to development of […]