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Low Noise PAV Ducted Propeller using Automotive Manufacturing, Phase I
Completed
Description
A critical barrier for GA to serve as viable and volume personal transportation is the lack of a cost-effective, yet open-growth, Lean Design and manufacturing technologies using automotive manufacturing technologies in for new personal airplanes. Munro & Associate and Michigan SATS share a vision, ?The CAR of the FUTURE is an Airplane?. This STTR?s goal is to create an innovative, Lean Design PAV design through 21st century automotive industry technologies ? Such designs systems will serve as a vital enabler for turning NASA's PAV Vision into reality.
Details
| Technology area | Exploration Destination Systems > Mission Infrastructure, Sustainability, and Supportability > Surface Construction and Assembly |
| Program | Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Tech Transfer (SBIR/STTR) |
| Lead organization | Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA |
| Start date | 2004-01-16 |
| End date | 2005-01-17 |
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