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Ames Research Center

Ames Research Center. NACA to NASA Aeronautics to Information Technology. Ames Research Center. Major activities occur across spectrum of NASA interests:

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Ames Research Center

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  1. Ames Research Center NACA to NASA Aeronautics to Information Technology

  2. Ames Research Center • Major activities occur across spectrum of NASA interests: • Information Systems Technologies • Space Science • Aerospace

  3. Aviation Systems Capacity Program • Safely enable increases in the capacity of the National Airspace System by the revolutionary development of: • Ground-based operations • Airborne operations • Vehicle concepts • Program Elements • Terminal Area Productivity (TAP) • Advanced Air Transportation Technologies (AATT) • Short-Haul Civil Tiltrotor

  4. FutureFlight Central • World’s premier technical design studio for airport operations and planning • 360 degree high-fidelity visual simulation • Physical and software replication of tower/operations center • NASA experts can: • Plan new runway configurations • Test ground traffic and tower communications procedures • Validate air traffic planning simulations

  5. Advanced research in unique flight simulation complex Interchangeable cab (ICAB) Motion base Out-the-window graphics Flight instruments/flight control Research areas Controls/Displays Guidance Handling Qualities Simulation Fidelity Vertical Motion Simulator

  6. Aviation Operations System • Determine operational safety, efficiency and capacity of aircraft in the airspace • Human factors • Air traffic management systems • Cockpit systems • Weather • Communication, navigation and surveillance systems • Program Elements • Human/Automation Integration Research (HAIR) • Human Error Countermeasures (HEC) • Psychological/Physiological Stressors and Factors (PPSF) • Aircraft Icing (AI)

  7. Information Technology • Developing and transferring information technology solutions that enable the achievement of NASA's missions in Aerospace Technology. • Projects include: • Integrated Instrumentation and Testing Systems (IITS) • Software Integrity, Productivity and Security (SIPS) • Intelligent System Controls and Operation (ISCO)

  8. Wind Tunnels • Tests conducted on a wide variety of aircraft, spacecraft and other vehicles, as well as structures • Three tunnel systems • National Full Scale Aerodynamic Facility (40x80x120) • 12 ft. Pressure Wind Tunnel • Unitary Tunnels • Present testing • X-37 • F-18

  9. Integration of Army and NASA rotorcraft resources Leads the nation in: Rotorcraft aeromechanics Rotorcraft flight control Rotorcraft cockpit integration and development Also supports NASA Short Haul Civil Tiltrotor Program Army/NASA Rotorcraft Division

  10. Ames Research Center Center of Excellence for Information Technology

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