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The goal of NASA’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS) Project is to rapidly assess the feasibility of novel concepts with potential to transform civil aeronautics and determine whether additional investment is warranted. Concepts that prove feasible are expected to transition into more focused technology development projects to mature and apply the enabling technologies.
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Note: Click on the sub-project title to view a PDF version of each poster from the 5th Annual CAS Showcase (2019).
AdhEsive fRee BONDing of Complex Composite Structures (AERoBOND)
- Seeking to increase manufacturing rate of composite airframes using a joining method with reduced dependence on redundant mechanical fasteners and improved reliability and manufacturability over currently available methods.
Aqueous, QUick-charging battery Integration For Electric flight Research (AQUIFER)
- Exploring a novel integration concept using nanoelectrofuel (NEF) aqueous batteries and rim-driven motors (RDM) to retire fire and explosion hazards, decouple power and energy, and reduce EMI and noise for multiple electrified aircraft configurations.
Autonomy Teaming & TRAnsparency for Complex Trusted Operational Reliability (ATTRACTOR)
– Building a basis for certification of trustworthy multi-agent autonomous systems based on explainable AI (XAI), persistent modeling, and simulation, and mission planning and execution with analyzable trajectories.
Compact Additively Manufactured Innovative Electric Motor (CAMIEM)
– Developing new innovative electric motor topologies enabled by additive manufacturing that significantly increase the state-of-the-art in electric motor power densities.
Fit to Fly (F2F)
– Using a combination of automated monitoring, inspection, and testing to create an auditable system to determine whether aircraft have sufficient airworthiness to perform their intended missions.
High-efficiency Electric Aircraft Thermal Research (HEATheR)
– Build a power system with four time lower losses. Eliminate half of the conversion steps and associated components, losses components, and complexity.
High Efficiency Megawatt Motor (HEMM)
– A superconducting motor with internal cryogenic control so that it functions like a normal motor but has the power and efficiency benefit of a superconducting motor.
Lithium Oxygen Batteries for NASA Electric Aircraft (LION)
– Investigating feasibility of designing ultra-stable electrolytes that are resistant to decomposition so that batteries last longer, allowing electric-powered aircraft to fly farther.
Solid-state Architecture Batteries for Enhanced Rechargeability and Safety (SABERS)
– Develop a solid-state bipolar battery stack based on novel Li-S/Se chemistry and a non-flammable solid state electrolyte (SSE) to produce a battery which satisfies the system level needs of urban air mobility (UAM) concepts including: safety (nonflammable), energy density, discharge rate, packaging design, and scalability.
Sensor-based Prognostics to Avoid Runaway Reactions & Catastrophic Ignition (SPARCCI)
– Ensuring safe, reliable power for electric aircraft. SPARRCI will provide safe, high-energy batteries to power existing and next-generation aircraft concepts.
Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations (STEReO)
– STEReO brings the latest advancements in UAS vehicle autonomy, resilient communications concepts, and UTM services, which willimprove disaster response times, enable large-scale aircraft operations, improve operator awareness, and demonstrate safety and resiliency in these environments.
Quantum Technologies for UAS (QTech)
– Harnessing the power of quantum computing for optimization and key distribution to assure reliability of communications needed for traffic management of autonomous aircraft networks.
- Seeking to increase manufacturing rate of composite airframes using a joining method with reduced dependence on redundant mechanical fasteners and improved reliability and manufacturability over currently available methods.
Aqueous, QUick-charging battery Integration For Electric flight Research (AQUIFER)
- Exploring a novel integration concept using nanoelectrofuel (NEF) aqueous batteries and rim-driven motors (RDM) to retire fire and explosion hazards, decouple power and energy, and reduce EMI and noise for multiple electrified aircraft configurations.
Autonomy Teaming & TRAnsparency for Complex Trusted Operational Reliability (ATTRACTOR)
– Building a basis for certification of trustworthy multi-agent autonomous systems based on explainable AI (XAI), persistent modeling, and simulation, and mission planning and execution with analyzable trajectories.
Compact Additively Manufactured Innovative Electric Motor (CAMIEM)
– Developing new innovative electric motor topologies enabled by additive manufacturing that significantly increase the state-of-the-art in electric motor power densities.
Fit to Fly (F2F)
– Using a combination of automated monitoring, inspection, and testing to create an auditable system to determine whether aircraft have sufficient airworthiness to perform their intended missions.
High-efficiency Electric Aircraft Thermal Research (HEATheR)
– Build a power system with four time lower losses. Eliminate half of the conversion steps and associated components, losses components, and complexity.
High Efficiency Megawatt Motor (HEMM)
– A superconducting motor with internal cryogenic control so that it functions like a normal motor but has the power and efficiency benefit of a superconducting motor.
Lithium Oxygen Batteries for NASA Electric Aircraft (LION)
– Investigating feasibility of designing ultra-stable electrolytes that are resistant to decomposition so that batteries last longer, allowing electric-powered aircraft to fly farther.
Solid-state Architecture Batteries for Enhanced Rechargeability and Safety (SABERS)
– Develop a solid-state bipolar battery stack based on novel Li-S/Se chemistry and a non-flammable solid state electrolyte (SSE) to produce a battery which satisfies the system level needs of urban air mobility (UAM) concepts including: safety (nonflammable), energy density, discharge rate, packaging design, and scalability.
Sensor-based Prognostics to Avoid Runaway Reactions & Catastrophic Ignition (SPARCCI)
– Ensuring safe, reliable power for electric aircraft. SPARRCI will provide safe, high-energy batteries to power existing and next-generation aircraft concepts.
Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations (STEReO)
– STEReO brings the latest advancements in UAS vehicle autonomy, resilient communications concepts, and UTM services, which willimprove disaster response times, enable large-scale aircraft operations, improve operator awareness, and demonstrate safety and resiliency in these environments.
Quantum Technologies for UAS (QTech)
– Harnessing the power of quantum computing for optimization and key distribution to assure reliability of communications needed for traffic management of autonomous aircraft networks.
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