NASA Selects Boeing for Advanced Concepts of vehicles Aircraft (World Tourism News)

WASHINGTON--(PRnewswire/WorldTourismNews.eu), NASA has awarded a third contract for studies aimed at identifying concepts advanced aircraft which could come into service in 2025, fly with less noise, exhaust cleaner, low fuel consumption. NASA refers to technology that is more advanced than what is on the aircraft in service today N + 2 generations.

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A team led by Boeing of Huntington Beach, Calif., company has been selected for a 5.29 million contract. The contract has a period of one year after this month's performance.

In the same research effort, NASA previously awarded contracts for 2.99 million and $ 2.65 million for teams led by Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California and Northrop Grumman in El Segundo, Calif..

Main objectives of the research N + 2 is to ensure the technological elements proposed for the meeting, noise from NASA, fuel and emissions burn reduction objectives can be integrated on a single aircraft could operate safely in a modernized air traffic management system.

Research contracts identify innovations to provide the technologies needed for the industry development and flight demonstrations in support of the implementation within 2025.

Boeing team will define a concept of preferred aircraft which can reach speeds of up to 85% speed of sound coverage, a range of nearly 7,000 miles and transport between 50,000 and 100,000 pounds of payload, either passengers or goods.

Environmentally responsible air NASA project sponsors studies. The project is part of the integrated programme research systems managed by aviation Executive Search Agency in Washington.

The project strives to develop a technology that would allow future aircraft burn 50% less fuel than most effective models of today, with less than 50 per cent of emissions; and to reduce the size of areas affected by noise from airport of reprehensible 83%.

For information about environmentally responsible air project of NASA, visit:

http://www.Aeronautics.NASA.gov/isrp/era/index.htm

For more information about the direction of mission NASA aeronautics research please visit:

http://www.Aeronautics.NASA.gov

CONTACT: Beth NASA, Washington, + 1-202-358-2087, beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov or Gray Creech's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, + 1-661-276-2662, Dickey gray.creech-1@nasa.gov

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