Aeronautics Innovation

NASA's Challenges and Opportunities

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2006
• eBook ISBN: 9780309180627
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Physical Sciences

NASA is a global leader in aeronautics research and development "e; fostering advances in aviation safety and emissions, propulsion technology, and many other areas. And the agency's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) has played a vital role in the U.S. aeronautics industry. In recent years, the directorate's leaders and experts outside the agency have sought ways to speed innovative uses of ARMD's research results. But the directorate faces management challenges that make it difficult for such applications to succeed "e; or to occur at all. This report from the National Academies' National Research Council, offers the agency guidance on how to manage the transfer of technology to external users, as well as implement flexible personnel and financial-management practices. The report also points out problems that stem from a lack of agreement on ARMD's future direction and several years of federal budget cuts.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION MODELS FOR AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES
• BOARD ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ECONOMIC POLICY
• Preface
• List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Contents
• List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures
• Summary
• 1 National Aviation Needs and the Federal Role
• 2 Innovation Facilitators and Accelerators for Aeronautics
• Appendixes