Vertical Lift Technology and NASA Revolutionary Concepts Program

摘要

Ames Research Center is a key team member on two NASA Revolutionary Concepts (REVCON) Phase I aeronautics projects, which focus on vertical lift technologies. The REVCON program is a Dryden Flight Research Center-led initiative that emphasizes the development and demonstration of high payoff aeronautics technologies that can be quickly taken from concept to flight. The REVCON projects are broken into two phases: a Phase I 300,000, 8-month-long, system analysis and overall concept-feasibility assessment study, and a Phase II effort which encompasses the actual vehicle/technology development and flight demonstration.