2.2: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and Open Government

Provide an overview of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and Open Government.

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Conduct Aeronautics Research for Societal Benefit www.aeronautics.nasa.gov -- Overview NASA’s tradition of applied aeronautics research extends to the early years of the twentieth century, with the establishment of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1915. Until NASA’s founding in 1958, the NACA was the nation’s premiere federally funded aeronautics-research Agency. NASA ARMD continues our long and strong tradition of close and robust partnerships with industry, academia, and other government agencies. Citizen outreach likewise remains essential as ARMD is committed to participation and collaboration in all areas of aeronautics research. Because partnerships are crucial, NASA ARMD has established mechanisms to engage academia and industry, including industry working groups and technical interchange meetings at the program and project levels. Additional key components include Space Act Agreements (SAAs) for cooperative partnerships with industry, and NASA Research Announcements (NRAs) that provide full and open competition for the best and most promising research ideas. Cooperative partnerships with industry result in a significant pooling of resources for all partners. Currently, ARMD has in place 78 SAAs with different members of the aerospace industry. These collaborative opportunities have produced significant research results at the system level, where the expertise of industry and NASA come together to integrate technologies that could, one day, be incorporated into the nation’s aircraft fleet. Since 2006, ARMD has awarded a total of 385 total NRA research efforts. Fostering new generations of highly skilled scientists and engineers is critically important to the aeronautics community. As part of our commitment to furthering this field, we are restructuring our education program to focus investments on undergraduate and graduate education. The program aims to attract highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students to aeronautics and related fields.

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