Aerospace Research Central

2022

By Ketan AjaniNovember 21, 2022

November 21, 2022

2022 Year In Review

Aerospace Design and Structures

Morphing structures reveal path to sustainable, quiet aviation

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Future flight designs, from supersonic to urban air mobility, becoming reality

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Machine learning and the “inverse problem” take center stage with design, manufacturing, testing and analysis

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Researchers extend the boundaries for integration and application of multidisciplinary design optimization

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Hypersonics benefit from computational efficiencies

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Webb telescope’s massive sunshield does its job in space, development begins on the next breakthrough space structures

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Advancing a new generation of tiltrotors

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Advancements in multiphysics, multiscale and damage modeling and new composite cryotank highlight year’s achievements

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

U.S. Department of Defense advances survivability for spacecraft, aircraft and personnel

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Supply chain delays contribute to broader challenges

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Aerospace Outreach

James Webb Space Telescope and Artemis I launch top year’s accomplishments

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

A year of seeing the unseen

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Aerospace Sciences

Pursuing a quieter future in civil aviation

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

High-speed imaging methods demonstrate new diagnostic capabilities

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Progress in the wind tunnel, virtual tunnel, air and digital spaces

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Leveraging gravitational complexity for better orbits

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Machine learning, flight experiments highlight progress in aerospace environments

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Flying farther and faster on and off Earth

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Utilizing fluid mechanics and data sciences to enable high-speed aeropropulsion

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Significant enhancements and improvements to test capability

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Fusion of multiple sensors and advanced algorithms facilitate new autonomous operation capabilities

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

New software releases headline year’s achievements

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Simulating future air and space operations to ensure safety

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Plasma-assisted propulsion and energy: toward carbon-free, high-efficiency processes

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Successful flight experiments provide new hypersonic insights

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Aircraft Technology, Integration and Operations

Parachutes from air and space

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Air transportation encounters inflationary headwinds on its recovery from pandemic

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Year of new designs, retirement of venerated models

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Aircraft operators rebound but continue to struggle with delays

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Balloon missions soar to new heights

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Going fast, going high or just going somewhere, flight testers were busy

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Post-pandemic comeback and breakthroughs for electric flight

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Operational expendable hypersonics and the race for reusability

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

LTA Research building second, bigger zeppelin as first prepares for flight

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft dominate powered-lift community focus

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Electrified aircraft ground and flight tests continue progress toward sustainable aviation

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Information Systems

Space and aviation sectors take steps to guard against increased cyberattacks

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Operators make progress on constellation deployment for secure, low-cost global connectivity

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Computing advances allow planetary missions to leap forward

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Enabling advances in aircraft operations

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Aerospace community continues to harness potential of human-machine teaming

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Year of autonomy in Alaskan glaciers, flight, Earth orbit, cislunar space and Mars

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

CAPSTONE software bug, Russian hacking Ukraine computer systems and data integrity advances among the year’s highlights

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Multisensor systems and information fusion enables new capabilities in multiple domains, from U.S. Space Force to urban air mobility

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Integration

U.S. prepares for new entrants in the national airspace

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Continued progress toward the CFD Vision 2030 goals

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Space exploration’s giant eye in the sky opens

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Bringing civil supersonic flight closer to fruition

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Transformational flight prepares path to operations

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Propulsion and Energy

Strategic year for resumption of lunar missions and beyond

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Variety grows and performance improves in space electric propulsion

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Propellant from Mars, metallic combustion and an exploding foil initiator

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Gas turbine engines focus on decarbonization of commercial air travel

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Ramjet and scramjet propulsion mature, advancing weapon capabilities

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Advancements in laser ignition systems, active controls, hybrid biofuels and suborbital sounding rockets

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

New integration and alternative fuel initiatives create greater efficiency, reduce emissions

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Opportunities abound with the world’s most powerful rockets

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Nuclear propulsion: bringing human presence to Mars

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Rotating detonation engines at the forefront of pressure gain combustion

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Ammonia for clean and sustainable propulsion

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Major strides in hypersonic booster development and weapons appropriations highlight 2022

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Progress toward hydrogen aviation

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Space and Missiles

New suit designs and methods to survive in space

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Multiple microgravity laboratories help advance fluid dynamics and combustion research

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Race for hypersonics spurs on missile systems

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Rocket manufacturers face challenges in push for reusable launch vehicle development

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Small satellites spread beyond niche roles

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Accelerating architecture for low-Earth orbit and beyond

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Robotics for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing is key for sustainable space infrastructure

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Development of on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing creates new capabilities in spacefaring operations

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Experiments to use space resources make great strides

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

New windows into the universe and new commercial space capabilities

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Space tethers focus on deorbit and debris mitigation

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Another record-setting year for spaceflight

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

Hypersonics, advanced materials and shockwaves

By Aerospace AmericaDecember 1, 2022

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