27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-1.6.1 INVITED

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE AVIATION – REAL SOLUTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES FACING AVIATION

F. Collier, R. Thomas, C. Burley, C. Nickol, C. -M. Lee, M. Tong
NASA, USA

Keywords: aviation, environment, fuel burn, community noise, oxides of nitrogen

The combined reality of persistently strong growth in air traffic and the vital economic role of the air transport system result in continued demand for the progress of technology for the reduction of aircraft noise, emissions of oxides of nitrogen, and fuel burn. NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project has set aggressive goals in these three areas including a noise goal of 42 dB cumulative below the Stage 4 certification level.

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