Development and testing of the Perseus proof-of-concept aircraft. Final report
- Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas, VA (United States)
Many areas of global climate change research could benefit from a flexible, affordable, and near-term platform that could provide in situ measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. To provide such a capability, the Perseus unmanned science research aircraft was proposed in 1989. As a first step toward the development of Perseus, a proof-of-concept (POC) demonstrator was constructed and tested during 1990 and 1991. The POC was a full scale Perseus airframe intended to validate the structural, aerodynamic, and flight control technologies for the Perseus within a total budget of about $1.5 million. Advanced propulsion systems needed for the operational Perseus were not covered in the POC program due to funding limitations. This report documents the design, development, and testing of the Perseus POC.
- Research Organization:
- Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas, VA (United States); National Inst. for Global Environmental Change, Davis, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); National Inst. for Global Environmental Change, Davis, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC03-90ER61010
- OSTI ID:
- 10133305
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/61010-002; AR-9301; ON: DE93010121; CNN: HARVU Contract NAGW1464; NIGEC Contract 901214-HAR; NSF Contract ATM-9020068
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 26 Feb 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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