Social & Cultural Aspects of Technology, Aerospace Engineering, United States History - 20th Century - 1945 to 2000, Aerospace Engineering, Social & Cultural Aspects of Technology

Aeronautics Innovation: NASA's Challenges and Opportunities

Name: Aeronautics Innovation: NASA's Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Stephen A. Merrill
ISBN: 9780309101882

by Stephen A. Merrill, Committee on Innovation Models for Aeronautics Technologies, National Research Council

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Overview

NASA is a global leader in aeronautics research and development — fostering advances in aviation safety and emissions, propulsion technology, and many other areas. And the agency's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) has played a vital role in the U.S. aeronautics industry. In recent years, the directorate's leaders and experts outside the agency have sought ways to speed innovative uses of ARMD's research results. But the directorate faces management challenges that make it difficult for such applications to succeed — or to occur at all. This report from the National Academies' National Research Council, offers the agency guidance on how to manage the transfer of technology to external users, as well as implement flexible personnel and financial-management practices. The report also points out problems that stem from a lack of agreement on ARMD's future direction and several years of federal budget cuts.