Innovating better together

whitePaper | December 2, 2022

Aviation is very different from other sectors in the economy, and it has been uniquely and severely impacted by both international and domestic border closures and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

whitePaper | November 18, 2022

For over a century, aeronautics research and development (R&D) has been a vital part of the foundation of U.S. economic prosperity and is a critical asset for maintaining our national security and defense. The aviation industry could not be more important to our nation’s economic engine and our interconnectedness to the world. Aeronautics-related R&D is the foundation upon which this healthy industry has been built.

whitePaper | January 31, 2022

What makes business aviation support so challenging is the need to continually stay on top of incoming data. Good decisions, smart planning and safe flying all depend on the continuous flow of accurate, real-time information from many different sources.

whitePaper | September 1, 2022

It is time to reinvent ourselves. We have reached or exceeded several limits, such as the limit on the availability of natural resources, the limit on healthy human-nature interaction, and the limit on the generation of wealth decoupled from consumption and conscious production. The Anthropocene Epoch, marked by the extraordinary growth of our population and constant economic growth, has resulted in unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss, carbon accumulation in the atmosphere, and drastic changes to our climate.

whitePaper | January 21, 2022

This report responds to direction in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 to submit to Congress a report evaluating the International Space Station as a platform for research, deep space exploration, and low-Earth orbit spaceflight in partnership with its four international space agency partners, and the commercial space sector.

whitePaper | June 24, 2022

During previous crises to hit the aviation industry, the focus was predominantly on airlines and airports as opposed to air navigation services.