The FINANCIAL -- NASA officials will meet with aeronautics industry,
academia and government leaders Feb. 21-22 for the second in a series of
roundtable discussions about future directions for aeronautics research
and technology.
According to NASA, the Aeronautics Research and Technology Roundtable is sponsored by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington and organized by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering.
The 25-member panel includes a broad range of executives, entrepreneurs and experts representing airframe and engine manufacturers, general aviation companies, academia, industry associations and other federal agencies. Its purpose is to facilitate candid dialogue among participants, to foster greater partnership among the NASA-related aeronautics community, and, where appropriate, carry awareness of issues to the wider public.
The two-day meeting will be conducted by the National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and will be held at the National Academies' Keck Building at 500 Fifth St. NW in Washington.
On the first day, roundtable members will participate in separate discussions on issues of interest to four aviation sectors. General aviation and commercial aviation will be the subjects of concurrent sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST. Vertical lift and unmanned aircraft systems will be featured in concurrent sessions from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST. On the second day, roundtable members will gather from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST for a plenary session featuring reports from the previous day's discussions.
Discussion topics were identified at the first roundtable meeting in August 2011. Four teleconferences, organized by sector, were conducted in December 2011. A third roundtable meeting is anticipated later this year.
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