Category Archives: FUNDING
Synergy Aircraft Project at Kickstarter
Synergy Aircraft Project A Technology project in Kalispell, Mt by John McGinnis · send message Remind Me PROJECT HOME UPDATES 7 BACKERS 569 COMMENTS 36 ABOUT THIS PROJECT We’re building the proof that an airplane can be awesome, comfortable, and incredibly efficient all at the same time. Please join us to become part of an exciting grassroots project that’s already making history! Synergy: A bold new future for aviation. In this second [...]
Kickstarter, a crowd-funding site, has reconsidered its rejection of a proposal from Synergy Aircraft
Mary Grady, Contributing editor Kickstarter, a crowd-funding site, has reconsidered its rejection of a proposal from Synergy Aircraft, and this week said it would allow the project to go forward. John McGinnis, the aircraft designer, said on Sunday that he had “received an email from a human being” saying that Kickstarter had reconsidered his “incredibly [...]
A look at the subsonic (left) and supersonic airplane concepts Boeing submitted to NASA for the agency’s N+3 program, which sought concepts for designs for future commercial airplanes that offer improvements in operational and environmental performance.
By Daryl Stephenson What might future commercial airplane designs look like 25 to 30 years from now? Two teams led by Boeing Research & Technology have completed 18-month studies on that question and have submitted their findings to NASA under a program called N+3, which denotes three generations beyond the current transport fleet. After examining various [...]
Wolf Foundation 2011 Grants
Introduction Welcome to the Wolf Aviation Fund Year 2011 Grant Program Page! The purpose of this page is to describe our grants program for the current year and to provide specific guidelines for those who wish to consider sending an application. If you are interested in scholarships or flight training grants please stop now and go visit our scholarships [...]
Electric Planes flying at Green Flight Challenge!
We’re here at the NASA CAFE Green Flight Challenge on the third and final day of testing. The initial thirteen teams are down to four participants – three competitors and one demonstrator. Two all-electric planes are flying: e-Genius from Germany and Pipistrel Taurus G4 from Slovenia. An efficient piston plane, the PhoEnix from the Chech Republic, [...]
Orion Funding Reduced
DENVER — Lockheed Martin has cut out an entire test article from the Orion crew exploration vehicle that it is recasting in a new role as deep-space Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), combining test objectives for the remaining articles in an effort to keep the vehicle within the tight schedule set by Congress. By combining [...]
Letter from Space Leaders to Congress Urging Support of NASA’s Use of Commercial Crew Services to the ISS
Dear Members of Congress: We, the undersigned space leaders–over 50 of us, are strong supporters of human spaceflight. We are writing to urge you to fully fund NASA’s plan to use commercial companies to carry crew to the Space Station because it is critical to the health of the Nation’s human spaceflight efforts. Among us [...]
Rockefeller And Snowe Ask NASA To Eliminate Waste And Fraud In SBIR Program
Commerce Committee Investigation Prompted IG Probe U.S. Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, responded Wednesday to the NASA Inspector General’s audit of its Small Business Innovation [...]
Europe’s Clean Sky programme confident of achieving engine demonstrator goals
Europe’s €1.6 billion ($2.2 billion) Clean Skypublic-private research effort has set some ambitious targets for developing more environmentally friendly engine technologies under its Sustainable and Green Engines (SAGE) Integrated Technology Demonstrator programme. Engine manufacturers have one common goal: boost propulsive and thermal efficiency to reduce fuel burn and carbon dioxide emissions. But this involves designing [...]
NASA to continue funding already-canceled Ares V rocket program to the tune of $465 million through March
The Orlando Sentinel caught this one: A quirk in the 2010 budget and the continuing resolution have forced NASA to continue funding already-canceled Ares V rocket program to the tune of $465 million through March 4. At the root of the problem is a 70-word sentence inserted into the 2010 budget — by lawmakers seeking [...]
