NASA Announces Georgia Aeronautics Research Award

WASHINGTON, April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate has awarded $249,030 to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta for work described in its NASA research announcement proposal “Impact of Degraded Environment on Airspace Safety.”

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Eric Feron is the principal investigator.

Overseen by the directorate’s Aviation Safety Program, the project will foster close collaboration with and facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among researchers with NASA, industry, academia and other government agencies to benefit the nation’s aeronautics community.

NASA’s Aviation Safety Program is dedicated to improving the safety of current and future aircraft operating in the National Airspace System, with research focused on the way vehicles are designed, built, operated and maintained.

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