Supersonic passenger aircraft research in line for Russian federal
grant
Creation of a Russian supersonic passenger aircraft
research centre has been selected for funding by the federal
government.
The aim of the scientific centre is to establish a
world-class technological knowledge base for conceptual design and aerodynamic
analysis of an aircraft with low sonic boom.
This work on key
technological aspects would also look at material strength, acoustics and
vibration, engine efficiency, emissions, and artificial
intelligence.
"Over the course of its scientific work the centre is
expected to obtain breakthrough results," says the Moscow-based Central
Aerohydrodynamic Institute, which is spearheading the initiative.
It says
it expects these results to include "innovative" configurations of the aircraft
to produce a low level of noise, and the use of augmented-reality technology in
the cockpit.
The Russian ministry of science is overseeing a national
programme to select promising areas of research for federal
funding.
"Within the framework of this project we plan to work out
fundamental problems of future supersonic aviation," says Central
Aerohydrodynamic Institute director general Kirill Sypalo.
The institute
has established a consortium for the research which includes several
high-profile organisations - among them the GosNIIAS aviation systems centre,
the Gromov flight-test centre, and the Baranov aircraft engine
institute.
Sypalo says the new science centre intends to draw up new
environmental and economic indicators which would make serial supersonic
aircraft production viable.
Under the federal programme for developing
scientific-industrial co-operation, 60 competing applications were received for
the grant funding, amounting to nearly Rb15.5 billion ($205 million) over the
period covering 2020-24.
The programme provides for selection of at least
nine research centres to prioritise technological development. Ten centres were
chosen, spanning six high-level fields.
Supersonic aircraft research came
under the field of intelligent transport systems.
Other fields included
digital and robotic technologies, energy efficiency, healthcare, agriculture,
and social studies.
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