ROTORCRAFT Brain TRUST


Vertical Lift Research Centers of Excellence: The future of Army Aviation


by Dr. John D. Berry T


     is critical to current and future Army operations. In 2011, the


Vertical Lift Research Center of Excel- lence (VLRCOE) program selected 35 research tasks to fund through three  This investment in the future of vertical lift will help the Army develop future 


The Georgia Institute of Technology, the Pennsylvania State University, and     three teams. The research tasks focus on areas of rotary wing aviation in which DOD and NASA have common techni- cal goals and can pool research funds.


       - tutions of higher learning. In the 1980s,      rotorcraft centers of excellence to ensure continuity of high-quality research and a source of well-educated scientists and engineers with a specialization in rotor- craft. Thirty years


later, graduates of


these centers are in leading positions in government and industry organizations that contribute to the advancement of vertical lift technology.


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RESEARCH PRIORITIES    Research, Development, and Engineer- ing Center oversees the VLRCOE program through cooperative Technol- ogy Interchange Agreements with the    period in nine areas:


                 


Technical specialists in these areas repre- senting leading government laboratories collectively chose the most promising of the proposed tasks from universities bid- ding for matching funds. Each year, a formal review, supported by more than 40 government laboratory scientists who also serve as informal technical advisors to the university task investigators, looks at progress toward the proposed goals for each task. As a result, the objectives and approaches are adjusted.


The universities also teach courses in 


and support graduate students in these areas through work-study programs. In addition, the VLRCOE program enjoys a strong interaction with the     professional organization that provides numerous venues for technical exchange and dialogue within the international rotorcraft community.


With the purpose of theory and practices of


advancing the the science of


 a primary forum for the interchange of     - ogy. Each of the three universities has 


Following are highlights of ongoing


rotorcraft studies at each university, and     - ships supporting them.


For more information, go to http://www. redstone.army.mil/amrdec/RD&E/ AFDD.html.


           Army Aviation and Missile Research,     He holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. Berry is a retired U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel.


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