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JAXA Aviation helps to create a safer and more prosperous society with aeronautics-related research and development activities.
Aviation Program News
"Aviation Program News" encompasses JAXA R&D activities in aeronautical fields. Feature Article and Research Report expound on the latest R&D endeavors, and Interview gets up close and personal with the researchers involved in these projects. Each issue offers cutting edge technical information in simple understandable English.
No.27 2013 Winter
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- Roundtable discussion on future technology
How can we build up our future society and communication through a family aircraft transportation system? [Part 2] - Research Report ... From the research field
Research and development of real-time monitoring technology for runway snow and ice
D-SEND#2 full-scale structural strength and stiffness evaluation test - Aviation technology course
Noise abatement technology
- Roundtable discussion on future technology
No.26 2012 Autumn
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Capturing wind changes to optimize operation - Research Report ... From the research field
Developing "usable" impact simulation - Roundtable discussion on future technology
How can we build up our future society and communication through a family aircraft transportation system? [Part 1]
No.25 2012 Summer
Page viewer (PDF: 2.91MB)- Special feature
For maintaining air safety - Research Report ... From the research field
Developing a fixed-wing small unmanned aerial system for radiation monitoring
Research and Development of Vortex Generators for Higher-Performance, Safer Passenger Aircraft
No.24 2012 Spring
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Novel navigation systems ensuring the safety of satellite navigation - Research Report ... From the research field
Research in fan noise reduction technology - Aiming at quiet jet engines -
Research in weight reduction of jet engines - Interview ... People who fly dreams
Clarifying the Noise Generation Mechanism
No.23 2012 Winter
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Research and development of clean engine technology - Japan leading the development of aircraft engines - - Research Report ... From the research field
Control technologies focusing on the practical use of unmanned aircraft - Interview ... People who fly dreams
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) at a corner of social infrastructure - Aviation technology course
What is so special about Japanese composite materials?
No.22 2011 Autumn
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Research and development of the Disaster Relief Aircraft Information Sharing Network (D-NET) - Aiming at realizing an optimum operation management system for fire and disaster management helicopters - Research Report ... From the research field
Imagining environmentally friendly passenger aircraft - Conceptual study of future passenger aircraft aimed at reduced CO2 emissions
Research in curved approach technology - Overseas researcher's report
From Toulouse, France
No.21 2011 Summer
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Reducing sonic booms - Start of the low-boom design concept demonstration project - - Research Report ... From the research field
Research and development of a flight management system for the emergency medical service helicopter Doctor-Heli - Even just one second earlier! Aiming at improving survival rates
Research in aeroelasticity - Interview ... People who fly dreams
The perfect system for measuring sonic booms
No.20 2011 Spring
Page viewer (PDF: 2.83MB)- Research Report ... From the research field
Research and development of a flight management system for the emergency medical service helicopter Doctor-Heli - Even just one second earlier! Aiming at improving survival rates
Development of technology for investigating noise sources on passenger aircraft - Overseas researcher's report
I have a dream...of "Hypersonic flight"
No.19 2011 Winter
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D-SEND Project - Constructing an aerial sonic boom measurement system - Research Report ... From the research field
Analyzing jet fuel spray with light - Developing a low-emission jet engine
Research in aerial firefighting technology for firefighting amphibians - Flight simulation tests with pilots - Interview ... People who fly dreams
Developing a high-accuracy airplane navigation system
No.18 2010 Autumn
Page viewer (PDF: 2.20MB)- Research Report ... From the research field
Knowing operational loads in flight! - Research in identification technology for operational loads
Flight testing of compact electric fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles for disaster monitoring - Overseas researcher's report
From Stuttgart, Germany - Aviation technology course
What is the supercomputer used for?
No.17 2010 Summer
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Research in sonic boom assessment - Assessment methods suitable for sonic booms - First step toward new international standards - Research Report ... From the research field
Making aircraft at a lower cost by changing the method of joining materials - Research on fatigue strength of friction stir welded structures - Interview ... People who fly dreams
Brains of the engine
No.16 2010 Spring
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Research and development of Data Review and Analysis Program (DRAP) - 3D animation of aircraft operation from flight data DRAP software to support pilot training - Research Report ... From the research field
Accurately measuring airport winds - Research of low-level wind shear advisory system - Interview ... People who fly dreams
Revolutionizing the world of air transportation with personal electric airvehicles
No.15 2010 Winter
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Research and development of silent supersonic aircraft technology - Sonic boom measurement met with success! - Research Report ... From the research field
In pursuit of reduced fossil-fuel aircraft
Jet aircraft noise measurement - Interview ... People who fly dreams
Blades are the key to realizing quiet helicopters
No.15 2010 Winter
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Research and development of silent supersonic aircraft technology - Sonic boom measurement met with success! - Research Report ... From the research field
In pursuit of reduced fossil-fuel aircraft
Jet aircraft noise measurement - Interview ... People who fly dreams
Blades are the key to realizing quiet helicopters
No.14 2009 Autumn
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Research on a helicopter operation management system for large-scale disasters - To promptly conduct disaster-relief activities by helicopter - Research Report ... From the research field
Improving Production Technology for Low-Cost, High-Quality Composite Materials!
Future Engine Control Technology/Model Base Control - Interview ... People who fly dreams
Our dream of flying never fades away.
No.13 2009 Summer
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Research on Aircraft to Improve Crashworthiness - Protecting the body from impact force during emergency landings - Research Report ... From the research field
Indispensable CFD technology for research and development on the jet engine
Research on VaRTM and prepreg hybrid fabrication technology of composite materials - Aiming to develop a low-cost high-quality CFRP structure - Interview ... People who fly dreams
An easily deployable UAV system to collect information just after a disaster strikes
No.12 2009 Spring
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Research and development of a noise-reduction technology for helicopters - Reduce helicopter noise by controlling the trajectory of the vortex generated at the tip of the blade! - Research Report ... From the research field
Unmanned aircraft to promptly collect information on disaster-stricken areas - Research and development of the unmanned aircraft system for disasters monitoring
Research and development for a high-precision navigation system - Interview ... People who fly dreams
I want to develop an aircraft capable of smoothly crossing the border between sky and space.
No.11 2009 Winter
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Research and development of a quiet supersonic transport technology - Technology to develop a fast, clean, quiet supersonic transport for the next generation - Research Report ... From the research field
Research for prompt and efficient disaster-relief activities with helicopters
Wind-tunnel water-dropping test using a fire-fighting amphibian - Interview ... People who fly dreams
To engineer a truly quiet jet engine, we have to know the source of the noise.
