Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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2002
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics is an integral part of the Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Aero/Astro faculty members conduct research and teach courses covering air and space vehicles, missiles, propulsion, aerodynamics, avionics, control systems, structures, turbomachinery, computational and experimental methods, orbital mechanics and combat survivability that emphasize total systems design. The uniqueness of this approach is that air and space vehicles are considered part of a larger combat system that includes all aspects of warfighting. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft are designed to operate aboard ships as part of a larger battlegroup. Challenges normally not considered by aircraft operating from land bases become design constraints for shipboard compatibility. By working in a Total Systems Design Group, Aero/Astro faculty and students are exposed to the constraints of shipbuilding, software development and weapons compatibility. Additional issues such as acquisition methods, analysis of alternatives, and order of battle scenarios can be explored by working with the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, the Graduate School of Operations and Information Sciences, and the School of International Graduate Studies. Aero/Astro faculty and students are exposed to a wide variety of disciplines to develop capable runway-independent aircraft and robust space systems.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.