WHAT IS THE
NAVAL AVIATION
SYSTEMS CONSORTIUM?
The Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC) is an open, broad-based and enduring consortium composed of more than 500 member companies and institutions offering cutting-edge technology solutions for critical air warfare challenges. Through its Other Transaction Agreement with the Navy, NASC provides a collaborative platform and agile acquisition pathway that links Government with industry and academia to deliver defense innovation at the speed of business.
FOCUS AREAS
Air Vehicles
- Advanced Airframe Materials & Structures
- Corrosion Prevention & Control
- Air Vehicle Aerodynamics & Flight Controls
- Shipboard Interaction
- Advanced Modeling & Simulation
- Life Management of Naval Airframes/Subsystems
- Thermal Management, Fire & Ice Protection
- Hydraulics, Pneumatics & Landing Gear Systems
- Fuel Containment/Aerial Refueling
- Mechanical Systems
Propulsion and Power
- Advanced Cycle Propulsion Systems
- State Based Management of Dynamic Components
- Highly Integrated Control System
- Low Observable Signature Technologies (Noise, Radar, Infra-Red)
- Emissions and Pollution Control
- High Speed Aerodynamics
- High Power Density Electrical Systems
Avionics
- Sensor/Data Fusion
- Electronic Warfare/Airborne Electronic Attack
- Fiber Optics/Networking
- Acoustics Sensors
- Radar & Antenna Systems
- Communications
- Electro Optical/Special Mission Sensors
- Information Assurance
- Maritime Domain Awareness
Human Systems
- Command & Control
- Human, Social, Behavioral, Cultural Modeling
- Human Performance Assessment & Modeling
- Interactive Experimentation
- Protection, Performance & Survivability
- Virtual Environments & Simulation
Weapons and Energetics
- Energetic Materials & Energetics Systems
- Weapon Airframe Engineering
- Weapon Guidance and Control
- Weapon Systems Engineering
Support Equipment (SE) and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE)
- Electromagnetics
- Diagnostics of Avionics
- Networks, Information Systems & Intelligent Agents
- Controls, Sensors & Instrumentation, Prognostics & Health Monitoring
- Cameras, Displays, Optics
- Robotics
Warfare Analysis
- Engagement/Mission/Campaign Analyses
- Operational Suitability/Effectiveness Analyses
- Weapon System Performance Analyses
- Aircraft Suitability Utility Analyses Science and Technology (S&T) Gap Analyses
Research and Intelligence
- Materials Research
- Image and Signal Processing
- Employment of Unmanned Systems
- Optics Research and Fabrication
- Chemical Detection
Test, Evaluation and Engineering
- Systems Evaluation, Experimentation & Test
- Air Vehicle Testing
- Shore Based and Shipboard Precision Approach and Landing System (PALS) Certification
- Stores Compatibility Testing
- Mission Systems Testing
- Weapons Testing
- Ranges
- Air Vehicle Modification & Instrumentation Testing
- Survivability Flight Test
- Time Space Position Information (TPSI)
- Mission Systems Flight Test
- Weapon Effectiveness Testing
- Aero-Mechanical Flight Test
- Threat/Target Systems
- Target Engineering
- Target Airborne Threat Simulation
- Target Combat Environment Testing
- Seaborne Targets
- Integrated Battle-Space Simulation & Test
- Physical and Simulated Environments for Platform, System of System (SoS), and Family of System (FoS) Test and Evaluation
- Generation of Threat Simulations/Signals for Installed System Testing
- Weapons and Aircraft Systems Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing
- Interoperability Evaluations for Communications Signals/Data
- Aircraft Flight Simulation and Stimulation T&E
- Electromagnetic Environment Effects (E3) T&E
- Ground Radar Cross Section (RCS) Measurement and Analysis
Simulation and Modeling
- Weapons Training Systems
- Low-cost Photo Texture/Databases
- Virtual Environment Training Technology
- Tactical Decision-Making Under Stress
- Parallel Computing Applied to Simulation and Modeling
Digital Transformation
- Enterprise Business Transformation Planning & Execution Human, Social, Behavioral, Cultural Modeling
- Integrated Modeling Environment/Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (M&S), Test & Evaluation (T&E), & Training
- Data Architecture, Design, Engineering, and Management/Sustainment
- Digital Solutions Technology Development/SecDevOps
- Advanced Analytics/Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning
- Talent Management/Digital & Data Careers/Organizational Strategies
- Digital Innovation/Disruptive Digital Technologies
