§40701 — Title 51 National and Commercial Space Programs | U.S. Code

Summary

Administrator can start a program to create and test technologies so commercial planes have takeoff and landing noise at or below normal background near airports; use 25% less energy on medium‑to‑long flights than planes operating on December 30, 2005; and sharply reduce takeoff and landing nitrogen oxides without worsening hydrocarbons or smoke.

Title 51, §40701

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The Administrator may establish an initiative with the objective of developing, and demonstrating in a relevant environment, technologies to enable the following commercial aircraft performance characteristics:

(1)Noise levels on takeoff and on airport approach and landing that do not exceed ambient noise levels in the absence of flight operations in the vicinity of airports from which such commercial aircraft would normally operate.

(2)Twenty-five percent reduction in the energy required for medium- to long-range flights, compared to aircraft in commercial service as of December 30, 2005.

(3)Nitrogen oxides on take-off and landing that are significantly reduced, without adversely affecting hydrocarbons and smoke, relative to aircraft in commercial service as of December 30, 2005.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4070142 U.S.C. 16722(a).Pub. L. 109–155, title IV, § 422(a), Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2924. In paragraphs (2) and (3), the date “December 30, 2005” is substituted for “the date of enactment of this Act” to reflect the date of enactment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–155, 119 Stat. 2895).

§40701 Research and Development Initiative

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Title 51, §40701

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