Comments on: Aurora Studies Future Fuel-Saving Options

By: A. Nonymous

A. Nonymous — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:05:00 +0000

I can save AFRL $10 million dollars and 2 years of wasted time. If you want to save that much fuel, use dirigibles and WIGEs instead of C-130s and C-17s. Now AFRL can spend that money figuring out how to keep dirigibles from being shot down by MANPADS, rifles, and kids with slingshots.

By: JN

JN — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:16:35 +0000

I was thinking about this, if they went the radical approach of utilizing something like the Walrus, that would certainly achieve the goal, if you could over look the short comings of derrigables.

By: JN

JN — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:14:07 +0000

This is a great idea. I think the largest amount of savings is going to come from optimizing fleet composition and distribution of those aircraft. 90% is probably lofty, but its worth it in the long run if they can get anywhere near that. This really strikes me as a tranformative project, that if successful will make substantial impacts.

By: irtusk

irtusk — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:36:16 +0000

> identifying ways to reduce air mobility fleet fuel usage 90 percent by 2030–2035.
this is a very easy goal to accomplish:
reduce air mobility flights by 90%

By: Vitor

Vitor — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:45:50 +0000

Too ambitious, seems to be biting more than it could chew, I have my doubts it will do a third of what it intends.