Title: Research industry trends in aviation.
Course: Aerospace Technology I (21055-I) > Section: Exploring the History of Aviation

Research may include

- airline consolidation
- major carriers, including cargo
- the effect of airline activity on airport infrastructure
- the effect of Internet and electronic commerce
- heightened competition (in aviation and space)
- small-scale aircraft
- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and remote-piloted vehicles
- efficiency
- environmentally friendly technologies
- training and design (modeling and simulation software)
- the transition from mechanical to automated (digital) control
- the transition from ground- to satellite-based surveillance.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What aviation trends should the U.S. government support, if any?
- What major shifts in the airline industry over the past 25 years are evident today?
- What trends are likely to affect government spending?
- What effect does competition have on the aviation industry?
- What are benefits of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)?
- How do renewable resources change aircraft (aspects such as power plant, structure, control, efficiency and safety)?