XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
XV-15 litho - NASA's History Office
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Initial planning presented an activity with four elements. The first element consisted<br />
of establishing the technology base (essentially done by this time). The<br />
next focused on program formulation and the third element was a competitive<br />
design and proposal activity. In the fourth element, one contractor would fabricate<br />
and test two research aircraft.<br />
Project Plan Development<br />
The TRRA Project <strong>Office</strong> began to prepare several of these key documents<br />
toward the end of 1971. The initial version of the NASA/Army Project Plan for<br />
development of V/STOL tilt rotor research aircraft was released in April 1972. This<br />
document described the technical objectives of the project and defined the program<br />
elements, the management plan, the Government funding, facilities and manpower<br />
requirements, and the schedules. While the term “dual use” had not yet come into<br />
vogue, it was clear that the tilt rotor project would have to meet both civil and military<br />
needs to garner the necessary support. This dual use capability was highlighted<br />
in the Project Plan with the first illustration to appear in the document (figure 34).<br />
As the project took shape and underwent management reviews, the Project Plan<br />
would undergo two major revisions (once in April 1973 and again in September<br />
1974) to change the scope and cost of the project, and to include, among other<br />
things, the review and reporting plan and the system and flight safety plan.<br />
Figure 34.<br />
Illustration from 1974<br />
Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft<br />
Project Plan.<br />
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