Projects

Upcoming activities:

• Aircraft Hygrometer in support of NASA Advanced Air Vehicles Program
• Aircraft Hygrometer in support of “Predictive Real-time Emissions Technologies Reducing Aircraft Induced Lines in the Sky” (PRE-TRAILS), Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), Subcontractor to NGC

References:

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