[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21044-21045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9367]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (10-045)]


Notice of Centennial Challenges 2011 CAFE Green Flight Challenge

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges 2011 CAFE Green Flight 
Challenge.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 
2451(314)(d). The 2011 CAFE Green Flight Challenge is scheduled and 
teams that wish to compete may register. Centennial Challenges is a 
program of prize competitions to stimulate innovation in technologies 
of interest and value to NASA and the nation. The 2011 CAFE Green 
Flight Challenge is a prize competition designed to bring about the 
development of new aviation technologies that can greatly improve the 
efficiency of future air vehicles while meeting minimum speed and range 
requirements, maintaining or enhancing safety features and reducing 
noise. It is being administered for NASA by the Comparative Aircraft 
Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation. NASA is providing the prize purse.

DATES: 2011 CAFE Green Flight Challenge will be held on July 10 through 
July 17, 2011.

ADDRESSES: 2011 CAFE Green Flight Challenge will be held at the CAFE 
Flight Test Center at the Charles M. Schulz--Sonoma County Airport in 
Santa Rosa, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register for or to get additional 
information regarding the 2011 CAFE Green Flight Challenge, please 
visit: http://cafefoundation.org/v2/gfc_main.php.
    For general information on the NASA Centennial Challenges Program, 
please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/challenges. General questions and 
comments regarding the program should be addressed to Mr. Andrew Petro, 
Centennial Challenges Program, Innovative Partnerships Program Office, 
NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20546-0001. E-mail 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary

    For the 2011 CAFE Green Flight Challenge, competitors will 
demonstrate new aviation technologies that can greatly improve the 
efficiency of future air vehicles while meeting minimum speed and range 
requirements, maintaining or enhancing safety features and reducing 
noise.

I. Prize Amounts

    The total 2011 CAFE Green Flight Challenge purse is $1,653,000 (one 
million, six hundred fifty three thousand U.S. dollars). The main prize 
of $1,500,000 (one million, five hundred thousand U.S. dollars) is for 
the aircraft that meet the minimum performance and safety requirements 
with the best combination of efficiency and speed based on the formula 
detailed in the rules. There is an additional ``Bio-fuel'' prize of 
$150,000 (one hundred fifty thousand U.S. dollars) for aircraft that 
meet the minimum performance and safety requirements with the best 
combination of efficiency and speed among those using only a bio-fuel 
as defined in the rules. There is an honorary achievement prize of 
$153,000 (one hundred fifty-three thousand U.S. dollars) that will be 
awarded if at least three teams are competing and no main prize is won, 
for the aircraft with the best combination of efficiency and speed that 
meets a lower set of established performance requirements, as detailed 
in the rules.

II. Eligibility

    To be eligible to win a prize, competitors must (1) register and 
comply with all requirements in the rules and team agreement; (2) in 
the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain a 
primary place of business in the United States, and in the case of an 
individual, whether participating singly or in a group, shall be a 
citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and (3) shall not 
be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within the scope of 
their employment.

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III. Rules

    The complete rules and team agreement for the 2011 CAFE Green 
Flight Challenge can be found at: http://cafefoundation.org/v2/gfc_main.php.

    Dated: April 14, 2010.
Douglas A. Comstock,
Director, Innovative Partnerships Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-9367 Filed 4-21-10; 8:45 am]
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