Specific applications which are foreseen at this time include hybrid electric propulsion systems, damage-tolerant radiators, and gas turbine components. The fundamental technology also has the potential to extend into high-temperature aerostructures. As efforts continue in the development of hypersonic vehicles, extreme environmental conditions dictate the need for better ceramic-metal interfaces along the leading edges of these structures.
NASA applications in hybrid electric propulsion systems, gas turbine components, and thermal management systems can be directly applied similar or identical problems of commercial interest.
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