National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Also known as NACA
U.S. federal agency
Key facts
- Formed
- March 3, 1915 ; 111 years ago ( 1915-03-03 )
- Dissolved
- October 1, 1958 ; 67 years ago ( 1958-10-01 )
- Superseding agency
- NASA
- Jurisdiction
- Federal government of the United States
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1958-10-01
- Commons category
- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
- inception
- 1915-03-03
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- NACA
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The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a United States federal agency that was founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. On October 1, 1958, the agency was dissolved and its assets and personnel were transferred to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NACA is an initialism, pronounced as individual letters rather than as a whole word, as was NASA during the early years after being established.
Among other advancements, NACA research and development produced the NACA duct, a type of air intake used in modern automotive applications, the NACA cowling, and several series of NACA airfoils, which are still used in aircraft manufacturing.