Advanced Air Mobility

Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Airborne Science
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Flight Demos Capabilities
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
Quesst (X-59)
STEM Engagement at NASA
Ultra-Efficient Aviation
In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging aviation systems, reinforcing its role as one of the agency’s primary test sites for aeronautics research.
Posted December 22, 2025
Aeronautics
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Air Traffic Solutions
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
NASA and its partners recently tested a tool for remotely piloted operations that could enable operators to transport people and goods more efficiently within urban areas.   The team’s goal is to ensure that when these remotely piloted aircraft – including electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) – take to the skies, air traffic cont
Posted September 16, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology
NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis. But making that vision a reality involves ensuring that people will actually want to ride these aircraft – which is why NASA has been working to evaluate comfort, to see what passengers will and won’t […]
Posted June 20, 2025
Glenn Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Flight Innovation
Langley Research Center
Transformational Tools Technologies
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into the skin of an aircraft, creating a more aerodynamic and reliable communication solution for drones and other future air transportation options.  Developed by NASA, this ultra-lightweight aerogel antenna is designed to enable sat
Posted April 22, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Ames Research Center
Convergent Aeronautics Solutions
Drones & You
Flight Innovation
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
Transformational Tools Technologies
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities – in all kinds of weather. Researchers will use the campaign to help improve tools to assist with collision avoidance and landing operations and […]
Posted April 18, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Air Mobility Pathfinders project
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety.
Posted January 23, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Flight Innovation
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
SBIR STTR
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company.
Posted January 13, 2025
Ames Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Drones & You
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace?
Posted January 7, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
C-20A
DC-8
Earth Science
ER-2
Flight Opportunities Program
Quesst (X-59)
Sustainable Flight Demonstrator
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024.
Posted December 20, 2024
Drones & You
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
UAS Traffic Management
Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the skies, they will be safe. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first time authorized multiple U.S. companies to fly commercial drones in the same airspace without […]
Posted December 10, 2024
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