Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
Quesst (X-59)
Supersonic Flight
NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic thumps” that its quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft will make while flying. A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe developed with specific features to capture the unique shock waves the X-59 will produce.
Posted December 6, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Transport Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Flight Innovation
Green Aviation Tech
Sustainable Aviation
Upside down can be right side up. That’s what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that could be part of the agency’s answer to making future aircraft sustainable.
Posted December 5, 2024
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Advanced Air Transport Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
Sustainable Flight Demonstrator
Sustainable Flight National Partnership
Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft – what kinds of designs or technology make that possible? NASA is working to answer those questions by commissioning five new design studies looking to push the boundaries of possibility […]
Posted November 12, 2024
Aeronautics
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Glenn Research Center
Green Aviation Tech
Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core
Hybrid-electric cars have been a staple of the road for many years now. Soon that same idea of a part-electric-, part-gas-powered engine may find its way into the skies propelling a future jet airliner. NASA is working in tandem with industry partner GE Aerospace on designing and building just such an engine, one that burns […]
Posted September 17, 2024
Aeronautics
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Green Aviation Tech
Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing
Sustainable Flight National Partnership
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and Fives Machining Systems Inc. have joined 20 other organizations to support NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project. The project is addressing industry’s needs to meet growing demand for air travel, replace aging airliners, and secure U.S.
Posted August 23, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Flight Innovation
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology
A new custom virtual reality flight simulator built by NASA researchers will allow them to explore how passengers experience air taxi rides and collect data that will help designers create new aircraft with passenger comfort in mind.
Posted June 27, 2024
Hypersonic Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Vehicles that travel at hypersonic speeds fly faster than five times the speed of sound. NASA studies the fundamental science of hypersonics to understand it better and applies this understanding to enable point-to-point and space access hypersonic vehicles. These vehicles would use airbreathing engines, which utilize oxygen in the atmosphere.
Posted June 21, 2024
Hypersonic Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Technical Challenges (TCs) are finite-duration research and development endeavors supporting the strategic goals of NASA.
Posted June 21, 2024
Hypersonic Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
The Hypersonic Technology project is divided into four research topic areas. The first research topic is system-level design, analysis, and validation, which explores the impacts of technologies on vehicle performance.
Posted June 21, 2024
Hypersonic Technology
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Owing to NASA’s Quesst mission and Commercial Supersonic Technology project, there is growing industry interest in commercial aircraft that fly faster than the speed of sound. In 2020, NASA funded two independent studies to investigate the economic viability of this potential market for high-speed commercial flight.
Posted June 19, 2024
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