Airspace Operations and Safety Program

Aeronautics

Drones & You

NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights

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

Aeronautics

Green Aviation Tech

Sustainable Flight National Partnership

NASA Flight Rerouting Tool Curbs Delays, Emissions

It’s the holiday season — which means many are taking to the skies to join their loved ones. If you’ve ever used an app to navigate on a road trip, you’ve probably noticed how it finds you the most efficient route to your destination, even before you depart. To that end, NASA has been working […]

Posted December 20, 2024

Drones & You

Aeronautics

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

UAS Traffic Management

NASA Moves Drone Package Delivery Industry Closer to Reality

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

Aeronautics

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Women's History Month

Math, Mentorship, Motherhood: Behind the Scenes with NASA Engineers

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on February 22, 2024. Engineering is a huge field with endless applications. From aerospace to ergonomics, engineers play an important role in designing, building, and testing technologies all around us.

Posted November 8, 2024

Aeronautics

Drones & You

NASA and Partners Scaling to New Heights

NASA, in partnership with AeroVironment and Aerostar, recently demonstrated a first-of-its-kind air traffic management concept that could pave the way for aircraft to safely operate at higher altitudes.

Posted October 18, 2024

Aeronautics

NASA Cloud-Based Platform Could Help Streamline, Improve Air Traffic

Just like your smartphone navigation app can instantly analyze information from many sources to suggest the best route to follow, a NASA-developed resource is now making data available to help the aviation industry do the same thing.

Posted July 13, 2024

System-Wide Safety

System-Wide Safety Collaborations

NASA’s System-Wide Safety (SWS) project identifies and addresses safety threats to improve the efficiency of flight and access to airspace.

Posted May 21, 2024

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Aeronautics

Air Mobility Pathfinders project

Langley Research Center

NASA Autonomous Flight Software Successfully Used in Air Taxi Stand-Ins

In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over Long Island Sound, Connecticut taking care to avoid other aircraft in the area around them.

Posted January 25, 2024

Aeronautics