Flight Innovation

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
Aeronautics
Flight Innovation
Transformational Tools Technologies
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
NASA and its international partners are using the same generically shaped wing design to create physical and digital research models to better understand how air moves around an aircraft during takeoff and landing.
Posted June 17, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Flight Innovation
Transformational Tools Technologies
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
NASA has created a new digital modelling tool for aeronautical engineers to innovate new aircraft designs, building on decades of experience using highly advanced computer code for aviation. Using this tool, researchers can create simulations of conceptual aircraft featuring never-flown technology and receive detailed data about how it would work.
Posted May 17, 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
Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. This tool allows manufacturers working in fields related to NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility mission to see early in the aircraft development process how design elements like propellors or wings would perform.
Posted April 4, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Center Innovation Fund
Flight Innovation
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA researchers are looking at the possibility of using a wingless, unpowered aircraft design from the 1960s to gather atmospheric data on other planets – doing the same work as small satellites but potentially better and more economically.
Posted March 13, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Flight Innovation
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
University Innovation
University Leadership Initiative
University Student Research Challenge
NASA has selected another five university teams to participate in real-world aviation research challenges that could help transform flight in the skies above our communities.
Posted February 21, 2024
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Flight Innovation
Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
University Innovation
NASA has selected three university-led teams for the first round of a new technical challenge pursuing innovative aviation maintenance practices. These university teams will receive funding from NASA for a two-year research term exploring aviation maintenance challenges related to NASA’s strategic vision for aeronautics.
Posted November 16, 2023
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Solutions
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Flight Innovation
Langley Research Center
Technology Demonstration
Air taxis may become an important part of the U.S. transportation ecosystem, quickly carrying people relatively short distances – and eventually some may fly without a pilot aboard. NASA is helping prepare for that future with research to ensure that fully autonomous flight technology is safe.
Posted October 3, 2023
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