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Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
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Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Sustainable Flight Demonstrator
NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft configurations.
Posted April 24, 2025
Aeronautics
Flight Innovation
Green Aviation Tech
In the future, aircraft with long, thin wings supported by aerodynamic braces could help airlines save on fuel costs. But those same wings could be susceptible to ice buildup. NASA researchers are currently working to determine if such an issue exists, and how it could be addressed. In the historic Icing Research Tunnel at NASA’s […]
Posted March 25, 2025
Glenn Research Center
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Green Aviation Tech
NASA History
Shortly after dawn on March 27, 2001, NASA pilot Bill Rieke took off from an airfield just outside of Phoenix in NASA’s blue-and-white Learjet 25 and flew low over a series of microphones for the first flight test of a groundbreaking NASA technology. On one of the plane’s engines was an experimental jagged-edged nozzle that […]
Posted March 11, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Ames Research Center
Green Aviation Tech
Langley Research Center
Sustainable Aviation
NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing. The model, designed to represent half the aircraft, allows the research team to generate high-quality data about the aerodynamic forces that would affect the actual X-66.
Posted February 5, 2025
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Air Traffic Solutions
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Green Aviation Tech
Sustainable Flight National Partnership
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
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Green Aviation Tech
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will fly in aircraft manufacturer Electra’s EL2 Goldfinch experimental prototype aircraft on Sunday, Dec. 8. Members of the media are invited to speak with Nelson and Electra leaders just prior to the flight at 11:45 a.m. EST at Manassas Regional Airport in Manassas, Virginia.
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
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
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Electrified Powertrain Flight Demo
Glenn Research Center
Green Aviation Tech
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Parked under the lights inside a hangar in Seattle, a hybrid electric research aircraft from electric motor manufacturer magniX showed off a new look symbolizing its journey toward helping NASA make sustainable aviation a reality.   During a special unveiling ceremony hosted by magniX on Aug.
Posted September 4, 2024
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