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Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools Gallery

Enjoy these images representing NASA’s Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools (SVTT) project, which develops technologies and tools for a wide array of subsonic air vehicle applications, ranging from next-generation vertical take-off and landing to transonic, fixed-wing aircraft.

NASA illustration of an advanced subsonic aircraft with an Electrified Aircraft Propulsion system.
Artist illustration showing an electrified aircraft in flight.
Every bit of weight on an aircraft increases the fuel, emissions and money required to put it in the air.
Truss Braced Wing test in the 11-by 11-foot test section.
In this image, a concept for a six-passenger quadcopter is run through a computer simulation to visualize the interaction of...
Concept of 6-passenger quadcopter is run through a computer simulation to visualize the interaction of airflow and the 4 rotors.
Artist concept of commercial aircraft families with a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration from the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.
Two commercial airliners fly in formation. Both feature Truss-Braced Wing designs.
Another view of the Integrated Adaptive Wing Technology Maturation wind-tunnel model installed in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at NASA Langley...
A scale model of possible future commercial jet airplane sits inside a NASA wind tunnel where the aircraft wing was tested.
The NASA 5.2% scale, semi-span version of the High Lift Common Research Model installed in the German-Dutch Wind Tunnels -...
A silver-colored airplane research model sits in a wind tunnel facility. The model consists of a section of a scaled-down fuselage on the floor, with a single wing mounted vertically on it. The metallic wall of the wind tunnel is visible in the background.
An artist rendering of NASA’s STARC-ABL concept hybrid-electric propulsion aircraft.
Artist illustration of a STARC-ABL in flight above the clouds.
A model of the X-66 aircraft with a wingspan of almost 6 feet was placed in the 12-Foot Low-Speed Wind...
A white model of an airplane mounted on top of a long silver pole, in the background there are orange lights illuminating the area. The model is surrounded by grey panels, with fluorescent lights on the top.
Artist’s concept of the X-66 aircraft that Boeing will produce through NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.
Artist illustration of the X-66 in flight above the clouds with the sun in the background.