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Aeronautics Projects

Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, supports NASA’s vision to build a new global aviation system for the 21st Century. Aeronautics researchers, engineers, and pilots use world-class NASA facilities to keep U.S. aviation first in safety, efficiency, and innovation. The center explores technologies that reduce aircraft noise and fuel use, get you gate-to-gate safely and on time and transform aviation into an economic engine at all altitudes.

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Branch Chief

Jennifer Cole

Flight Demonstrations & Capabilities Project Manager

Tom Horn

Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator Project Manager

Cathy Bahm

Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Project Manager

Brent Cobleigh

Featured Story

NASA Armstrong Supports Wind Study

Wind affects all aircraft, particularly during takeoff and landing. It’s especially critical for new types of transportation. A new NASA…

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Project Portfolio

Armstrong's research activities ensure the right balance among physics-based analysis, simulation, ground testing, and flight research. Here are some of the programs and projects we are supporting.

Biography

Branch Chief for NASA Armstrong's Aeronautics Projects

Jennifer H. Cole

Jennifer H. Cole is the branch chief for Aeronautics Projects at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Selected for the position in 2019, Cole provides management and technical direction of the center’s aeronautics activities to ensure the effective and timely support of flight research projects.

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Aeronautics News

Stay up-to-date with the latest news from Armstrong as we break down barriers and accelerate change for the benefit of humanity.

X-59 Model Tested in Japanese Supersonic Wind Tunnel
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Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft…

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NASA Advances Pressure Sensitive Paint Research Capability
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Many of us grew up using paint-by-number sets to create beautiful color pictures. For years now, NASA engineers studying aircraft…

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NASA Intern Took Career from Car Engines to Cockpits
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Some career changes involve small shifts. But for one NASA engineering intern, the leap was much bigger –moving from under…

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NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward
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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis.…

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NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California
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From Sunday, June 22 to Wednesday, July 2, two research aircraft will make a series of low-altitude atmospheric research flights…

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NASA to Gather In-Flight Imagery of Commercial Test Capsule Re-Entry
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A NASA team specializing in collecting imagery-based engineering datasets from spacecraft during launch and reentry is supporting a European aerospace…

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Flight Loads Laboratory

Conducting mechanical-load and thermal tests of structural components and complete flight vehicles, in addition to performing calibration tests of vehicle instrumentation for real-time determination of flight loads.

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