NASA and Boeing have completed wind tunnel testing to study an innovative advanced aircraft design intended to improve aerodynamic efficiency.…

There’s no sign reading “home sweet home” in the hangar where the X‑59 now sits, but the sentiment is unmistakable…

For years, NASA engineers have turned to a tool called the Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics (LAVA) framework to solve…

Editor’s note: This article was updated on March 27, 2026 to note that the indicator light seen during the X-59’s…

NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is preparing for its second flight, a step that will set the pace for more flight testing in…

Project Overview NASA’s Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools (SVTT) project develops technologies and tools for various types of aircraft that…

What We do The High-Speed Flight (HSF) project develops technologies that make high-speed, airbreathing, commercial flight possible from Mach 1…

NASA’s Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP) studies, evaluates, and develops technologies and capabilities for new aircraft systems and explores far-future…

New kinds of aircraft taking to the skies could mean unfamiliar sounds overhead — and where you’re hearing them might…

NASA and its partners in the Advanced Composites Consortium are working to increase the production rate of composite aircraft to…

NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft.  The flight took place Jan.…

While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward to an…

To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware.…

NASA researchers successfully completed a high-speed taxi test of a scale model of a design that could make future aircraft…

Two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 jets have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in…

In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging…

The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today’s, with longer, thinner wings that provide…

When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can pose a risk to aircraft.…

After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first…

As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and…

As we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers this National Aviation Day, NASA’s X-59 is preparing to push the boundaries…

The advanced air mobility industry is currently working to produce novel aircraft ranging from air taxis to autonomous cargo drones,…

As the aviation industry works to develop new air taxis and other electric aircraft made from innovative, lightweight materials, there’s…

In a stretch of California’s Mojave Desert, NASA conducted a full-scale “dress rehearsal” to prepare how it will measure the…

NASA/Jacob Shaw NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft has officially begun taxi tests, marking the first time this one-of-a-kind experimental…

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

A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first flights at…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through…

NASA and its partners in the Advanced Composites Consortium gathered at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on…

In the future, aircraft with long, thin wings supported by aerodynamic braces could help airlines save on fuel costs. But…