German Escobar works on a model aircraft wing structure that has two long sides and bars in between, which resembles…

In a collaboration between multiple partners in the aviation industry, NASA is helping determine if the latest advances in aircraft…

Contrails, the lines of clouds from high-flying aircraft that crisscross the skies, are familiar sights, but they may have an…

NASA researchers have completed testing on a scale model of a unique aircraft wing, gaining data that will help build…

No, it’s not hypermodern art. This image from a simulation generated by NASA’s high-performance computers, shows a Transonic Truss Braced…

Scientists from NASA and Boeing recently met near Seattle to test whether an aircraft with engines burning different blends of…

A team of NASA researchers are once again using NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory to study ice crystals – and more…

Sustainable aircraft of the future are going to need propulsion systems that can use technology to generate power comparable to…

The future of commercial flight is sustainable, efficient, and cleaner. To make this vision a reality, NASA established the Sustainable…

A one-megawatt electric motor that could help propel future, more environmentally friendly and economically sustainable aircraft was tested during April…

Sunset at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow, Montana, where this 787-10 Dreamliner on loan from Etihad Airways served as the…

A 787-10 Dreamliner on loan from Etihad Airways for Boeing’s 2020 ecoDemonstrator program makes a low pass over a collection…

An array of 960 microphones is seen here off the end of runway 11 at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow,…

NASA worked with Boeing to wire more than 200 microphones to the outside skin of this 787-10 Dreamliner on loan…

A pair of NASA research projects to gather data on aircraft noise and test an air traffic management digital data…

For NASA’s aeronautical innovators, when it comes to designing the next generation of passenger-carrying airplanes, you can think of it…

As our research team at NASA continues to explore electrified aircraft propulsion as a fuel- and- cost-efficient alternative to traditional…

NASA’s ongoing research into what happens with engine performance, emissions and contrail formation when you use different types of fuels…

Using biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70…

It sounds like a cause of heart burn. Instead, Boundary Layer Ingestion – or BLI – is a promising idea…

In an effort to improve fuel efficiency, NASA and the aircraft industry are rethinking aircraft design. Inside the 8’ x…

Car, truck, train and aircraft manufacturers have made great strides in recent years to reduce fuel consumption, resulting in consumer…

NASA’s vision for advanced fixed-wing transport aircraft of the future features revolutionary energy efficiency and environmental compatibility. The overarching goal…

Research scientists at NASA Glenn recently put cameras into a hot aircraft engine to help understand how ice builds up…

The overarching goal of the Advanced Air Transport Technology (AATT) Project is to explore and develop technologies and concepts for…

Turbine Noise Generation in Turbofan Engines The Acoustics Discipline of the Fundamental Aeronautics Program is pursuing technologies to reduce aircraft…

When Orville Wright traveled to Cleveland for the dedication of the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in the 1940s, he had…

NASA’s ongoing research into the environmental effects of burning alternative fuels in jet engines picked up some fresh international flavor…

NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed agreements to work together to reduce aircraft noise and advance research…

Advancing the efficiency of aircraft engines can be improved significantly by increasing the temperature at which they operate.  Engine components…