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THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2026 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to…

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…

Currently, flying faster than the speed of sound over land is prohibited for commercial flights because it creates disruptive sonic…

As NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft continues a series of flight tests over the California high desert in 2026, its pilot will…

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

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

Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, to clarify the research done by ATM-X and ACERO.…

With a second Trump Administration at the helm in 2025, NASA marked significant progress toward the Artemis II test flight…

Picture this: You’re just about done with a transoceanic flight, and the tracker in your seat-back screen shows you approaching…

NASA is helping shape the future of urban air travel with a new simulation that will manage how electric air…

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…

2025-2026 DWU: High School Engineering Challenge Challenge Materials Challenge Materials Overview: What is an Uncrewed Aircraft System? An uncrewed aircraft…

2025-2026 DWU: Middle School Aviation Challenge Challenge Theme AgAir: Integrating UAS into the Agriculture Industry The agricultural industry is an…

NASA and its partners recently tested a tool for remotely piloted operations that could enable operators to transport people and…

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…
NASA’s Dragonfly mission has cleared several key design, development and testing milestones and remains on track toward launch in July…

A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight planning that…

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

The first “A” in NASA stands for Aeronautics – so naturally that means today, Aug. 19, National Aviation Day, is…

Flying the friendly skies may one day include time-saving trips in air taxis to get from point A to point…

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…

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

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

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

High over the Mojave Desert, two NASA F-15 research jets made a series of flights throughout May to validate tools…

NASA’s Air Traffic Management-eXploration Project aims to accommodate the growing demand of traditional and emerging aircraft that share the friendly…






