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With support from NASA, the international GoAERO Prize competition recently announced funding for 14 U.S. university teams to build innovative…

NASA is collaborating with the wildfire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting –…

NASA is collaborating with the wildfire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting –…

This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable…

NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take…

NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The…

It’s the holiday season — which means many are taking to the skies to join their loved ones. If you’ve…

TC-4 Complex Autonomous Systems Assurance (CASA) is prototyping a process for the inclusion of untrusted (including machine-learning-enabled & autonomous) components…

SWS Technical Challenge 2: In-Time Aviation Safety Management System (IASMS) Services, Functions, and Capabilities (SFCs) Development for Emerging Operations To…

NASA System-Wide Safety Project’s Technical Challenge 6 (TC-6) focuses on an In-time Aviation Safety Management System (IASMS) for commercial aviation.…

SWS Technical Challenge 5 (TC-5): In-Time Aviation Safety Management System (IASMS) for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) – Safety Demonstrator Series…

Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication…

With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the…

Lee esta historia en Español aquí. NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic…

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will fly in aircraft manufacturer Electra’s EL2 Goldfinch experimental prototype aircraft on Sunday, Dec. 8. Members…

Upside down can be right side up. That’s what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that…

Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Abigail Reigner spent most of her childhood miles away from where her family called home,…

Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with…

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on February 22, 2024. Engineering is a huge field with endless applications. From…

Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the…

NASA, in partnership with AeroVironment and Aerostar, recently demonstrated a first-of-its-kind air traffic management concept that could pave the way…

NASA research pilots are experts on how to achieve the right flight-test conditions for experiments and the tools needed for…

Lee esta historia en español aquí. Growing up in Puerto Rico, Yomayra Cruz-Diaz didn’t imagine that one day she would…

President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs observes simulated visuals of an airport and its air traffic, consisting of commercial aircraft and…

Hybrid-electric cars have been a staple of the road for many years now. Soon that same idea of a part-electric-,…

As the aviation industry evolves, new air vehicles and operators enter the airspace. NASA is working to ensure these new…

Parked under the lights inside a hangar in Seattle, a hybrid electric research aircraft from electric motor manufacturer magniX showed…

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and Fives Machining Systems Inc. have joined 20 other organizations to support NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing…

Orville Wright wasn’t sure exactly how long his first flight lasted. He and his brother, Wilbur, think it was about…

It was in 1939 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first presidential proclamation designating Aug. 19 – Orville Wright’s…