Advanced Air Vehicles Program GalleryNo, it’s not hypermodern art. This image from a simulation generated by NASA’s high-performance computers, shows a Transonic Truss Braced...A model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing aircraft is seen here installed for testing in the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel...NASA’s Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology Project’s Mobile Acoustics Facility is parked in the background of Joby’s prototype aircraft near Big...Though the image above could easily be mistaken as a piece in an art exhibition, it is actually a digital...NASA and industry partners are working towards a future that sees aviation meet cleaner sustainability standards. To that end, new...In this image, a concept for a six-passenger quadcopter is run through a computer simulation to visualize the interaction of...This image actually is the product of a complex computer simulation involving supersonic shockwaves.Take a moment and just stare at this beautiful airplane. Whether or not you have an interest in aeronautics or...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...NASA’s Low Boom Flight Demonstration Mission is beginning to plan and prepare for a series of tests using the X-59...This image of the horizon was seen from the cockpit of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s F/A-18 research aircraft during...To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on...Aeronautical innovations are part of a government-industry partnership to collect data that could make supersonic flight over land possible, dramatically...The future faces of aviation are awesome. Members of Aviation Explorers Post 747, a group of middle- to high-school youth...A NASA F-18 jet takes off from the agency's Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on...Researcher Rick Bozak inspects fan blade tips on a rotor installed in a test facility at NASA Glenn.“Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot Nils Larson and I were flying supersonic runs to note the handling qualities between...In an effort to improve fuel efficiency, NASA and the aircraft industry are rethinking aircraft design. Inside the 8’ x...Averaging a half-mile per gallon might seem unfathomable to most drivers, but for aircraft carrying hundreds of passengers at high...An Air Force Test Pilot School T-38C passes in front of the sun at a supersonic speed, creating shockwaves that...NASA and aviation industry partners are collaborating on the development of green aviation technologies that will improve fuel efficiency, reduce...Every bit of weight on an aircraft increases the fuel, emissions and money required to put it in the air.Pushing the Limits to Protect Aircraft EnginesThe Multirotor Test Bed is seen installed in the in the U.S. Army's 7- by 10-foot wind tunnel at NASA's...The Side-By-Side test stand with twin three-bladed rotors is seen installed in the in the U.S. Army's 7- by 10-foot...Michael Presby, a research materials engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, adjusts an infrared thermal imaging camera used...Component-level combustor research, design, and testing enables future, more sustainable small-core turbofan engines.NASA Research Lab Mechanic Sage Amato inspects hybrid-electric components and cables in NASA’s Electrified Testbed (NEAT) facility in Sandusky, Ohio...A collaborative effort between NASA and Boeing Research and Technology, this test in the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel at NASA's...HyTEC (graphic) showing a portion of an engine.A schlieren image of the X-59 small-scale model captured inside NASA Glenn’s 8- by- 6-foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel. These images...Several projects supporting NASA's Advanced Air Mobility or AAM mission are working on different elements to help make AAM a...NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory is inspected and secured for the night at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida. NASA’s High Ice...A researcher uses a magnifying glass to check a composite structure for manufacturing defects, such as gaps, overlaps, or wrinkles....Cross section of a typical turbofan jet engine highlights parts of the core HyTEC will work to advance. These include...A model of the X-59 aircraft, the centerpiece of NASA’s mission to gather information intended to help enable a new...This colorized schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) airplane taken inside NASA...
