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F/A-18 SRA in Flight

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Sep 28, 2009
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F/A-18 SRA in Flight
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Systems Research Aircraft (SRA), a highly modified F/A-18 jet fighter, during a research flight.

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NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s Systems Research Aircraft (SRA), a highly modified F/A-18 jet fighter, during a research flight. The primary goal of the SRA program was to validate through flight research cutting-edge technologies which could benefit future aircraft and spacecraft by improving efficiency and performance, reducing weight and complexity, with a resultant reduction on development and operational costs.August 16, 1991NASA Photo / B. Brown› F-18 SRA Project Description