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Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Theseus Remotely Piloted Aircraft

The Theseus prototype remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA) waits on the lakebed before its first test flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research…

Pathfinder-Plus Remotely Piloted Flying Wing
Pathfinder-Plus Remotely Piloted Flying Wing

Pathfinder-Plus flying over the Hawaiian Islands in 1998 with Ni'ihau Island in the background.

21st Century Aerospace Vehicle
21st Century Aerospace Vehicle

An artist's rendering shows advanced concepts NASA envisions for an aircraft of the future. Called the 21st Century Aerospace Vehicle,…

NASA Pilot Milt Thompson Awaits his M2-F2 Flight
NASA Pilot Milt Thompson Awaits his M2-F2 Flight

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson sits in the M2-F2 "heavyweight" lifting body research vehicle before a 1966 test flight.

NASA’s B-52 Air-Drops the M2-F3 Lifting Body
NASA’s B-52 Air-Drops the M2-F3 Lifting Body

M2-F3 Lifting Body was air-dropped from NASA's B-52 mothership at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle in Flight
X-45 Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle in Flight

X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.

Multiple Uses for Remotely Piloted Flying Wing
Multiple Uses for Remotely Piloted Flying Wing

With its sensor booms projecting ahead of the wing, the Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric aircraft soared under a blue sky on a…

F/A-18 Chase for X-45A Demonstration Flight
F/A-18 Chase for X-45A Demonstration Flight

X-45A in flight with F/A-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.

F-14 Tomcat
F-14 Tomcat

NASA 834, an F-14 Navy Tomcat, was used at Dryden in 1986 and 1987 in a program known as the…

F-14 Tomcat
F-14 Tomcat

NASA 834, an F-14 Navy Tomcat, was used at Dryden in 1986 and 1987 in a program known as the…