A BQM-34 Firebee II drone is carried aloft under the wing of NASA's B-52 mothership during a 1977 research flight.…
DAST-2, a modified BQM-34 Firebee II drone, undergoes calibration in a hangar at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. After…
Two BQM-34 Firebee II drones were modified with supercritical airfoils, called the Aeroelastic Research Wing (ARW), for the Drones for…
Aircraft Fleet 1980s
The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…
The Theseus research aircraft in flight over Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards, Calif., during a 1996 research flight.
Water-Cannon Salute for Gordo.
Aircraft Fleet 1980s
This artist's conception showed the X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator in the Shuttle Payload Bay.
Vance D. Brand August 20, 1998
