The Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18A lifted off on its first checkout flight November 15, 2002, from NASA's Dryden Flight Research…
NASA's Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 resumed flight tests in the second phase of the program at the Dryden Flight Research…
The Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) F/A-18 research aircraft was shadowed by another F-18 in formation during a flyover of the…
The X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle, or "Hyper-X" was seen here undergoing ground testing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…
This closeup of Boeing Phantom Works' unique X-48B Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator showed off its unusual engine placement and…
The second of three X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, shown here in its protective shipping jig, arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight…
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52 mothership, had…
With its spin parachute tail stinger extending aft, Boeing's sub-scale X-48B BWB technology demonstrator showed off its clean semi-triangular shape.
Hitching a ride on the same B-52 mothership that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA's X-43A scramjet…
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52 mothership, had…
