Advanced Air Transport TechnologyArtist concept of commercial aircraft families with a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing configuration from the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.No, 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...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...Researcher Rick Bozak inspects fan blade tips on a rotor installed in a test facility at NASA Glenn.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...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 X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) is greeted on an Edwards Air Force Base runway by a U.S. Air Force...At a public forum in Florida, NASA shared results from this spring's testing under the Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails...The Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions, or ACCESS II, research campaign now underway in California involves ground...This photo, taken from the CT-133 aircraft of research partner National Research Council of Canada, shows the NASA HU-25C Guardian...Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., recently installed this 15-percent scale model based on a possible future...