Model airplane builders James B. Newman and Robert L. McDonald prepare for a flight with models of the M2-F2 and…
The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight
The Theseus prototype remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA) waits on the lakebed before its first test flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research…
Pathfinder-Plus flying over the Hawaiian Islands in 1998 with Ni'ihau Island in the background.
An artist's rendering shows advanced concepts NASA envisions for an aircraft of the future. Called the 21st Century Aerospace Vehicle,…
NASA research pilot Milt Thompson sits in the M2-F2 "heavyweight" lifting body research vehicle before a 1966 test flight.
M2-F3 Lifting Body was air-dropped from NASA's B-52 mothership at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.
X-45A in flight with F-18 #846 chase aircraft, during first GPS-guided weapon demonstration flight.
With its sensor booms projecting ahead of the wing, the Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric aircraft soared under a blue sky on a…
