NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2025 conducted high-speed, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft tests, supporting aeronautics, air mobility, and Earth observation through experimental flights ...

IN THE SKIES OVER MONTANA – Well, that was a first for me: I’d never had to sign a waiver to catch a flight before. I recently joined a mission on NASA’s DC-8 flying laboratory out of the Armstrong ...

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center advanced multi-mission flight research in 2025, including supersonic testing, ...

WASHINGTON — NASA researchers have begun a series of flights using the agency’s DC-8 flying laboratory to study the effects of alternate biofuel on engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated ...

NASA’s research team is studying motion limits to better understand how to keep air taxi rides comfortable. The agency plans to share the results of the research with industry partners working to ...

Research test pilots at NASA recently completed a series of tests aimed at reducing fuel consumption in airplanes by fine-tuning the software that controls the fly-by-wire system. The goal of the ...

A video showcasing 70 Years of research at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, begins airing on NASA television Sept. 26. Armstrong, the agency’s lead center for ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University once again is leading a major federal unmanned aircraft systems research, testing and development initiative. MSU’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory was ...

Recent research demonstrated that, although most wing shapes used today create turbulent wake vortices, wing geometrics can be designed to reduce or eliminate wingtip vortices almost entirely. In the ...

Supersonic aviation startup Boom is making progress on its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft, the airplane that will prove out its tech and pave the way for construction of its future production commercial ...