The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…
A glycol-based liquid, released through very small holes around the nose of an F/A-18 flown by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…
The F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) retains the basic F/A-18 cockpit controls with some exceptions.
James W. “Smoke” Smolka, a research pilot at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, since 1985, was co-project pilot…
The Theseus prototype research aircraft waits on the lakebed before its first test flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,…
This 1989 photo shows the cockpit and instrument panel of the X-29 technology demonstrator aircraft.
An artist’s conception of the X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator as it glided to a landing on Earth.
Two BQM-34 Firebee II drones were modified with supercritical airfoils, called the Aeroelastic Research Wing (ARW), for the Drones for…
This image shows three vehicle configurations considered for the Drones for Aerodynamic and Structural Testing (DAST) project, conducted at NASA’s…
Technicians mount a BQM-43 Firebee II drone on the wing pylon of NASA’s B-52B launch aircraft. The drone was test…