
The Theseus prototype research aircraft takes off for its first test flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif.,…

Two BQM-34 Firebee II drones were modified with supercritical airfoils, called the Aeroelastic Research Wing (ARW), for the Drones for…

DAST-2, a modified BQM-34 Firebee II drone, undergoes calibration in a hangar at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. After…

A BQM-34 Firebee II drone is carried aloft under the wing of NASA’s B-52 mothership during a 1977 research flight.…

The DARPA/U.S. Air Force X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) system demonstration program completed the first phase of demonstrations, known…

Aircraft Fleet 1980s

Water-Cannon Salute for Gordo.

The Theseus research aircraft in flight over Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards, Calif., during a 1996 research flight.

Vance D. Brand August 20, 1998

This artist’s conception showed the X-37 Advanced Technology Demonstrator in the Shuttle Payload Bay.