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F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft
F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft

The NASA F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft (SRA), specially modified to test the newest and most advanced system technologies, on its…

SRA Banks over Rogers Dry Lake
SRA Banks over Rogers Dry Lake

NASA’s F/A-18 Hornet is seen here in a banked turn over Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave desert on an…

F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft
F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center’s Systems Research Aircraft (SRA), a highly modified F/A-18 jet fighter, on an early research flight…

Smart Skin Antenna Mounted on SRA Vertical Stabilizer
Smart Skin Antenna Mounted on SRA Vertical Stabilizer

The vertical stabilizers in NASA’s F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft were no longer mirror images of each other. A new “Smart…

Flying Low over the California Desert: X-36
Flying Low over the California Desert: X-36

The unusual lines of the X-36 technology demonstrator contrasted sharply with the desert floor as the remotely piloted aircraft flew…

X-36 Flies Research Mission over Southern California Desert
X-36 Flies Research Mission over Southern California Desert

The X-36 technology demonstrator shows off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flies a research mission over the…

Low-Altitude Flight of X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft
Low-Altitude Flight of X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft

The tailless X-36 technology demonstrator research aircraft cruised over the California desert at low altitude during a 1997 research flight.

X-36 in Low-Altitude Research Flight
X-36 in Low-Altitude Research Flight

The lack of a vertical tail on the X-36 technology demonstrator was evident as the remotely piloted aircraft flew a…

X-36 Flies Research Mission over Southern California Desert
X-36 Flies Research Mission over Southern California Desert

The X-36 technology demonstrator showed off its distinctive shape as the remotely piloted aircraft flew a research mission over the…

Hangar Time: X-36
Hangar Time: X-36

The NASA/McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft in its hangar at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center,…