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Boeing Flies MD-90 To X-66A Conversion Site
Boeing and NASA’s Transonic Truss-Braced Wing program moves to the next step, with the MD-90 “donor” airframe reaching its conversion…
JetZero Gets U.S. Air Force Blended Wing Body Contract!
The U.S. Air Force selected JetZero to build a full-size blended wing-body demonstrator, in a move with potentially far-reaching implications.
NASA PCA – How To Fly An Aircraft Without Flight Controls!
The little-known NASA PCA program may one day save an airliner (or other aircraft) whose crew faces a terrifying prospect:…
NASA X-66A Gets Support From U.S. Airlines – AND A Livery
Several airlines in the United States are providing input on how a production version of NASA’s X-66A would be used.…
NASA X-59 Takes Shape, Moves To The Flight Line!
It still needs a paint job, but the NASA X-59 supersonic testbed now has its final form, and preparations for…
NASA X-57 All-Electric Testbed Will NOT Fly After All
NASA will end its “operational activities” relating to the X-57 Maxwell all-electric experimental testbed, without making any test flights.
NASA X-66A – A Better Name For The TTBW!
We have been calling it the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, or TTBW – but now the NASA experimental aircraft has an…
NASA X-59 Shaping Up Nicely
NASA and Lockheed Martin are continuing the assembly of the X-59 Quesst demonstrator, which aims to make supersonic flights over…
50 Flights! NASA Mars Helicopter Still Going
Not only is Ingenuity still flying on Mars, but NASA is also reporting that its helicopter continues to break records.…
NASA SOFIA Goes To Arizona Museum
Despite uncertainty about its final fate, NASA’s SOFIA flying telescope will enjoy retirement at the Pima Air & Space Museum…