CommercialNASA Creates Industry Day to Talk Drone/NAS Integration with Academia, Industry NASA is further calling on the industry to help with unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration into the U.S. national airspace system (NAS). The agency is hosting an industry day at the end…
CommercialAurora Wins Another NASA Contract for Subsonic, Fuel-Efficient Airliner Aurora Flight Sciences has been contracted by NASA to evaluate a subsonic commercial aircraft concept, the company said. Called the Single-Aisle Turboelectric Aircraft with Aft Boundary Layer propulsion (STARC-ABL), the concept features conventional…
CommercialNASA Gives Aurora Another Year for D8 X-Plane Development Future Boeing company Aurora Flight Sciences is set to continue developing the subsonic D8 X-Plane (XD8), Aurora said. NASA has awarded the firm with a 12-month contract. The XD8 program aims to…
ATM ModernizationWatch: Former NASA Astronauts Oppose ATC Privatization The newest video in the ATC Not for Sale effort features four former NASA astronauts speaking out against ATC privatization. Produced and distributed by the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS), the video…
Business & GANASA, Honeywell Complete Supersonic Jet Test NASA’s and Honeywell’s two-year test with supersonic jets has been completed, Honeywell said at the Paris Air Show. The test program successfully integrated predictive software and display technology into business jet cockpits.…
MilitaryDARPA, Boeing Spaceplane Would be New Class of Hypersonic Aircraft What do you get when you mix a business jet with a rocket? Presumably, it would result in Phantom Express, Boeing and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) XS-1 program…