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Jul 22, 2026

NASA to Showcase Agency’s Newest Wind Tunnel in Virginia

Media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, July 31, to attend a media tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, the agency’s first new wind tunnel in more than 40 years. The event will include a brief media availability with: This event is in person only […]

Jul 22, 2026

GRACE x CrossWindBlower: simulating the sea on land

How do you guarantee drone mission success in the most unpredictable environments? You simulate them on land! Welcome to the next step in advanced drone testing. NLR’s GRACE x CrossWindBlower facility bridges the gap between laboratory testing and harsh real-world operations for both defense and civil applications. We combine a highly responsive moving flight deck […] Het bericht GRACE x CrossWindBlower: simulating the sea on land verscheen eerst op Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum.

Jul 20, 2026

NASA, GE Aerospace Work Enables Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstration

An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace, demonstrated flight of an innovation that can inform new generations of fuel-saving aircraft power systems. Mounted to a Saab 340B aircraft, the engine flew at Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom. It was the public […]

Jul 17, 2026

NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits

NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about the wing’s potential, even when they pushed it past its intended limits. The 15-foot Structural Wing Experiment Evaluating Truss-bracing (SWEET-15) […]

Jul 15, 2026

NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation

Testing new aerospace concepts in flight remains one of NASA’s most effective ways to advance knowledge and reduce risk. The Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, supports this mission by using small, remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft as cost‑effective platforms to mature innovative ideas, accelerate learning, […]

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