A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight planning that can mitigate potential risks well […]
Tag: Drones & You
NASA Tests Research Aircraft to Improve Air Taxi Flight Controls
Flying the friendly skies may one day include time-saving trips in air taxis to get from point A to point B – and NASA researchers […]
NASA Uses Wind Tunnel to Test Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Wing
The advanced air mobility industry is currently working to produce novel aircraft ranging from air taxis to autonomous cargo drones, and all of those designs […]
NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Design and Certification
As the aviation industry works to develop new air taxis and other electric aircraft made from innovative, lightweight materials, there’s a growing need to understand […]
NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi Connectivity
NASA engineers are exploring how the technology used in existing cellphone networks could support the next generation of aviation. In April and May, researchers at […]
NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward
NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility vision involves the skies above the U.S. filled with new types of aircraft, including air taxis. But making that vision a […]
NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digital Taxi Tests
New technology tested by an industry partner at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley could improve how commercial planes taxi to and from […]
NASA Flight Tests Wildland Fire Tech Ahead of Tech Demo
NASA is collaborating with the wildfire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting – particularly aerial nighttime operations. In […]
NASA Flight Tests Wildland Fire Tech Ahead of Tech Demo
NASA is collaborating with the wildland fire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting – particularly aerial nighttime operations. […]
NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or […]