Latest stories

  • NASA Plans Supersonic Research Flight Series in Texas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    NASA Plans Supersonic Research Flight Series in Texas

    NASA plans to launch a flight campaign in Galveston, Texas, to explore approaches for the agency to gather community response data as part of its Commercial Supersonic Technology Project. The agency said Thursday it will kick off a series of research flights in November from the Ellington airport and use an F/A-18 aircraft to test supersonic dive […] More

  • Honeywell, NASA Demo Software, Cockpit Displays for Sonic Boom Prediction; Brett Pauer Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Honeywell, NASA Demo Software, Cockpit Displays for Sonic Boom Prediction; Brett Pauer Comments

    Honeywell and NASA have developed and flight-tested a software tool and cockpit displays designed to help supersonic jet pilots predict sonic booms under a two-year contract with the space agency. Honeywell said Tuesday the contract was awarded in 2015 as part of the space agency’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project that aims to mitigate sonic booms’ impact on […] More

  • NASA to Fund 8 Supersonic Flight Research Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    NASA to Fund 8 Supersonic Flight Research Projects

    NASA has selected eight research projects that aim to address challenges to commercial supersonic travel such as sonic booms and emissions from supersonic aircraft. The research initiatives will involve academic institutions and companies and will get funding worth more than $2.3 million under the agency’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project, the space agency said Wednesday. Kenneth Plotkin […] More