NASA and aircraft manufacturer Aerion Supersonic have announced a research and development partnership aimed at assessing the parametric suitability of propulsion and thermal management systems to support the development of a next generation of ultra-high-speed aircraft for commercial use.
Read More »NASA Teams Up With GE, Honeywell on Aircraft Power Efficiency Project
General Electric and Honeywell will help NASA develop turbofan engine technologies as part of a research project to potentially increase the energy efficiency of core power systems for commercial transport and hybrid-electric aircraft. NASA said Friday it entered into separate agreements with the two companies to explore power extraction approaches for the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core initiative.
Read More »Virgin Galactic, NASA Form High-Speed Tech Dev’t Partnership
Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Company subsidiary will support NASA in the development of high-speed technologies under a Space Act Agreement.
Read More »NASA Announces 17 Developmental Testing Partners for Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge
Seventeen companies have signed five-year Space Act Agreements with NASA to take part in developmental testing activities as part of the agency’s Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge. NASA said Wednesday the challenge seeks to test the readiness and capabilities of vehicles that could transform mobility in densely populated areas.
Read More »Ruag-TTTech Partnership Aims to Offer Space Data Transfer Electronics
Ruag's space division and networking technology provider TTTech have partnered to offer electronics for potential integration into modules of NASA's planned lunar outpost.
Read More »MTSI, NASA to Work on Autonomous Aircraft Framework Under Space Act Agreement; Kevin Robinson Quoted
Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and NASA have agreed to team up to build a framework that could be used to secure certification from the Federal Aviation Administration for autonomous aircraft systems. MTSI said Monday it will work with the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center on NASA’s Traveler Project under the two-year Space …
Read More »Thales, NASA Team Up on Drone Traffic Management Tech Development
Thales and NASA have agreed to work together to advance the development of an unmanned aircraft system traffic management platform designed to advance the integration of drones into the national airspace system. The company said Tuesday it will leverage its experience in UTM development and create jobs in New York …
Read More »Report: Stratolaunch Inks NASA Agreement to Perform Engine Tests at Stennis Space Center
Stratolaunch Systems has signed an agreement with NASA to conduct engine tests at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, Space News reported Wednesday. NASA and Stratolaunch inked Sept. 13 the Space Act Agreement that contains a provision for reimbursable tests and related services to the company in support of …
Read More »NASA, Boeing Partner to Conduct Flight Safety Research With Synthetic Vision Tech
Boeing and NASA have entered into a Space Act Agreement to study pilot awareness and response to unplanned situations as part of efforts to help improve aviation safety and flight training. The research effort will employ NASA’s synthetic vision technologies along with Boeing’s 787 simulators and , the agency said Wednesday. Kyle …
Read More »NASA, BoldlyGo Sign Agreement to Study Potential Habitable Exoplanets
NASA and the BoldlyGo Institute have entered into a Space Act Agreement to build and deploy a purpose-built space telescope to determine potentially habitable planets in the Alpha Centauri system. BoldlyGo said Tuesday the public-private collaboration seeks to open up opportunities for NASA personnel and staff members of the Project Blue …
Read More »Space Nation, NASA to Collaborate on App-Based Astronaut Training Program
Space Nation and NASA have entered into a Space Act Agreement to administer a training program that will allow participants to experience space training through a smartphone application. The Astronaut Experience Program will feature an educational documentary and make use of multiple media platforms such as active experience training and app games in which users …
Read More »NASA, Sierra Nevada Put Dream Chaser Spacecraft Through Captive Carry Test
A Sierra Nevada Corp-built spacecraft has been subjected to a captive carry test at NASA‘s Armstrong Flight Research Center under the second phase of flight tests designed to prepare the vehicle for a future orbital flight. SNC said Wednesday Dream Chaser tests are part of a Space Act Agreement the company and the …
Read More »Sierra Nevada Completes Initial Hardware Tests on Dream Chaser Test Vehicle
Sierra Nevada Corp. has completed updates and initial hardware tests on the Dream Chaser flight test vehicle as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA. The company said Thursday it will ship the test vehicle to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center to undergo a second phase of flight tests that will involve tow-tests, pre-flight ground evaluations …
Read More »Space News: SpaceX to Spend Approximately $300M on Red Dragon Mars Mission
Jim Reuter, deputy associate administrator for programs at NASA’s space technology mission directorate, has said SpaceX proposed to invest 10 times the funds NASA plans to allocate for an uncrewed Mars landing mission, Space News reported Thursday. Jeff Foust writes Reuter said at a NASA Advisory Council meeting in Cleveland that the agency …
Read More »NASA, Sinclair College to Use UAS for Algae Bloom Study on Lake Erie
NASA‘s Glenn Research Center and Sinclair College’s national training and certification center for unmanned aircraft systems will conduct a study on the algae blooms on Lake Erie as part of their new Space Act Agreement. Sinclair said Wednesday it will work with NASA to perform UAS sensor integration tests and flight operations …
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