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With the help of NASA, Boeing will build, test and fly a full-scale demonstrator aircraft starting in 2028, gearing toward a greener, more fuel-efficient future aircraft.

Under the Advanced Air Vehicle’s Program, Boeing- and Northrop Grumman-led teams are charged with developing technology roadmaps with vehicle concepts that can operate at Mach 2+ speeds.

Bell has been given the opportunity to build an X-Plane demonstrator based on a stop/fold tiltrotor. 

Fourteen Advanced Composites Consortium organizations support the evaluation and development of next-gen thermosets, resin-infused composites and thermoplastics at small scales.

GE Aviation and MagniX USA will develop projects on electrified aircraft propulsion, which NASA seeks to introduce to U.S. aviation fleets no later than 2035.

Two agency payloads are targeted to launch in 2026 to a landing site on the far side of the moon to gain a better understanding of the early evolution of the universe.

As part of the agency’s University Leadership Initiative, three multidisciplinary teams will address topics related to growth in AAM, while a fourth examines electricity generation for future airliners.

This NASA award will demonstrate CF3D’s robotic steering of individual, continuous carbon fiber tows to print and test a flat 1.6- x 3.3-foot open isogrid rib structure, which will have a low CTE. 

Successful execution of multiple customer missions with reusable composite Neutron and Electron rockets as well as new partnerships highlight Rocket Lab’s expertise.

The X-Plane designation for Boeing’s experimental aircraft demonstrator, previously awarded under the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, will test designs and technologies that can be adopted into current aircraft.