R&D

X-62A VISTA upgrade seeks to give AI agents new control over sensors

By Aspen Pflughoeft October 26, 2026

The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School is upgrading the X-62A VISTA, an F-16 testbed...

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The next step for cislunar navigation

By Paul Brinkmann October 1, 2026

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NASA’s research and mission technology chief

By Cat Hofacker October 1, 2026

Jimmy Kenyon, associate administrator of NASA’s Research and Technology Mission Directorate Pick one of NASA’s...

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Space Force relaunches commercial accelerator, prepares to welcome new cohort

By Aspen Pflughoeft September 23, 2026

The U.S. Space Force’s commercial software laboratory is preparing to host its first participants since...

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AFRL officials say new reorganization will help lab work more closely with acquisition leads

By Aspen Pflughoeft September 17, 2026

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has reorganized its work into...

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Startup tests 3D-printing concept for building large-scale space structures

By Keith Button September 11, 2026

Spacecraft developers today are limited by the size of their rocket fairing, folding up their...

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NASA concluding study on impacts of methane rocket explosions

By Paul Brinkmann September 4, 2026

NASA is targeting the middle of this month to wrap up a test campaign that...

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Shape-shifting aircraft wings

By Paul Marks July 1, 2026

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AFRL, newly reorganized, seeks to take more risk ‘smartly’ to speed development

By Marjorie Censer June 8, 2026

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Test time for these moon drills

By Keith Button April 24, 2026

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Industry panel: Moon base essentials include transportation, surface power

By Cat Hofacker April 17, 2026

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With Dragonfly mission, NASA faces challenges great and small

By Paul Brinkmann March 30, 2026

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Quadruped robots have potential as astronaut surface assistants, new research finds

By Paul Marks March 27, 2026

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Scrubbing away lunar dust

By Keith Button March 23, 2026

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Q&A: Lockheed Martin’s Hiza expects AI, quantum to play role on battlefield of the future

By Marjorie Censer January 21, 2026

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Panel says industry, academia must pivot following government spending changes

By Paul Brinkmann January 13, 2026

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The future of hypersonics research

By Marjorie Censer January 5, 2026

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From moon dust to moon colonies

By Paul Marks January 5, 2026

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The Ukraine war’s outsized influence on small drone development

By Keith Button November 24, 2025

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Airbus UpNext wraps up initial ground tests of automated taxiing software

By Keith Button October 31, 2025

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Lockheed Martin CEO touts company’s changed approach to research and development

By Marjorie Censer October 21, 2025

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Hypersonic flight testing’s unlikely rescuer

By Keith Button October 1, 2025

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Goddard and the 1920s space craze

By Roger Launius October 1, 2025

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If government R&D spending is reduced, can industry take up the mantle? 

By David Ariosto October 1, 2025

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NASA Aeronautics shifts priorities to mitigate proposed funding cuts

By Paul Brinkmann September 30, 2025

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Site visit: Inside the facility where Lunar Outpost’s moon buggy is coming to life

By Amanda Miller September 4, 2025

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The origins of liquid-fueled rockets

By Roger Launius July 1, 2025

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Growing crystals in space

By Paul Marks July 1, 2025

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Could an ‘organically led Manhattan Project’ spark a new era in quantum sensing?”

By David Ariosto April 4, 2025

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Applying AI to the language gap in air safety

By Steve Lee April 2, 2025

Poor voice communication has been cited in numerous air accident investigations as a significant contributing...

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Beating the fear of darkness

By Paul Marks February 1, 2025

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Bringing home a piece of space history

By Cat Hofacker January 10, 2025

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Making a new motor for hypersonics

By Keith Button October 1, 2024

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U.S. Air Force researchers see hybrid-electric flight as most promising

By Paul Brinkmann September 12, 2024

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4 reasons to root for quantum computing

By Jon Kelvey July 1, 2024

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Boeing to grow its presence at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach

By Paul Brinkmann June 17, 2024

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Managing the coming tidal wave of drones

By Paul Brinkmann March 29, 2024

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Innovation machine

By Cat Hofacker March 1, 2024

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Ice breaker

By Keith Button March 1, 2024

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NASA stands by its X-planes

By Pat Host November 1, 2023

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One headwind facing urban air taxis is, well, the wind

By Paul Brinkmann October 25, 2023

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Study points to ideas for reducing noise at the coming air taxi vertiports

By Paul Brinkmann July 10, 2023

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This startup sees a need for aviation-specific batteries

By Paul Brinkmann June 6, 2023

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Listening for turbulence

By Keith Button April 1, 2023

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Battery breakthrough

By Keith Button March 1, 2023

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These strangely shaped propellers sprang from research into propellerless flight

By Paul Brinkmann February 14, 2023

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The comet conundrum

By Jon Kelvey February 1, 2023

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The best technological surprise is none at all

By Moriba Jah July 1, 2022

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Speeding up the innovation game

By Ben Iannotta July 1, 2022

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Lessons from DARPA’s Gremlins and NASA’s Space Launch System

By Ben Iannotta April 1, 2022

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Podcast: Biomedical research – the case for doing it in space

By Ben Iannotta April 20, 2021

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“Deorbiting plus”: These University of Florida researchers want to predict where cubesats will land

By Cat Hofacker January 7, 2021