
NASA Uses Scaled Flight Vehicles to Accelerate Aviation Innovation Research
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's Dale Reed Scaled Flight Research Laboratory uses remotely piloted and autonomous small aircraft as cost-effective test platforms to validate aerospace innovation concepts. The lab supports diverse missions including wildfire monitoring, supersonic parachute testing, and automatic collision avoidance research, while offering rapid prototyping and composite manufacturing capabilities to advance breakthrough technologies toward practical application.
Source: NASA UTM










