Advanced Air Vehicles Program

Director

Deputy Director

NASA’s vision for advanced fixed-wing transport aircraft of the future features revolutionary energy efficiency and environmental compatibility. The overarching goal of the AATT project is to explore and develop technologies and concepts to enable this vision.

Supersonic vehicle research addresses the development of tools, technologies, and knowledge that will help eliminate today's technical barriers to practical commercial supersonic flight.

The HT project focuses on sustaining hypersonic competency for national needs while advancing fundamental hypersonics research. NASA maintains unique specialized facilities and experts who can explore ways to solve the challenges of high-speed flight.

The HiCAM project addresses an aviation industry need for more rapid production of composite aircraft to meet increasing global demand for lightweight transport aircraft.

The Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core project is working with industry partners to develop small core engine technologies to enable fuel burn reductions, additional use of electric airplane systems through power extracted from the engine, and advance engine operability and compatibility with sustainable aviation fuels.

With their unique ability to take off and land from any spot, and hover in place, vertical lift vehicles are increasingly being contemplated for use in new ways that go far beyond those considered when thinking of traditional helicopters. We invest in development of cutting-edge technology and tools with new focus on Advanced Air Mobility.