NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's F-15B Research Testbed aircraft has been busy this spring, flying an experimental test fixture in partnership with Aerion Corporation of Reno, Nevada. NASA Dryden ...
In the early 1990s, NASA began a new project to determine how engines and flight controls could work together to improve airplane performance. The program, called Advanced Controls Technology for ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/Steve Freeman NASA is planning to fly its F-15B jets through supersonic shock waves ...
It’s been almost a month since American space agency NASA announced a major development in the field of laminar flow flight, and we’re already seeing the first results of the research being conducted ...
Aerion completed initial supersonic flight tests (up to Mach 2.0) with NASA using an F-15B to collect data validating design models for its business jet. Future testing will focus on maximizing ...
At the RAF Lakenheath airbase in England, the US Air Force recently took a notable F-15B Eagle fighter jet out of service through a controlled destruction process. This event marks the end of the ...
The first major evolution of the F-15 Eagle occurred in the late 1970s, when the US Air Force started looking for a replacement for the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. McDonnell Douglas and Hughes ...