NASA is revolutionizing wildfire response with cutting-edge drone and airspace management technologies, enabling 24/7 aerial ...

But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025, an endeavor that seeks to turn the booms to "barely audible" thumps and make ...

Griffin's upcoming debut will be the second lunar mission for Astrobotic. The company's smaller Peregrine moon lander ...

NASA is testing drone technology for 24/7 wildfire response, enhancing aerial firefighting with airspace management and autonomous operations.

The two firms hope to speed development of autonomous flight systems by leveraging NXP's efficient, multifunction chipsets.

Its flight path is displayed to human personnel ... multiple domains,” said Danette Allen, senior leader for autonomous systems at NASA. “We are excited to see this technology spin out to ...

A small business Near Earth Autonomy has developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme ...

but also autonomous planes, to fly in the same airspace as conventional aircraft, and even over populated areas. The research kicked off in November 2024, when NASA and a company called Reliable ...

First, though, NASA’s bird has to get off the ground. Originally intended to fly by 2021, delays have pushed back the X-59’s first flight to sometime in mid-2025. NASA/Steve Freeman NASA’s X ...

The entire autonomous operation is expected to ... who manages the LPV payload for the CLPS initiative at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "There's no digging, no ...