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NASA Glenn Research Center
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Every Bulletin story and press release covering NASA Glenn Research Center, newest first.

43 items

2024
12 November

ReleaseNASA selects Electra as awardee in AACES 2050 program

21 July

ReleaseTest progress builds confidence in Open Fan engine architecture for the future of more sustainable air transport

20 June Results of the hybrid electric component and baseline engine tests are being used to evaluate and update models in preparation for a ground test.

GE advances development of hybrid electric engines with NASA

Embedded electric motor/generators will optimise engine performance by creating a system that can work with or without energy storage like batteries, accelerating the use of hybrid electric tech for commercial aviation.

9 May

ReleaseSierra Space reinvents space transportation with Dream Chaser

7 March

ReleaseNew look at NASA, Boeing sustainable experimental airliner

7 March

ReleaseSierra Space Dream Chaser spaceplane successfully completes first phase of pre-flight testing

2023
21 December

NASA contracts for next phase of advanced engine compact core development

The HyTEC's Phase 2 Integrated Core Technology Demonstration is a cost-sharing contract with a maximum value of approximately $68.1 million and a five-year performance period.

15 December

ReleaseSierra Space’s revolutionary Dream Chaser enters final test campaign, spaceplane transitioning to orbital operations

30 November

ReleaseSierra Space Shooting Star cargo module initiates rigorous testing at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility

2 November

ReleaseToday Sierra Space introduces Tenacity

2022
10 November

ReleasePratt & Whitney advances combustor technologies with NASA HyTEC Project

19 July

ReleaseGE first in world to test high power, high voltage hybrid electric components in altitude conditions

18 July

ReleaseDeal struck on first morning of Farnborough International Air Show

5 May

ReleaseInfinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, Inc. receives $600k+ add-on contract from NASA Glenn Research Center

2021
25 October

ReleasePratt & Whitney develops efficient gas turbine technologies with NASA HyTEC Project

15 June

ReleaseNASA fine tunes air data system on supersonic X-plane

17 February

ReleaseNASA and JAXA to work together on testing X-59 model

2020
4 March

ReleaseNASA Glenn breaks ground on new Aerospace Communications Facility (ACF)

13 February

ReleaseNASA and Collins Aerospace advance technology for safe operation of unmanned aircraft in the National Airspace System

2019
15 February

ReleaseNASA Glenn keeps X-57 cool

2018
19 November

ReleaseNASA's quiet supersonic technology project passes major milestone

16 November

ReleaseSupersonic commercial travel begins to take shape at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

3 May

ReleaseNASA Glenn announces 2018 Design Challenge winners

3 April

ReleaseNASA selects Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to build X-Plane

2017
26 June

ReleaseNASA completes milestone toward quieter supersonic X-Plane

20 June

ReleaseHoneywell and NASA bring supersonic flight to the masses to cut flight time in half

17 May

ReleaseNASA announces university student design challenge winners

24 April

ReleaseNASA awards license to Tellus Aerospace to commercialize invention

24 February

ReleaseNASA wind tunnel tests Lockheed Martin's X-Plane design for a Quieter Supersonic Jet

2016
4 October

ReleaseNASA signs commercial nonexclusive license to make next-generation high-performance aerospace components

5 August

ReleaseNASA charges toward greener aviation with novel concepts

2013
8 January

ReleaseNASA's green aviation research throttles up into second gear

2012
5 June

ReleaseAerion expands collaboration with NASA to include supersonic design code maturation

2011
8 April

ReleaseDLR and NASA: making the helicopters of the future quieter

5 April

ReleaseLean, green flying machines closer to reality with NASA awards

2010
26 May

ReleaseAurora Flight Sciences receives NASA contract for development of a robust flare planner for manned and unmanned applications

26 March

ReleaseNASA awards aerospace propulsion airframe systems contracts to three firms

26 March

ReleaseNASA awards aerospace propulsion rotorcraft systems contracts to three firms

26 March

ReleaseNASA awards propulsion research contracts to five firms

2 February

ReleaseGE continues testing of sub-scale blade configurations for the Open Rotor engine

2009
12 June

ReleaseGE and NASA to begin wind-tunnel testing this summer of open rotor jet engine systems

2008
24 October

ReleaseGE and NASA to initiate wind-tunnel testing for open rotor jet engine systems 

2007
23 August

ReleaseBoeing and Northrop Grumman join the Material Data Management Consortium