NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center: FIRE UP THE FUTURE

This 2-minute, 40-second video shows how NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, continues to separate the real from the imagined through flight.

Overcoming Barriers to Commercial Supersonic Flight – F/A-18, F-15
Developing a Highly Autonomous System – BirdsEyeView Aerobotics FireFLY6 UAV
Saving Fuel and Reducing Noise – G-III
Using Collision Avoidance to Save Unconscious Fighter Pilot – F-16 HUD
X-Plane Flight Demonstrators for New Technologies – Aurora D8, Boeing TTBW, Boeing BWB, Lockheed Martin HWB, Dzyne Technologies BWB
Increasing Fuel Economy by “Surfing” Wake Vortex – C-20A
Safely Integrating UAS Into the National Airspace – MQ-9 Ikhana UAS
Researching Radical Aero Drag Reduction – Prandtl
Testing Flexible Airframes – X-56A
Validating Electric Propulsion Technology – X-57
Low-Cost, Low-Risk Flight Testing Enabling Affordable Access to Space – Towed Glider Air-Launch System
Preparing to Fly on Mars – Prandtl-M
Supporting Orion Spacecraft Parachute Tests – Orion Capsule Parachute Assembly System (CPAS)
Flight Opportunities for Private Industry – Masten Space Systems Inc., Mojave
Probing the Universe from 40,000 Feet – SOFIA
Understanding Our Planet One Flight at a Time – DC-8, C-20A, ER-2
Hurricanes & El Nino – Global Hawk
Dream Chaser Cargo Carrying Orbital Spaceplane – SNC Dream Chaser