The F-15B Research Testbed continues to be an innovative and cost-effective tool for flight test of advanced propulsion concepts.
The F-15B Research Testbed continues to be an innovative and cost-effective tool for flight test of advanced propulsion concepts.
NASA's F-18 #853 is a former Navy F/A-18A fighter plane modified by Dryden technicians that now performs research duties.
NASA's Airborne Science Program and the National Suborbital Education and Research Center (NSERC) at the University of North Dakota jointly manage science operations of NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science ...
NASA is operating two Lockheed ER-2 Earth resources aircraft as flying laboratories in the Sub-Orbital Science Program under the Agency's Science Mission Directorate.
The Unmanned Air Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) is an Earth Science Capabilities Demonstration project jointly developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA Dryden Flight Research ...
NASA is developing the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - as a world-class airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space ...
Dryden currently flies an F-15D Eagle aircraft for research support and pilot proficiency.
Dryden currently flies three F-18 Hornet aircraft for research support and pilot proficiency.
The Beechcraft Beech 200 Super KingAir aircraft (N7NA and N801NA) have been support aircraft at the Dryden Flight Research Center for many years.
Dryden's mission support T-34C aircraft accompanies research flights for photography and video data collection, and also as safety chase.
NASA Dryden maintains two Global Hawk aircraft for use on high-altitude, long-endurance environmental science missions.
NASA operates this modified Predator B to conduct long-duration Earth science missions and validate promising aeronautical technologies.
Dryden's Photo Gallery contains digitized photos and illustrations of many of the unique research aircraft flown at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center from the 1940s to the present.
Dryden's Movie Gallery contains short digitized video clips of many of the unique research aircraft flown at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center from the 1940s to the present.
An interactive overview of the experimental X-Planes flown at Dryden Flight Research Center over the last several decades.