NASA published draft high-level goals and objectives outlining 42 key points in six main areas: science, exploration-enabling research and technology development, commercial low Earth orbit infrastructure, operations, international cooperation, and workforce and engagement. The agency invites stakeholders to submit comments on these goals and objectives by close of business Friday, 27 September.
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FAA Asks for Feedback on UAS
ExecutiveGov reports that the Federal Aviation Administration is asking for feedback from UAS industry members “on requests by four companies to fly uncrewed aerial vehicles beyond visual line-of-sight.” Aerial data acquisition services provider Phoenix Air Unmanned, UAS technology developer uAvionix and autonomous delivery companies UPS Flight Forward and Zipline “have sought permission to conduct BVLOS drone operations at or below 400 feet, the FAA said Tuesday.”
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Airlines Form Coalition to Provide Feedback to Boeing and NASA on X-66A Demonstrator
AirInsight reports that five major US airlines “have formed a sustainable aviation coalition that will provide feedback to Boeing and NASA on the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) demonstrator aircraft, also known as the X-66A.” American Airlines, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Delta Air Lines “have joined the advisory group.” The TTBW concept “was designated X-66A by the US Air Force in June, having received funding from NASA in January.” The Boeing Company and NASA “will jointly develop a demonstrator aircraft based on a McDonnell Douglas MD-90, which should fly in 2028.” The high and thin wing “with a high aspect ratio has demonstrated a nine-percent fuel burn improvement during numerous wind tunnel tests.”
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