Programs & Projects

The directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, manages all of the center’s flight programs and projects. It serves the center and other NASA installations, Military, and other Federal agencies, industry, and academia.

👁 Two U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 aircraft flying in formation at supersonic speed.

Overview

Highly qualified project/program managers
Participation in center planning efforts
Advocacy, formulation, and implementation of new projects
Planning and control of flight research projects
Membership in the Airworthiness Flight Safety Review Board (AFSRB)
Membership in various institutional boards and committees
Opportunities afforded partners
Develop and maintain customer agreements for aerospace flight research projects/programs

NASA Armstrong’s Programs and Projects Directorate achieves project/program management objectives (technical, cost, schedule) and assures project/program safety by providing:

Highly qualified project/program managers
Participation in center planning efforts
Advocacy, formulation, and implementation of new projects

NASA’s X-59 Completes First Flight

After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for the field of aeronautics research and the agency’s Quesst mission.

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👁 NASA’s X-59 flies above the Mojave Desert with a NASA F-15 off its left wing. The X-59’s landing gear is down and below it the desert landscape stretches toward rows of windmills in front of mountains.