Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities Portfolio Office
The Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) portfolio office executes strategic efforts to preserve and enhance research and test capabilities for NASA’s world-class portfolio of National Wind Tunnel facilities.
director
Dr. Ron Colantonio
deputy director
Chris Mouring
ASSOCIATE directoR
Lori Arnett
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2026
Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FDRF)
NASA's newest wind tunnel launching in Spring 2026.
The Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FDRF) will soon be NASA’s newest wind tunnel. 2025: Construction completed in late 2026. The FDRF will be a highly versatile and cost effective vertical wind tunnel for conducting free flight and captive testing on all manner of atmospheric flight vehicles. This new facility will replace the existing 20 Ft. Vertical Spin Tunnel and the 12 Ft Low Speed Tunnel and consolidate their test capabilities into a new, state-of-the-art wind tunnel with significantly greater performance.
Read the FDFR Fact Sheet about Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FDRF)
Subsonic Facilities
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9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel
Icing Research Tunnel
20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel
Transonic Facilities
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National Transonic Facility
Supersonic Facilities
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10 – by 10-foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel
9- by 7-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel
8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel
4-Foot Supersonic Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
Hypersonic Facilities
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Langley Aerothermodynamics Laboratory (LAL) Facility
8-Foot High-Temperature Tunnel
Propulsion Facilities
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Test Technology
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Temperature Measurement
Angle Measurement
Force Measurement
Flow Measurement
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