About Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP)

NASA’s Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP) studies, evaluates, and develops technologies and capabilities for new aircraft systems and explores far-future concepts for revolutionary air travel improvements. AAVP develops technologies for all flight regimes from hover to hypersonic to enable safe, new aircraft that are faster, quieter, and more fuel efficient. AAVP develops a broad range […]

Military 5G deployments offer blueprint for resilient private networks

Military 5G deployments offer enterprise leaders a blueprint for building resilient private networks in demanding commercial environments. Deploying private cellular networks in industrial settings offers real enterprise value, but integration hurdles …

Blowing Stellar Bubbles

For the first time, a young, Sun-like star has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble – called an “astrosphere” – completely surrounds the juvenile star in this image released on Feb. 23, 2026. Winds from the star’s surface are blowing up the bubble and […]