{"id":763113,"date":"2026-06-26T19:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763113\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:46:13","slug":"nasa-studies-open-fan-flight-demonstrator-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763113\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Studies Open Fan Flight Demonstrator Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    NASA Studies Open Fan Flight Demonstrator Plan | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nasaopendemo_opena.jpg\" alt=\"NASA open-fan flight demonstrator\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>NASA last led an open fan type flight demonstrator program in 1987 with tests of a Hamilton Standard propfan on a Gulfstream II, pictured undergoing earlier wind tunnel evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: NASA<\/p>\n<p>  NASA is soliciting proposals for an open-fan flight demonstrator as part of the agency\u2019s technology development plan for next-generation aircraft and subsonic vehicle propulsion systems. Proposals, which are due to be submitted to NASA Glenn Research Center by Aug 3, are expected to lead to a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/norrisguysized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/guy-norris\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Norris<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">NASA Studies Open Fan Flight Demonstrator Plan is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA Studies Open Fan Flight Demonstrator Plan | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content NASA last led&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[49,48,66,306],"class_list":["post-763113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}