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A white aircraft body with small black dots on it sits on the ground after a drop test. The aircraft is damaged on the bottom and there is a hole in the side window. There are several test dummies inside of the aircraft. A steel bar is shown that runs along the top of the aircraft. Behind the aircraft is a large white board to measure the height, which includes many black squares with small numbers inside some of the bottom squares.

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NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Design and Certification

July 28, 2025

As the aviation industry works to develop new air taxis and other electric aircraft made from innovative, lightweight…

A man in a tan flight suit with a headset and microphone is sitting in a plane holding a piece of white paper. He is looking at communication equipment in the back of the plane. The equipment is comprised of large orange metal boxes with dials connected by wires to a blue computer drive rack.

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NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi Connectivity

July 23, 2025

NASA engineers are exploring how the technology used in existing cellphone networks could support the next generation of…