About Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP)
NASA/Lillian Gipson
The Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP) conducts integrated systems-level research and demonstrations in a flight environment to prove, refine, and transform them into future aircraft and systems. The program aims to determine the feasibility and accelerate the development of less mature technologies, and for more mature technologies, to perform highly complex flight demonstrations to prove and accelerate the technological transition to industry.
IASP projects
The program portfolio currently includes the following projects: Subsonic Flight Demonstrator, Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration, Low Boom Flight Demonstrator and Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities.
NASA’s Cross-Flow Attenuated Natural Laminar Flow (CATNLF) model wing flies for the first time on a NASA F-15 research aircraft during a test flight from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The 75-minute flight confirmed that the plane could maneuver safely with the approximately 3-foot-tall test article mounted underneath. NASA will continue flight testing to collect data validating the CATNLF design and its potential to improve laminar flow, thereby reducing drag and fuel costs for future commercial aircraft.
NASA/Carla Thomas
