June 2, 2000 X-Press Issue

Volume 42 Issue 7 Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California June 2, 2000

NASA selects nine new projects for RevCon

Courtesy Lockheed Martin

Smart Vehicle - Advanced Technology Demonstrator

By Beth Hagenauer
Aerospace Projects Writer

NASA's Office of AeroSpace Technology has selected nine aeronautical concepts as part of its Revolutionary Concepts program, which accelerates the exploration of high-risk, revolutionary-breakthrough technologies in atmospheric flight.

Dryden is the lead center for the overall Revolutionary Concepts (RevCon) program, with significant involvement from Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.; Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio; and Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
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X-40A arrives at Dryden

By Leslie A. Williams
Public Affairs Specialist

Marking a major milestone in the X-37 project, an 85-percent scale test vehicle of the experimental space plane was delivered to Dryden May 19 for flight testing.

The X-40A test vehicle, first built for the Air Force by the Boeing Company at its Seal Beach, Calif., facility, and successfully flight tested at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., was shipped from Boeing to Dryden. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala, manages the X-37 project.

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