2015年11月5日 · Three F/A-18 Hornet aircraft are flown at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, for research support and pilot proficiency. The aircraft were obtained from the U.S. Navy between 1984 and 1991.

2009年8月14日 · NASA’s F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle, also known as the “Silk Purse,” performs a thrust vectoring test in afterburner in 1991, while anchored to the ground.

The High Alpha Research Vehicle is a modified American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet used by NASA in a three-phase program investigating controlled flight at high alpha (angle of attack) using thrust vectoring, modifications to the flight controls, and with actuated forebody strakes. The program lasted from April 1987 to September 1996.

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NASA Armstrong Assists with Complex F/A-18E Tests 4 min read NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Flight Loads Laboratory in Edwards, California, is working on its most complex loads calibration tests…

Dryden used an F-18 Hornet fighter aircraft as its High Angle-of-Attack (Alpha) Research Vehicle (HARV) in a three-phased flight research program lasting from April 1987 until September 1996. The aircraft completed 385 research flights and demonstrated stabilized flight at angles of attack between 65 and 70 degrees using thrust vectoring vanes ...

2019年2月27日 · NASA’s High Alpha Technology Program used a highly modified F-18 airframe as its focal point and captured important lessons on improving high angle-of-attack capabilities.

2025年3月18日 · In recent test flights at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, the PSNDL system, housed in an instrument pod beneath the F-18’s wing, demonstrated its capability to ...

Two NASA Dryden F/A-18s were captured by photographer Lori Losey from a third F/A-18 as they flew in tight formation over the desert at Edwards Air Force Base. Two NASA F/A-18s flown by NASA Dryden pilots Jim Smolka and Nils Larson cruise over the Texas landscape after supporting a SOFIA check flight in May 2007.

The F/A-18 airplane is a supersonic, high-performance, multimission fighter, powered by two F404-GE-400 turbofan engines each of which produce 16,000 lbf of thrust in afterburner. The engines are mounted close together in the aft fuselage. The F/A-18 airplane has a digital control-by-wire flight control system that provides excellent handling ...