NASA X: Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Transforming the Horizon

NASA X: Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Transforming the Horizon title card.

Documentary (2014)
Also known as: NASA X: Transforming the Horizon

Starring:
Jennifer Pulley (Host)
Dr. Edgar Waggoner (Himself)
Davis Hackenberg (Himself)
Laurie Grindle (Herself)

Unmanned aircraft are flying right now in the National Airspace System (NAS). Since the early 1990s, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have operated on a limited basis in the National Airspace System (NAS). Until recently, UAS mainly supported public operations, such as military and border security operations, but is now rapidly expanding to encompass a broad range of other activities, including aerial photography, surveying land and crops, communications, monitoring forest fires and environmental conditions. Integrating UAS into the NAS is challenging, and to do so safely and effectively requires help from NASA. The agency is providing research to reduce technical barriers associated with integrating these vehicles into our national airspace system.

Also from this series:
NASA X series

Wright Flyer I

Boeing X-48B

NASA GL-10 Greased Lightning

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton

AAI RQ-7 Shadow

Northrop Grumman X-47B

Boeing Phantom Eye

BAE Systems Taranis

General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

Registration N870NA, c/n 04870. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Reg. N870NA General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Ikhana of NASA.

Reg. N870NA General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Ikhana of NASA.

Reg. N870NA General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Ikhana of NASA.

Reg. N870NA General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Ikhana of NASA.

Northrop Grumman YRQ-4A Global Hawk

The two Global Hawks acquired by NASA in 2007. Registration N871NA, s/n 95-2001 and registration N872NA, s/n 00-2006.

A USAF RQ-4 behind N871NA.

NASA Albatross PAV

Rockwell Space Shuttle

Boeing 747-422

Seen through a fisheye lens.

Boeing 747-422 of United Airlines.

British Aerospace BAe 146

At London City Airport (LCY/EGLC).

Boeing 747-428F/SCD

Boeing 747-428F/SCD of UPS Airlines.

Boeing 757-2Y0

Boeing 757-2Y0 of Titan Airways.

Boeing 757-2Y0 of Titan Airways.

British Aerospace BAe 125

At Orlando International Airport.

Boeing 717-2B2

At Orlando International Airport.

Boeing 717-2B2 of AirTran Airways.

Boeing 747-451

At Orlando International Airport.

Boeing 747-451 of Delta Air Lines.

Airbus A320

Boeing 747-406

Boeing 747-406 of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.

Airbus A320

Airbus A320 of US Airways.

Boeing 777-312ER

Registration 9V-SWN, c/n 34579/703.

Reg. 9V-SWN Boeing 777-312ER of Singapore Airlines.

Reg. 9V-SWN Boeing 777-312ER of Singapore Airlines.

Boeing X-37

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet & Boeing Phantom Ray

Airbus A320-214

Airbus A320-214 of EasyJet.

Boeing Phantom Ray

Gulfstream G550 & Boeing 737-8AS

G550 Registration SE-RDY, c/n 5080 built in 2005.

For the Boeing 737-8AS, there are/were many Ryanair's 737-8AS aircraft with the word "Comunitat Valenciana" on the fuselage.

Reg. SE-RDY Gulfstream G550 of EFS European Flight Service and Boeing 737-8AS of Ryanair.

Reg. SE-RDY Gulfstream G550 of EFS European Flight Service and Boeing 737-8AS of Ryanair.

Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor

Registration N608NA, c/n 160528.

Lockheed S-3B Viking

Registration N601NA, c/n 3187.

Learjet C-21 & Lockheed S-3 Viking

C-21 tail number 40099. A USN Viking behind it.

British Aerospace BAe 125

In the hangar, behind the Viking.

Learjet 25

Registration N616NA, c/n 035.

Lockheed Martin X-56

IAI Heron

NASA/MLB Dos Samara VTOL

NASA Tanzenflugel VTOL UAV

Airbus A320

Airbus A320 of Vueling.

Boeing 747SP-21 Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

Registration N747NA, c/n 21441/306 built in 1977.

Northrop HL-10

Registration N804NA, c/n NLB-102.

Boeing B-29-96-BW Superfortress & Bell X-1 & North American P-51 Mustang

s/n 45-21800, a Boeing B-29-96-BW Superfortress (usually named EB-29) used for X-1 trials as mothership until 2 July 1959 (then send to MASDC). Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

North American X-15

Probably North American X-15 s/n 56-6670.

Douglas X-3 Stiletto

Bell X-1A

Bell X-2

Yamaha R-MAX

Boeing 787 & IAI Heron & Yamaha R-MAX

Boeing X-48C

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See also

• NASA X: Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Transforming the Horizon at NASA.gov
• NASA X TV Series at Wikipedia
• NASA X: Transforming the Horizon at IMDb