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This is a Request for Information (RFI) from NASA's Aeronautics Flight Accelerator (AFA) initiative, seeking technologies, concepts, and flight test campaigns for cost-shared maturation leading to flight within three years. The RFI is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. NASA is interested in revolutionary, rather than evolutionary, approaches across various flight regimes (subsonic, supersonic, hypersonic). Participation is limited to U. S. -based respondents. An Industry Day will be held on April 23, 2026, at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, with opportunities for one-on-one sessions. Responses to the RFI are due by May 7, 2026, 1:00 PM PDT, and should be submitted electronically in PDF format. NASA is considering partnership mechanisms such as funded Space Act Agreements. Respondents are asked to provide information on technology concepts, market analysis, mission and operational objectives, technical objectives, U. S. economic benefits, collaboration requirements, airworthiness and safety oversight, applications and transition, experience and capabilities, procurement mechanism preferences, data rights and intellectual property, and level of interest and investment. Proprietary information must be clearly marked, and confidential, proprietary, or export-controlled information should not be submitted.
The RFI responses are due by May 7, 2026, 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Participation is limited to U. S. based respondents.
An Industry Day will be held on April 23, 2026, at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and one-on-one sessions are available.