{"id":235817,"date":"2015-04-10T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:58:43","slug":"where-are-they-now-himat-ship-1","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/where-are-they-now-himat-ship-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are They Now: HIMAT Ship #1"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[10822],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"HIMAT in flight.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=300,240 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=768,615 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=1024,819 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=400,320 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=600,480 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=900,720 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From mid-1979 to January 1983, two remotely piloted, experimental Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology (HiMAT) vehicles were used at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA, to develop high-performance fighter technologies that would be applied to later aircraft. Each aircraft was approximately half the size of an F-16 and had nearly twice the fighter’s turning capability.<\/p>\n<p>HiMAT research at Dryden was conducted jointly by NASA and the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH. Because the planes were controlled from a ground station, experimental technologies and high-risk maneuverability tests could be employed without endangering pilots. The aircraft were flown 26 times during the 3 1\/2 year history of the project.<\/p>\n<p>HiMAT experiments provided information on integrated, computerized controls; design features such as aeroelastic tailoring, close-coupled canards and winglets; the application of new composite materials; a digital integrated propulsion control system; and the interaction of these then-new technologies with one another…<a href=\"\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-025-DFRC.html\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HIMAT Ship #1 is currently on display at the <a href=\"http:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/explore-and-learn\/multimedia\/detail.cfm?id=1170\" rel=\"noopener\">Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum<\/a> in Washington, D. C.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>From mid-1979 to January 1983, two remotely piloted, experimental Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology (HiMAT) vehicles were used at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA, to develop high-performance fighter technologies that would be applied to later aircraft.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"HIMAT in flight.","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":833,"file":"2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg","filesize":69947,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=300,240","width":300,"height":240,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=768,615","width":768,"height":615,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=1024,819","width":1024,"height":819,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=400,320","width":400,"height":320,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=600,480","width":600,"height":480,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?resize=900,720","width":900,"height":720,"filesize":69947,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg","width":1024,"height":819,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"credits":"","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/320478main_ECN-14280_full.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"media-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-tags?post=235817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}