What's New

Jan 30, 2024

[Sky4All]

Proposal for an Innovative, Accessible Lavatory to Enhance Comfort in Air Travel for All

Jan 16, 2024

[Sky DX]

Aircraft life cycle DX technology

Jan 11, 2024

[Collaboration]

JAXA and the National Research Council of Canada(NRC) sign framework agreement in aviation field

Dec 19, 2023

[Sky4All]

Proposal of “The 30 Solutions for Advancing All People’s Comfort in Air Travel”

Dec 6, 2023

[Sky4All]

CONCERTO（Collaborative Operation Management of Next Coming Air Mobility for Ecosystem Revolution)

Nov 24, 2023

[Sky4All]

Universal Design for Advancing All People's Comfort in Air Travel

Oct 6, 2023

[Press Release]

Promoting digital transformation (DX) in pilot training

Sep 22, 2023

[Barrier-free]

JAXA Working with Companies to Make Airplanes Barrier-free [JAXA's No.92]

Sep 22, 2023

[Supersonic technology]

Special Talk: What is a Good Sound? [JAXA's No.92]

June 15, 2023

[Riblet coating technology]

JAXA's unique riblets aim to create eco-friendly aircraft [JAXA's No.91]

June 15, 2023

[Video clip]

Riblet coating technology to improve aircraft fuel efficiency(0:42)

April 4, 2023

[Video clip]

A test conducted to evaluate a flight route prediction model for a simulated disater relief mission[JAXA Activity Report July 2022 - March 2023]

April 4, 2023

[Video clip]

A flight test for optimal high-mu rotor conducted[JAXA Activity Report July 2022 - March 2023]

April 4, 2023

[Video clip]

NASA's X-59 scale model in JAXA's supersonic wind-tunnel[JAXA Activity Report January 2022 - June 2022]

March 20, 2023

[Emission free aircraft technology]

Development of Electric Aircraft Technologies for the Protection of the Atmospheric Environment [JAXA's No.90]

Feb 28, 2023

[Press release]

JAL, JAXA, O-Well, and Nikon Conduct Flight Test with Aircraft for which the World's First Riblet Shape was Applied over External Paint

Dec 23, 2022

[Aircraft Life Cycle DX]

Digitizing the Entire Life Cycle of Aircraft, from Design and Operation to End of Life [JAXA's No.89]

July 6, 2022

[Supersonic research]

Wind tunnel testing at JAXA as part of joint research on supersonic transport technology with NASA and Boeing

June 16, 2022

[High-speed helicopter]

High-speed helicopters that fly twice as fast as conventional rotorcraft [JAXA's No 87]

June 6, 2022

[People]

The most ROMANTIC flow: An interview to Andrea Sansica, a reseacher at JAXA Aviation Technology Directorate.

March 18, 2022

[WEATHER-Eye]

Improving Aviation Safety in Winter: Launch of Pilot Test for Weather-Endurance Aircraft Technology for Snow and Ice [JAXA's No.86]

March 16, 2022

[Video]

New footages added to video library

March 7, 2022

[Publications]

New brochure for Aviation Technology Directorate published.

Dec. 22, 2021

[Supersonic transport technology]

Developing Airframe Design Technology to Reduce Sonic Booms [JAXA's No.85]

October 14, 2021

[Press release]

Joint research agreement on supersonic transport technology with NASA and Boeing

Sep. 14, 2021

[En-Core project]

Unprecedentedly Low NOx Emissions Engine [JAXA's No.84]

August 20, 2021

[Press release]

Establishment of joint research structures for airframe noise reduction of medium size passenger aircraft

May 20, 2021

[WEATHER-Eye Technology]

World’s first technology for predicting hazardous areas for aircraft lightning strikes [JAXA's No. 83]

May 10, 2021

[Video]

New footage "Into the Sky, into the Space, into the Future" introducing Chofu Aerospace Center uploaded

April 23, 2021

[Exhibit hall]

Exhibit hall will be temporarily closed from 26 April 2021

April 16, 2021

[Video]

New footage "Shaping Dreams for Future Skies" introducing Aviation Technology Directorate uploaded

Mar. 31, 2021

[Site renewal]

English website has been renewed

Mar. 18, 2021

[D-NET]

Flight Demonstration of Helicopter-to-Drone Communication via D-NET [JAXA's No.82]

Dec. 18, 2020

[Press release]

Collaboration between JAXA and Yamato on aerodynamics of cargo pod for eVTOL aerial system

Mar. 31, 2020

[Science & Basic]

Propulsion technology

Mar. 31, 2020

[Science & Basic]

Integrated simulation technologies

Mar. 30, 2020

[Science & Basic]

Numerical simulation technology

Feb. 25, 2020

[JAXA Aeronautics Magazine]

FLIGHT PATH No.24 "Integrated simulation technology"

Jan. 29, 2020

[JAXA Aeronautics Magazine]

"FLIGHT PATH" No.24

Oct. 23, 2019

[ECAT]

En-Core: environmentally compatible core engine technology research project

July 26, 2019

[JAXA Aeronautics Magazine]

"FLIGHT PATH" No.23

July 5, 2019

[Cooperation]

The 15th Trilateral Meeting between DLR, ONERA, and JAXA held in Paris

July 2, 2019

[Press release]

Sodar-based Low-level Wind Information (SOLWIN) starts operation at Tottori Airport

May 31, 2019

[Collaboration]

Cooperation with overseas organizations

May 15, 2019

[Aviation human factors]

Flight evaluation and demonstration of SAVERH, which entered new research phase in JFY 2018

April 17, 2019

[STAR]

Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management(UTM)

April 1, 2019

[About us]

Message from the Director General

Feb. 13, 2019

[Cooperation]

JAXA and Boeing sign collaboration agreement in the aviation field

Feb. 1, 2019

[Press release]

JAXA and Boeing sign collaboration agreement

Jan. 30, 2019

[JAXA Aeronautics Magazine]

"FLIGHT PATH" No.22

Dec. 14, 2018

[Cooperation]

JAXA and Russia's TsAGI Hold a Workshop on Aviation Technologies

August 17, 2018

[Weather information technology]

SOLWIN starts trial operation at Tottori Airport

August 1, 2018

[About us]

Organization (as of August 1)

August 1, 2018

[Weather information technology]

ALWIN won President Award of Japan Aeronautical Engineers' Association

July 31, 2018

[JAXA Aeronautics Magazine]

"FLIGHT PATH" No.21

July 20, 2018

[Aerodynamic technology]

JAXA wind tunnel test result wins JSASS technology award

July 18, 2018

[Press release]

SafeAvio Steps forward for Implementation

July 2, 2018

[Press release]

Electrification Challenge for Aircraft (ECLAIR) Consortium

June 22,2018

[Numerical simulation technology]

"FaSTAR" won JSASS Technology Award

April 16, 2018

[About us]

Message from the Director General

Mar. 30, 2018

[Press release]

D-NET IP Commercialized as Effective Disaster Relief Application

Mar. 30, 2018

[JAXA Aeronautics Magazine]

"FLIGHT PATH" No.19/20

Mar. 29, 2018

[Video Library]

FQUROH: A Flight Demonstration Project for Airframe Noise Reduction Technology

Nov. 10, 2017

[FQUROH]

JAXA demonstrated effect of airframe noise reduction technologies in a flight test campaign

Oct. 31, 2017

[JAXA Aeronautics Magazine]

"FLIGHT PATH" No.17/18

August 2, 2017

[Press release]

JAXA clear-air turbulence detection system to be on Boeing ecoDemonstrator 2018

April 19, 2017

[Press release]

Airport Low-level Wind Information (ALWIN)starts operation at Haneda and Narita airports

Mar. 31, 2017

[JAXA Aeronautics Magazine]

"FLIGHT PATH" No.15/16

Mar. 24, 2017

[Aircraft Accident Prevention Technology]

JAXA begins demonstration tests on snow and ice monitoring sensors