Electronic Specifier: NASA Uses Red Pitaya for Real-Time, Sustainable Flight Testing

Flight testing is one of the most technically and financially demanding stages of aircraft development. At NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, engineers are transforming this process with fiber-optic sensing systems and FPGA-based edge processing to make testing more precise, efficient, and environmentally friendly.

Our CEO, Mateja Lampe Rupnik, recently shared insights on this collaboration in Electronic Specifier’s Embedded World North America edition. Red Pitaya’s compact, reconfigurable platform is enabling real-time, low-latency data acquisition for NASA’s fiber-optic sensing network—an inspiring example of how modern instrumentation can make aerospace testing lighter, faster, and greener.

Thanks to Paige Hookway and the Electronic Specifier team for the opportunity to showcase this story.

Read the full article here: Electronic Specifier