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N553NU

Blackswift Technologies Llc S2

Valid ElectricVirginia

N553NU is a Blackswift Technologies Llc S2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor powered by electric motors. It is unmanned. It is registered to NASA Langley Research Center, a government body in Hampton, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 1, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Blackswift Technologies Llc
Model
S2
Serial number
1792C000000000760
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Electric, 1 motor
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A70BCF (octal 51605717)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 1, 2019
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 5, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01292012

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
NASA Langley Research Center
Type
Government
Address
6 E Taylor St
Hampton, VA 23681-2130

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data