Summary
NASA Langley Research Center issued RFI LARC-RFI-2026/2027 requesting expressions of interest to lease and develop roughly 325 developable acres (plus restricted acreage) to establish the NASA Langley Aerospace Innovation District Hub. The RFI seeks mission-aligned partners (commercial developers, industry anchors, academic institutions) to enter Enhanced Use Leases or NHPA leases for uses including aerospace R&D, testing, payload processing, autonomous systems, renewable energy, or visitor housing. Initial expressions of interest are requested by July 31, 2026 (to facilitate an Industry Day), with final RFI responses due by June 30, 2027; Michael Bauman (hq-realestate@mail.nasa.gov) is listed as the contact.