CT scanning, in-process monitoring and digital twins are maturing fast, but fatigue, repeatability and certification hurdles still stand between additive manufacturing and primary aircraft structures
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An award-winning SFTE paper shows how AirDC clears general-aviation aircraft of flutter – one of flight test’s riskiest and costliest jobs – on a modest budget
Debris removal and in-space refuelling demand rendezvous and robotics that cannot be fully tested under gravity – so Astroscale, Orbit Fab and Redwire are proving them on the ground
Varied geography and pragmatic, risk-based regulation are turning New Zealand into a proving ground for spaceplanes, eVTOLs, autonomy, electric and hydrogen flight
California startup Longshot Space is adapting giant distributed-injection “space guns” to offer high-cadence, fixed-price hypersonic testing-as-a-service
Hybrid testing, artificial intelligence and data lead the discussion at the Aerospace Test & Development Show 2026’s Open Testing Forum
The founder of the International Test Pilots School on starting at the bottom, why report writing matters as much as flying, and how autonomy is reshaping the test pilot’s role
A guide to the Aerospace Test & Development Show 2026 in Toulouse, where the industry asks whether verification can keep up with commercial aviation, defense and space demand
A biomechanical feedback loop in the Bell 525’s fly-by-wire controls turned a routine engine-failure test into a fatal in-flight breakup
DARPA’s SPRINT program and Bell’s stop-fold X-76 aim to combine helicopter-style vertical take-off with jet-speed cruise – no runway required