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Two leading test pilot schools continue to invest in aircraft, equipment and new approaches to better meet the changing needs of industry 

What role will wind tunnels play in the testing of future aircraft? NASA’s latest supersonic testing program provides some clues

A series of C-17 flight tests have helped quantify the drag reduction and corresponding fuel savings afforded by temporary aerodynamic finlets and microvanes

The cloud, remote data storage, greater automation and advanced sensors are part of the new concept for data acquisition at the German Aerospace Center’s rocket engine test stands

Before the first engineering manufacturing and development Sikorsky HH-60W helicopter takes to the air in 2018, infrastructure and test facility developments on the ground are being completed

Embraer is making rapid progress through the test campaign for its advanced KC-390 multirole airlifter as it heads toward IOC with the Brazilian Air Force later this year

The latest in Bombardier’s line of Global business aircraft, the Global 7000 achieved first flight in November 2016. Steve Patrick, director, flight test operations and safety, Global 7000 Flight Test Team, discusses the type’s busy, five-aircraft flight test program