How aircraft are tested against lightning strikes
The methods engineers use to test that aircraft can withstand lightning strikes is changing as their aerospace materials and designs evolve
Browsing: Environmental Testing
Russia’s MC-21-300 aircraft begins extra cold weather testing
A MC-21-300 test aircraft has arrived in Siberia for extreme cold weather testing
Element Warwick gets spin testing capabilities
Spin testing facility will first be used for Rolls-Royce programs and then made available to other companies
Airbus restructures manufacturing business to create new subsidiary
Airbus reorganises aerostructures business to form new subsidiary “Airbus Atlantic”
US Air Force Research Laboratory invests in rain erosion testing
Upgrades are being done to the Supersonic Rain Erosion Test Rig at Wright Patterson and a US$60 million research contract has been launched with the University of Dayton Research Institute
UK’s £105 million satellite testing center takes shape
UK’s first “one-stop shop” for satellite production and testing passes major milestone before planned launch in 2022
Element’s Florida laboratory to get US$1m upgrade
New equipment at Florida laboratory includes largest shaker in Element’s fleet
Environmental testing becomes more sustainable
The accreditation of a refrigerant with reduced global warming potential means users of test chambers can meet the latest regulations now and in the future
US Air Force landing gear test machine provides massive savings
The US Air Force has developed a tire testing process that more closely replicates real life tire wear
Orion spacecraft passes major environmental tests
Environmental testing completed on integrated spacecraft due to return astronauts to the Moon