Flight test can be a critical filter for aerospace, one where we can see how the ambitious dreams of designers measure against the realities of flight
Browsing: Flight Testing
Sandia National Laboratories used AI and 3D printing to lower the time and costs for flight test vehicle development from two years to five months
Dassault Aviation has flown its ultra-long-range flagship business jet for the first time, opening the aircraft’s flight test campaign
A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress has crashed in the Mojave Desert seconds after take-off from Edwards Air Force Base, killing all eight people on board during a test flight
The US Air Force has placed an operational test pilot in the cockpit alongside a developmental test pilot on the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
Quiet supersonic research aircraft reaches Mach 1.1 during envelope expansion flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base
USA’s Hermeus has reached Mach 1.21 with its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 uncrewed aircraft, the first supersonic flight by a privately developed uncrewed jet
Parabolic flight campaign evaluates laser-melting of lunar regolith for future construction of habitats and infrastructure on the Moon
A new type of probe developed by UK-based Surrey Sensors and Certification Center Canada will improve flight safety
Will Austin, flight operations lead at Dawn Aerospace, reveals how an aviation-style approach to testing the rocket-powered, remotely-piloted Mk-II Aurora is unlocking low-cost, high-frequency access to space from an ordinary runway