US Air Force tests directed energy weapons in wind tunnels
US Air Force engineers are testing directed energy weapons in wind tunnels that could one day be used on fighter jets
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Researchers develop shape changing wing fillers to reduce aircraft noise
The slat-cove fillers would automatically deploy within aircraft wings to reduce the noise they produce during landing
Construction starts on Turkey’s huge wind tunnel
The subsonic wind tunnel in Turkey will be the second largest in Europe
Construction starts on $18m wind tunnel at Collins’ Rockford site
Collins Aerospace is building a wind tunnel to streamline the testing of its ram air turbines
The US Air Force’s Wind Tunnel 9 is in high demand for testing at Mach 18
Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland now delivers high hypersonic speeds of Mach 18.
How to use high-speed cameras in wind tunnel testing
Wind tunnel testing can simulate the effect of flow on everything from full-sized aircraft to small individual parts and devices with high-speed cameras used to capture data
The US Air Force has switched back on its 16ft supersonic wind tunnel
The 16ft supersonic wind tunnel was originally designed and built in the 1950s and has been overhauled and upgraded
Novel wind tunnel technologies test next generation propeller technology
Engineers are developing quieter and more efficient propellers using innovative wind tunnel testing technology
Aurora starts work on X-plane to demonstrate active flow control
Aurora is one of three companies that will develop demonstrators for a new way of controlling aircraft through manipulation of the boundary layer
Calspan and Stratolaunch partner to develop Talon-A hypersonic testbed
Calspan is to conduct wind tunnel testing of Stratolaunch’s first hypersonic testbed