Airbus flight testing blended wing demonstrator aircraft
The MAVERIC aircraft is testing concepts that may be used in future Airbus commercial aircraft
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Truss-braced wing under test in NASA wind tunnel
Researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in the USA are testing a truss-based wing concept for transport aircraft in wind tunnels
Calspan to invest millions in transonic wind tunnel
Buffalo, New York-based testing services provider Calspan is to invest over US$6 million into its transonic wind tunnel.
Craftsmen keep the largest wind tunnels in the world running
Learn how craftsmen keep the US Air Force’s wind tunnels running flawlessly
Researchers test hypersonic flight behavior using gas gun
Engineers at the Southwest Research Institute in the USA have conducted a series of tests about hypersonic flight
Testing and development at Boom Supersonic
Supersonic airliner developer Boom is set to fly its XB-1 technology demonstrator next year after extensive computer simulations and physical testing in wind tunnels
How maths and supercomputers are solving the sonic boom
James Chen from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, is improving the way computer simulations predict air flow at high speeds
US Air Force researchers advance hypervelocity testing capabilities
The US AIr Force’s Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 in White Oak, Maryland, is on the…
Raytheon completes wind tunnel tests for extended range AMRAAM missile
Test engineers at US defence firm Raytheon have successfully completed more than 1,700 wind tunnel tests on the company’s extended-range variant of the AMRAAM air-to-air missile
Engineers and zoologists test gull wing stability in wind tunnel
Results of study could inform future designs of fixed-wing drones