The September 2026 issue of Aerospace Testing International is available to view online now!
This issue’s cover story goes inside the UK, Italy and Japan’s 6th generation fighter as its demonstrator comes together at Warton, its sensor testbed takes to the air and Rolls-Royce prints parts of its engine.
Alongside that, we have a US military demonstrator chasing helicopter-style vertical take-off at jet speed, the story of how New Zealand quietly became a proving ground for the next generation of aircraft, a hard look at the junk-collecting systems engineers must prove today to keep orbit usable tomorrow, plus a return to the wind tunnel as eVTOL aerodynamics outrun simulation.
Click the links below to read the articles that interest you most:
PROJECT UPDATE
From treaty to test rig
The demonstrator for the UK, Italy and Japan’s 6th generation fighter jet is in final assembly, the sensor testbed is flying and the parts of its engineer are being printed
ROTORCRAFT DEVELOPMENT
No runway required
A US military demonstrator aims to combine helicopter-style vertical take-off with jet speed
FLIGHT TEST
Developed down under
Why the next generation of aircraft are likely to have been tested in New Zealand
SPACE
Sustaining Space
Keeping orbit clean is a challenge for the future, but requires engineers to develop and prove junk collecting systems today
WIND TUNNELS
Back to the future
The complex aerodynamics of eVTOL aircraft are outpacing simulation, sending engineers back to wind tunnels
