Video Exclusives
Gripen E performs first flight in Sweden
The Gripen E’s first flight is captured in this video which shows preparation, take-off and landing of the fighter.
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First qualification test carried out for Orbital ATK launch abort motor
Orbital ATK, along with NASA and Lockheed Martin, successfully completed the first qualification test for the Orion spacecraft's launch abort motor on June 15. The motor is critical to crew safety, with the ability to pull the crew module away from the launch vehicle in the event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent.
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VSS Unity completes first ‘feather’ re-entry system flight test
On May 1, 2017, VSS Unity’s ‘feather’ re-entry system was activated in flight for the first time.
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News Archive
January 2016
Direct effects of lightning testing at NIAR
Active winglets certified for Cessna CitationJets
F-35 test fires AIM-9X missile
Second Airbus Helicopters H160 test craft takes off
KC-46A tests inflight fuel transfer
Bell to test new blades for V-22 Osprey
Hypersonic engine made with 3D-printing tested
Airbus flight testing C295 aerial refueling rig
New sensor testing starts on RQ-4 Global Hawk
Active seeker tests for Tomahawk completed
New high-speed helicopter testbed for Russia
Innovative wing structure delivered for BLADE project
Orion parachute tests completed
Chinese civil aircraft test flight center starts up
Pave Hawk helicopter begins testing new machine gun
NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance takes first flight
NASA closer to 3D printed rocket engine
Falcon 9 passes vertical landing test
Epic’s E1000 begins flight testing
Dirt detector could slash emissions, reduce fuel bills
Naval Research Lab tests cooperative soaring for UAV sailplanes
Mooney M10T completes first flight
Mitsubishi delays regional jet delivery until 2018
Web Exclusives
Before the first engineering manufacturing and development Sikorsky HH-60W helicopter takes to the air in 2018, infrastructure and test facility developments on the ground are being completed
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Embraer is making rapid progress through the test campaign for its advanced KC-390 multirole airlifter as it heads toward IOC with the Brazilian Air Force later this year
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The latest in Bombardier’s line of Global business aircraft, the Global 7000 achieved first flight in November 2016. Steve Patrick, director, flight test operations and safety, Global 7000 Flight Test Team, discusses the type’s busy, five-aircraft flight test program
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The UK’s National Physical Laboratory has developed the first high temperature solid particle erosion test to incorporate metrology
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Embraer has passed through the 25% point in its 2,000-hour E2 trials campaign – its nine-prototype effort should see the next-generation airliner variants enter service in 2018, 2019 and 2020
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