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
July 2016
Airbus electric aircraft makes US debut with hybrid engine
Tecnam P2012 completes maiden flight
Second T-50A trainer takes first flight
Lockheed Martin demonstrates LRASM's surface launch capabilities
H160 flight tests validate aeromechanical configuration
Solar Impulse 2 completes round-the-world flight
Facebook’s internet connectivity drone Aquila takes first flight
Major workload increase at AEDC
Perlan 2 shifts testing to South America
Restored B-29 flies for the first time in 60 years
B-52 testing at AEDC continues to pay off
KC-46 passes all refueling tests
Lockheed Martin Infirno sensor makes first Black Hawk flight
Ikhana begins flight testing for DHC-6-300HG standard commuter category STC
Embraer KC-390 tanker tests Cobham aerial refueling system
Raytheon and USAF flight test Small Diameter Bomb II
Airbus demonstrates aircraft inspection by drone at Farnborough
QinetiQ unveils new material to protect aircraft from impacts
E190-E2 makes international debut at Farnborough Airshow
World-record lightweight electric motor makes public flight
New UAH wind tunnel ready for action
Rolls-Royce’s Trent XWB-97 testing set to meet program deadlines
EASA certification for Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN
GE9X flight testing on track for 2017
Boeing and Embraer unveil newest ecoDemonstrator aircraft
KC-46A successfully refuels C-17 and F-16
China conducts its first in-space refueling test
USAF awards Adaptive Engine Transition Program contracts
Flaris LAR01 jet starts ground testing
Boeing opens autonomous systems lab
Bell 525 flight test vehicle crashes
AW609 control laws initiated 'Dutch roll' say Italian investigators
Ground engineers and technicians support KC-46 tanker testing
F-35s arrive in Britain after first trans-Atlantic flight
US DOD approves B-29 to use runway at McConnell AFB
Success in ground test of world's largest solid rocket motor
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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