NASA and Uber run unmanned air traffic management tests
Researchers at NASA and Uber are working together to test an Unmanned Aircraft Traffic Management System
Features
How to measure control surface deflection angle on small UAVs
Gunar Leonhardt from Project Flight Test Service, describes a new control surface deflection angle measurement system
Opinion
How 3D printing is being improved using advanced non-destructive testing
Professor Peter Lee, from University College London, describes research being conducted at the Diamond Light Source, a synchrotron in Oxfordshire, UK, into improving 3D printing
Flight Testing
New Global Express bizjets receive Canadian certification
Bombardier’s expects further certifications for the Global Express 5500 and 6500 from FAA and EASA and entry into service to also happen this year
Defense
Royal Navy to start operational flight testing of F-35B
The short takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) variant will start operations for the Royal Navy in 2021 after further testing off the east coast of the USA
