Engineers are testing ion propulsion systems for the next generation of aircraft now, writes Paul Willis
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The test centre manage for Norwegian aerospace and defence firm Nammo shares his tips on running a busy testing facility and how to handle multimillion-dollar test programs
With one year to go before its maiden flight, Airbus Helicopters’ Racer technology demonstrator, which aims to reach speeds of up to 400km/h (250mph) is innovating in terms of its design and flight testing
Engineers are preparing to flight test supersonic aircraft designs that could see commercial supersonic aviation in our skies for the first time in decades
Our annual flight test report reveals there are more new commercial airliners in testing now than there have been for many years
X-ray computed tomography (CT) has successfully entered the field of coordinate metrology as an innovative and flexible non-contact measurement technology for performing dimensional measurements on industrial parts
Force limited vibration testing subjects a satellite to all the vibrations that are likely to occur during its flight from earth to orbit
You won’t be commuting to the office in it, but by this time next year it could be an entertaining extreme sport
Why fully autonomous aircraft could be in use before fully autonomous cars and their development route needs to be commercially focused
The aerospace sector leads in the development and application of non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques and analysis. Find out about the this important branch of testing here