Surrogate UAV prepares for maiden flight in UK airspace
A Jetstream aircraft known as ‘The Flying Test Bed’, which can fly as if it were a UAV (Uninhabited Air Vehicle), is undergoing a series of flight trials in preparation for the first maiden flight of a surrogate UAV in… Continue reading
Boeing Completes Full Landing Test of Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft
2nd CST-100 drop test demonstrates parachute and air bag system performance
HOUSTON, May 3, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully completed the second parachute drop test of the company’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft on May 2 at the Delamar… Continue reading
Naval test bed helicopter completes first project, receives digital avionics suite
Naval aviation’s sole helicopter technology test bed recently completed its first technology project — an evaluation of a traffic collision avoidance system to reduce the risk of mid-air collisions.
Operated by the Naval Aviation Center for Rotorcraft Advancement, the test… Continue reading
Eurocopter and Funkwerk Avionics perform the first helicopter test flight in Galileo test bed GATE
Eurocopter and Funkwerk Avionics have successfully completed a helicopter test flight with an EC145 in the Galileo test bed GATE in Berchtesgaden, Southern Germany. The test flight was observed by IFEN GmbH, the operator of the GATE test bed. The… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Airborne Intelligence Test Bed Completes Maiden Flight
Flying Laboratory Will Accelerate Delivery of C4ISR Capabilities
Denver, Colo., August 26th, 2009 –
| Warfighters will receive critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities sooner, now that the airborne test bed developed by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received its… Continue reading |


