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Russian Sukhoi plane missing on test flight in Indonesia: Updated
(Reuters) – A Russian Sukhoi passenger plane (SN95004) with 46 people on board, including businessmen and Russian envoys, has gone missing during a demonstration flight over West Java in Indonesia, officials said on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said radio… Continue reading
F-35 Lightning II Flight Test Update
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II flight test program continues to make progress during the first four months of 2012. In March, the program completed 123 test flights totaling 223 flight hours, setting a record for the most System Development and… Continue reading
USAF F-16 crashes at Utah Test and Training Range
5/4/2012 – HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) — An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing, crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range at approximately 8:35 a.m. May 4.
At the time of the… 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
Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Successfully Intercepts Cruise Missile Target During Integrated Flight Test
Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile target yesterday at the Utah Test and Training Range in an unprecedented interoperability demonstration utilizing the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) and the PATRIOT… Continue reading
First Set of Systems Tests and Simulations Underway for Bombardier CSeries Aircraft
Program on track to meet key aircraft performance targets
Bombardier announced today that the first set of systems tests and simulations for its all-new, technologically advanced CSeries aircraft, including those on the engine and electrical system, have started in its… Continue reading
Georgia to Test First Domestically Designed UAV
TBILISI, April 9 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Monday he will attend Tuesday’s test of Georgia’s first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
“Tomorrow I will test our first drone, which has been designed to the highest technological specifications,” Saakashvili said.… Continue reading
US Navy Conduct Networked Distributed Targeting Capability Flight Test on Super Hornet
ST. LOUIS, April 5, 2012 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a flight test of the prototype Distributed Targeting System-Networked (DTS-N) on a Super Hornet. The system is designed to enhance the F/A-18E/F… Continue reading
Su-35 fighters made 500 test flights
The 500thtest flight was made on the Su-35 flight tests program. The aircraft was piloted by the Hero of Russia colonel Sergei Bogdan, the distinguished test pilot. In February 2008 it was him who took off for the… Continue reading
Boeing Successfully Completes Parachute Drop Test of Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft
Boeing successfully completed a parachute drop test of the company’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft today at the Delmar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. CST-100 is part of the Boeing Commercial Crew Transportation System (CCTS), which will provide the… Continue reading
Raytheon’s First New-production Patriot System Debuts in Successful Flight Test
Raytheon Company successfully completed a system-level guided flight test of the new-production Patriot at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The modernized Patriot provides an affordable, low-risk and rapid path to meet the warfighter’s current and future air and missile defense… Continue reading
Boeing Phantom Eye Conducts Medium-speed Taxi Test
Hydrogen-powered high altitude long endurance aircraft approaching 1st flight
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., March 13, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that the Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle has conducted its first medium-speed… Continue reading