News archive: Test Services | Airframer

1 June

ReleaseConstruction breaks ground on new Flex Hangar III at Pendleton UAS Industrial Park

8 May

ReleaseADI and JetZero announce key demonstrator milestones

22 April

ReleaseKanbrick acquires Laboratory Testing Inc. in partnership with McVaugh and Hiller families

25 March

ReleaseDLR opens new home for climate-compatible aircraft engine research

5 March

ReleaseRTX's Collins Aerospace unveils new Engineering Development and Test Center in Bengaluru

28 February

ReleaseEnhancing climate compatibility for commercial aircraft through intelligent load control

13 February

A rendering of the Hellhound unmanned aircraft system, designed by Cummings Aerospace.

Cummings Aerospace and ATRX plan hypersonic UAS

The companies will integrate a high-speed turbo-rocket onto a flight-proven airframe, advancing supersonic and hypersonic drone capabilities for military applications.

13 February

ReleaseFast tracking the development of custom aerospace rupture disk prototypes

12 February

ReleaseTasking acquires LDRA

5 February

ReleaseLDRA partners with Dassault Systèmes to simplify verification and certification of safety and security-critical software

29 January

ReleaseVitrek launches next gen compliance test automation software

13 January

ReleaseAnka III achieves Türkiye's first internal weapons bay munition release with Tolun

19 December

ReleasePARI students successfully test full-scale, additively manufactured scramjet

12 December

Bell completes tunnel testing to validate stop/fold jet transition

Building upon the previous folding rotor testing, the wind tunnel program validated the stability and control of the aircraft through the rotor fold and unfold sequence in flight.

9 December

ReleaseQuartus Engineering announces launch of OptiQuiver and SPIE Prism Award nomination

26 November

ReleaseNew AMRC innovation facility completes construction work

25 November

ReleaseNominal awarded U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase 2 contract to enhance hypersonic systems development

21 November

ReleaseNoesis Solutions launches artificial intelligence-driven “Optimus AI Postprocessing” with the release of Optimus 2024.2

6 November

ReleaseUnrivalled facility for flight and driving simulations: the Dynamic Motion Simulator Center

29 October

ReleaseWichita State’s NIAR delivers fiber metal laminate test panel to FAA

28 October

ReleaseOfficial opening of the DLR BALIS test centre

14 October

ReleaseGA-ASI completes full-scale fatigue test on MQ-9B for second lifetime

26 September

ReleaseMarple secures strategic funding to bring data insights to Automotive and Aerospace Industries

9 September

ReleaseLilium partners with Speedgoat for testing and certification of eVTOL controllers

28 August

The DLR Institute of Aeroelasticity conducts vibration tests on Volocopter’s VoloCity air taxi.

DLR successfully tests VoloCity vibration

The Göttingen-based institute previously conducted a vibration test on a predecessor model of the VoloCity in 2021. The findings from that test have informed the development of this improved successor model.

21 August

ReleaseLilium starts integration testing of Lilium Jet electrical power system

5 August

ReleaseQuartus and Experior Laboratories partner to provide a superior client experience for aerospace analysis and test

31 July

ReleaseTransDigm completes acquisition of Raptor Scientific

26 June

ReleaseElement announces multimillion euro expansion of its Toulouse laboratory

20 June

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has celebrated the groundbreaking of the Center for Accelerating Materials and Processes (CAMP), a new research facility that demonstrates faster methods of producing hypersonic engines.

SwRI breaks ground on hypersonic engine research facility

Once construction on the new two-storey, 36,600 square-foot facility is complete, SwRI will begin evaluating new materials and processes designed to produce a high-speed engine in less time than current production.

13 June

ReleaseIntroducing Element U.S. Space & Defense – the next chapter for NTS Technical Systems

5 June

Calspan hypersonics and test systems units become North Wind

In acquiring Calspan Aero Systems Engineering and Calspan Systems, Cerberus has established North Wind, an independent business centrally focused on the advancement of hypersonic test capabilities.

4 June

ReleaseLeidos achieves milestone in next-generation hypersonic system development, completes key reviews for Mayhem

8 April

ReleaseCFD Research expands R&D capabilities with new 10,000-square-foot facility

25 March

ReleaseAerostar International LLC announces acquisition of Near Space Corporation

7 March

ReleaseBoom Supersonic selects Applied Dynamics International for digital engineering software

15 February

The HEROPS industry partners are MT Aerospace, RTX's Collins Aerospace, Lufthansa Technik and Eaton; the research partners are Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and the Technical University Vienna.

Seven partners kick off development of the Flying Fuel Cell

During the HEROPS project's three-year period, the partners, led by MTU, plan to build a ground demonstrator with 1.2 megawatts of power. Regional aircraft could be using the system by 2035.

7 February

ReleaseDaher accelerates its “Take Off 2027” strategic plan

5 February

Release35 years of FACC: Innovation in the aviation industry made in Austria

30 January

ReleaseLoganair and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions set sights on debuting world's first operational hydrogen-electric Britten-Norman Islander in Kirkwall by 2027

12 January

ReleaseCyient, first Indian partner for advanced air mobility with SkyDrive - Japan's leading eVTOL manufacturer

30 November

ReleaseStressMap celebrates 10th birthday with world first in composites stress testing and another new capability

3 November

ReleaseInfosys and Spirit AeroSystems inaugurate Center for Aerospace Engineering Excellence in Richardson, Texas

31 October

ReleaseNoesis Solutions redesigns Optimus 2023.2 enhancing its automation features to increase efficiency & reduce computational costs

26 October

The facility allows engineers to reproduce the dynamic conditions of a full-scale crash event in a controlled environment.

Dynamic seat testing arrives in Northern Ireland

The new facility will enable Thompson's designs to be optimised, reducing weight and therefore the carbon footprint of the seats in flight. The nearest alternative test centres are overseas.

17 October

ReleaseMarotta Controls trade study analyses system-level pressure reduction design challenges for aerospace applications

11 October

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