Airbus, for example, performed the ultimate load test on a specially built static airframe of its A350 XWB Airbus in December 2013. The plane’s wings received loads of up to 1.5 times higher ...

Bell just released a video showing how its folding rotor design works on a high-speed sled in advance of integrating it on a DARPA X-plane. DARPA’s SPRINT (Speed and Runway Independent ...

Experimental set-ups. Isolated, tilting rotor test rig: The test rig is equipped with a load cell, an encoder, and can be fitted with electric motors in the range of 200W to 7kW for rotors with the ...

Bell has released a video showing off its High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) technology in action. The two-minute video shows a ground test of the nacelle system used to lift and ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 prototype test plane broke the sound barrier for the first time with a top speed of Mach 1.1. Another small step toward the return of supersonic travel.

AeroTEC says it will work with Pratt & Whitney Canada on the modification and flight test of a hybrid-electric aircraft in ...