In the Blink of an Eye A Look at High Speed Cameras for Aerospace Testing
Rolls-Royce Begins Testing F130 Engines for the USAF B-52 Fleet
Rolls-Royce has launched F130 engine testing at the company’s outdoor test facility at the NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, U.S. Rolls-Royce F130 engines were selected by the United States Air Force to replace the existing powerplants in the B-52 fleet, with over 600 new engine deliveries expected. This milestone test program is the first…
Liebherr-Aerospace Installs Hydrogen Test Bench in its Test Center in Toulouse
An emblematic project consists of using a hydrogen fuel cell power source to generate sufficient electrical power, in the range of 400 kilowatts, to feed all the non-propulsion systems of next-generation aircraft. Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse is developing this power generation system as part of the France Relance (France Relaunch) plan with the support of the French…
Liebherr-Aerospace Installs Hydrogen Test Bench in its Test Center in Toulouse
An emblematic project consists of using a hydrogen fuel cell power source to generate sufficient electrical power, in the range of 400 kW, to feed all the non-propulsion systems of next-generation aircraft. Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse is developing this power generation system as part of the France Relance (France Relaunch) plan with the support of the French…
Rolls-Royce Successfully Tests mtu Engines with Pure Hydrogen
Rolls-Royce reports that it has conducted successful tests of a 12-cylinder gas variant of the mtu Series 4000 L64 engine running on 100% hydrogen fuel. The tests, carried out by the Power Systems business unit, showed very good characteristics in terms of efficiency, performance, emissions and combustion. These tests mark another important step towards the…
Raytheon Technologies Completes First Engine Run of Regional Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator
In December, Raytheon Technologies announced the successful first engine run of the company’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator, marking a key milestone towards flight testing, targeted to begin in 2024. The propulsion system’s initial run took place at Pratt & Whitney’s innovation facility in Longueuil, Quebec and the compay says it “performed as expected.” The system…
Horizon Aircraft Completes Hover Testing of VTOL Aircraft Prototype
Hybrid electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aerial vehicle maker, Horizon Aircraft, announced that it has successfully completed initial hover testing of its “Cavorite X5” scale prototype. Brandon Robinson, CEO of Horizon Aircraft said, “this aircraft has exceeded expectations during initial hover testing. It is extremely stable, is capable of full hover at only 65%…
Rolls-Royce UltraFan Technology Demonstrator Build Complete and Getting Ready to Test
Rolls-Royce today announced it has completed building and is preparing to test its UltraFan, technology demonstrator. In a major milestone for the program, the demonstrator engine was transported from the build workshop and into Testbed 80 in Derby, UK where it was mounted in preparation for testing. The first test of the demonstrator is expected…
Dynetics Awarded New Contract to Increase Hypersonic Flight Testing Tempo
Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, has been awarded a contract to increase the capacity for America’s hypersonic flight testing. The program, known as Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB), was awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense. MACH-TB supports hypersonic programs by creating…
Exact Metrology Offers Tips on Airfoil Scanning Procedures
Exact Metrology, a Division of In-Place Machining Company and a supplier of 3D laser and CT scanning equipment and services details the steps to a successful airfoil evaluation. SCAN PROCESS The scan can occur at the customer’s facility or at Exact Metrology’s. In many cases, it is most cost effective for the digitizing or scanning to take place at…
Rolls-Royce and easyJet Set New Aviation First with Hydrogen Engine Run
Rolls-Royce and easyJet have confirmed they have set a new aviation milestone with the world’s first run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen. The ground test was conducted on an early concept demonstrator using green hydrogen created by wind and tidal power. It marks a major step towards proving that hydrogen could be a…
Skandia Flammability Lab Draws on Decades of Engineering Experience in Aviation Burn Testing and Certification Market
1983 marks the year Skandia, Incorporated was founded. In line with its mission statement of Making Aircraft Quieter, Safer and More Comfortable, a flammability engineering and testing laboratory was started as a department within Skandia. The creation of this new department was to help aircraft manufacturers, interior shops and completion centers conform to newly required…
Danlaw Acquires BSC Spin-Off Maspatechnologies, Elevating Rapita Systems’ Multicore Capabilities
Global automotive and aerospace electronics solutions provider, Danlaw, has acquired Maspatechnologies, a spin-off company from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS). Maspatechnologies has joined the Danlaw-owned Rapita Systems group and will operate as Rapita Systems SL from offices in Barcelona. Maspatechnologies brings technology to verify and certify the software timing behavior…
