Aerospace Testing International

Aerospace Testing International is a quarterly publication that started in July 2002. It reaches an international audience of professionals involved in aerospace testing, evaluation, and inspection. The magazine includes up-to-date news, insightful features, interviews with industry experts, and detailed profiles of both current and emerging technologies and solutions. It also highlights specialized services for those in the aerospace testing sector.

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BMS test from Pickering on show at The Battery Show Europe 2025

4 days ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

Pickering Interfaces is showing its range of modular signal switching and sensor simulation solutions for electronics test and verification, including a new high-speed PXI resolver simulation module family and BMS (battery management system) test – on stand E36 in Hall 7 at The Battery Show Europe 2025, from 3-5 June 2025 at Messe Stuttgart in Germany.
Academic Insight: Fixing the thermoacoustic instabilities of hydrogen combustion

4 days ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

More than ten years after we established the Combustion, Acoustics and Flow Physics (CAPS) Lab at ETH Zurich, it is hosting pioneering experiments, where we manipulate combustion inside jet engines using sound. The results are helping to shape the first generation of hydrogen engines. Our busy CAPS laboratory typically has around 15 researchers and up to eight projects running, investigating combustion, fluid dynamics and acoustics using test rigs and high-power computers.
Electra's blown wing performs in wind tunnel tests

1 week ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

Electra has completed powered wind tunnel testing for its nine-passenger EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric aircraft at MIT’s Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel, with the results confirming the blown wing design delivers the high lift needed for take-off and landing in 150ft, the company said. Using a 20% scale model of the EL9 wing, the tests demonstrated lift coefficients greater than 20, which is seven times greater than the 2.5-3 range typical of unblown wings.
Deutsche rolls out D328eco test aircraft

1 week ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

Deutsche Aircraft has unveiled the first D328eco test aircraft at its headquarters in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, marking a key milestone in the development of its enhanced regional aircraft. The rollout follows the announcement of the initial fuselage cut in July 2024. Building upon the Dornier 328 platform, the D328eco is an evolution rather than a clean-sheet aircraft design.
Beta flies CX300 electric aircraft in Ireland

1 week ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

Beta Technologies demonstrated its Alia CX300 electric aircraft at Shannon Airport, Ireland last month, the first stop on a European tour of several countries, before it is delivered to launch customer Bristow in Norway. Vermont, USA-based Beta was founded in 2017. The company is developing its fixed-wing Alia CX300 eCTOL (conventional take-off and landing) battery-electric aircraft and the Alia eVTOL.
Golden Dome: An explanation of the proposed US missile defense system | Aerospace Testing International

1 week ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, on May 20, 2025. The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, and missiles launched from space. Trump is calling for the current budget to allocate US$25 billion to launch the initiative, which the government projected will cost $175 billion.
US military to explore uses for huge WindRunner airlifter

1 week ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

The US Department of Defense is looking at how it might use a huge airlifter almost six times larger than the Antonov An-225 that is being developed to transport wind turbine blades. Radia’s WindRunnner is 356ft (109m) in length with a wingspan of 261ft (80m and a payload capacity of 272,000ft³, twelve times more than a 747 freighter. It is also designed to land on short and unpaved runways down to 6,000ft.
AIR cargo eVTOL completes night flight testing

2 weeks ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

AIR has completed night time flight demonstrations of its uncrewed cargo eVTOL aircraft, marking a milestone in establishing standard operating procedures for night operations. The demonstrations validated the aircraft’s ability to integrate seamlessly with ground crews for loading and unloading operations. The tests took place at a remote, non-airport site with minimal infrastructure to demonstrate the platform’s ability to operate in challenging environments with limited resources.
Astrolight raises €2.8m to build optical space communications network

2 weeks ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

Lithuanian space communications company Astrolight has closed a €2.8 million ($3.0 million) seed funding round to develop its laser-based communication platform connecting satellites to Earth. The funding will accelerate development of Astrolight’s end-to-end optical communication system that aims to address the growing data bottleneck between space-based assets and ground infrastructure.
Industry Adoption of 3D Optical Surface Gauges

2 weeks ago | aerospacetestinginternational.com | Ben Sampson

Aircraft and aerospace components have numerous critical specifications that require precise measurements to ensure performance and longevity. Shape variations and roughness deviations can significantly impact power, efficiency, and fuel consumption. In the field, aviation hardware faces extreme conditions, so quickly identifying damage to critical components is essential to improving fleet readiness and repair turnaround times.