WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio: The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation has successfully completed initial flight tests for a revolutionary Unmanned Aerial System with a customizable suite of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tools that supports extended missions. This series of flight tests began in Feb. 2019 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, culminating […]

DefenceTalkThe F-35 program has accomplished the final developmental test flight of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the program. “Completing F-35 SDD flight test is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication from the joint government and industry team,” said Vice Adm. Mat Winter, F-35 Program Executive Officer. “Since the first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-completes-most-comprehensive-flight-test-program-in-aviation-history-71632/

DefenceTalkThe advanced Russian-made Ilyushin Il-112V military transport plane is planned to perform the first flight in the summer of 2017, the Voronezh Region administration said. The Voronezh Aircraft Plant (VASO) is the main producer of the Il-112V military transport plane, the administration added. “VASO has already started building the first prototype. The prototype is expected […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-il-112v-military-transport-plane-to-perform-first-flight-in-2017-68102/

DefenceTalkDesigned as a military improvement over the AC-311, China’s Avicopter Z-11B made its first successful flight late last month. In November of 2010, Chinese state-owned manufacturer Avicopter unveiled the AC-311, a single-engine helicopter capable of carrying up to six people. On September 28, the company conducted the first test-flight of its military version, the Z-11WB. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-new-attack-helicopter-avicopter-z-11b-first-flight-65561/

DefenceTalkATLANTIC OCEAN: Two F-35C Lightning II carrier variants conducted their first arrested landings aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) off the coast of the eastern United States on Oct. 2. U.S. Navy test pilots Cmdr. Tony “Brick” Wilson and LT Chris “TJ” Karapostoles landed F-35C test aircraft 73/CF-03 and 75/CF-05, respectively, aboard USS Eisenhower’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35c-lands-on-carrier-phase-developmental-test-65555/

DefenceTalkEmbraer today successfully performed the first flight of the new military transport and aerial refueling jet, the KC-390. Test pilots Mozart Louzada and Marcos Salgado de Oliveira Lima and flight test engineers Raphael Lima and Roberto Becker flew the aircraft for 1 hour and 25 minutes, conducting an evaluation of flying qualities and performance. “This […]https://www.defencetalk.com/embraer-kc-390-military-transport-aircraft-makes-first-flight-62600/

DefenceTalkLos Alamos National Laboratory scientists recently flight tested a new rocket design that includes a high-energy fuel and a motor design that also delivers a high degree of safety. “What we’re trying to do is break the performance versus sensitivity curve, and make a rocket that’s both very high-energy, as well as very safe,” said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/novel-rocket-design-flight-tested-60904/

DefenceTalkTwo Boeing Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) aircraft have arrived at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for airborne tests of the target-tracking capabilities they will provide to the U.S. Army. The extensively modified Beechcraft King Air 350 ER aircraft will undergo mission systems calibration and testing to certify them prior to delivery. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boeing-emarss-aircraft-begin-us-army-flight-tests-48786/

DefenceTalkThe F-35 Flight Test Update in the Volume 27, Number 3 issue of Code One concluded with the first aerial release of an AIM-120 AMRAAM on 19 October 2012. This tenth installment in the series of flight test updates on the F-35 program covers numerous other weapon releases as well as other achievements of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-flight-test-update-10-47757/

DefenceTalkThe Boeing X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test program to explore and further validate the aerodynamic characteristics of the Blended Wing Body design concept. All 30 flights were conducted at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. The X-48C typically flew for approximately […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boeing-x-48c-blended-wing-body-research-aircraft-completes-flight-testing-47481/