contents
Inside this issue
20 // Going supersonic
The latest update from supersonic airliner
developer Boom on its XB-1 test program
28 // Cold weather testing
How the Bell 525 Relentless helicopter
endured the Canadian winter for certification
36 // FRONT COVER: In the shadows
Aerospace Testing International reveals the
materials and designs influencing the latest
generation of stealth fighters
46 // Making connections
Aviation firms are going to extreme lengths to
ensure broadband connectivity on the latest
business jets
54 // Connected metrology
How Airbus’ A350 final assembly line is
pioneering cloud-connected measurement
and inspection
62 // Testing Talk
Bridget Salo, acting CEO of the Denel
Overberg Test Range in South Africa
68 // Drone control
Engineers are developing and testing the
systems that will manage drones in airspace
shared with manned aircraft
76 // Inspection innovation
Researchers are combining robotics and the
latest inspection technology to see inside
aircraft engines
84 // ITC 2019
A look ahead at the telemetry sector’s most
important annual event
90 // Space Tech Expo preview
Everything there is to know ahead of Europe’s
space conference and exhibition
Global briefing
6 // World test update
The latest testing news
from around the globe
8 // TESTBED 80 builds up
Construction of the largest indoor aviation
test facility of its type achieves a milestone
12 // Mars mission Setback
AEROSPACETESTINGINTERNATIONAL.COM // SEPTEMBER 3
Revised parachute design for second
ExoMars mission after failed drop
14 // Eco flight tests
Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program is set to
start this month
17 // new thrust record set
Ground testing of an air-breathing
hypersonic engine yields results
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academic insight
Improving 3D printing
with NDT
96 // products and services
The latest innovations and
company news
114 // aft cabin
The impossible aircraft
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