Lockheed Martin says the wings of its popular C-130J tactical transport have a significantly longer lifespan than previously believed. Using funds from the US and Canadian air forces, Lockheed ...
The Wing of an Airbus 380 airliner "ruptured" during ultimate load testing last week, before reaching the desired structural benchmark. In what was to be the final of about a dozen static tests, the ...
As the Skyraider II is the USAF’s first tailwheel aircraft in over 50 years, test evaluators had to devise a new methodology to verify its performance. The AFSOC’s (Air Force Special Operations ...
Airbus has begun the first phase of load testing on a demonstrator wing developed under its Wing of Tomorrow programme that will eventually see the structure tested to destruction. Airbus has begun ...