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4 › World test update

The latest test news from around the globe

6 › News focus: Solar Impulse

Solar Impulse has arrived in Mandalay in Myanmar

(Burma). The solar-powered airplane has

completed the fourth leg in its historic bid to fly

around the world powered only by the sun’s rays

8 ›     News focus: JSF ski jump

The JSF Program Office has unveiled a three-

month-long ski jump trial in order to meet the

needs of British and Italian naval carriers

12 › Interview: Julie Kramer White

Julie Kramer White, chief engineer on the Orion

space program, has helped put NASA back on

the map for deep space travel – earning the

recognition of President Obama along the way

20 › Surviving the shot

Redstone Test Center in Alabama tests aviation,

missile and sensor systems, subsystems and

components, but one of its prime focuses is on

aircraft survivability

26 › Interview: Peter Chandler

In a new series, Aerospace Testing International

talks to the industry’s leading chief test pilots.

First up? Peter Chandler, chief test pilot for

Airbus, on himself and the A350 test program

32 › More electric aircraft

Aircraft manufacturers are increasingly using

electrical systems over mechanical. And it’s not just

avionics – it is leading to complete electric aircraft

38 › Fire Scout MQ-8C

Shipboard dynamic interface testing advances

the MQ-8C unmanned aircraft system toward

operational sea deployments

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44 › Cover story: Landing gear

Landing gear systems must be fully tested before

flight. We take an exclusive look at UTC Aerospace

Systems, and talk to the head of fuel and landing

gear integration testing at Airbus, Martin Evans

50 › Automating NDT

Automating NDT will save time, reduce costs and

speed up the test process. Now that systems are

becoming more refined, this will be particularly

applicable for composite structures

58 › F-35 Lightning II

A unique insight into the involvement of the

Integrated Test Force (ITF) in the next stage of

the JSF’s complex multirole development

64 › Fighting fire with UAS

Australia is proving to be a world leader in the

development, testing, regulation and application

of civilian unmanned aerial systems

70 › V-22 and E-2D trials

Forward-firing weapons trials on the V-22 Osprey

and the first carrier deployment of the E-2D

Hawkeye are two of the major highlights of the

latest US military test programs

78 › Environmental trials

The Dutch National Research Laboratory has

developed a new method for environmental

testing at low temperatures

86 › USMC Harrier engine vibration

How the development of a new Pegasus LPC1 fan

blade for the US Marine Corps Harrier upgrade

led to the revival of a mothballed testbed

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