Maiden flight for Airbus Helicopters’ Racer demonstrator
Marignane – Airbus Helicopters’ Racer demonstrator, developed in the frame of the European Research Clean Sky 2 project, has performed its first flight, in Marignane….
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Boom XB-1 demonstrator takes flight for the first time
Boom’s supersonic demonstrator aircraft, XB-1, took off for the first time March 22 during a successful inaugural flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port…
Boeing Awarded NASA Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Contract
– NASA, Boeing and partners aim to cut fuel use and emissions up to 30% in single-aisle airplanes – Advances in sustainable technology are crucial…
Remote Carrier demonstrator released and operated from flying A400M for the first time
Germany’s Bundeswehr, Airbus, the German Aerospace Center DLR, and German companies SFL and Geradts have jointly carried out the world’s first successful launch and operation…
Airbus and ArianeGroup to pioneer liquid hydrogen technology
Toulouse, 30 November 2022 – Airbus and ArianeGroup, a joint venture equally owned by Airbus and Safran, and a world leader in space propulsion technologies,…
Airbus launches extra high performance wing demonstrator to fortify decarbonisation ambition
Toulouse, 22 September 2021 – Airbus has launched an extra-performing wing demonstrator project focused on accelerating and validating technologies that will improve and optimise wing…
Embraer’s electric demonstrator aircraft begins flight test campaign
São José dos Campos, Brazil, August 13, 2021 – On the journey to a net zero-carbon emissions future, another initiative of Embraer has reached a…
XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator completes inaugural flight
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019,…
Racer high-speed demonstrator passes preliminary design review milestone
Airbus Helicopters continues to progress with the development of its Racer (Rapid And Cost-Efficient Rotorcraft) technology demonstrator, funded by European Union’s H2020 framework through the…
First flight for UAV demonstrator SAGITTA
Completion of the first trial phase with series of tests in South Africa Collaborative development with German universities and institutes Airbus Defence and Space has…
Airbus Helicopter VSR700 demonstrator performs first autonomous flights
Validating technologies on an Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) demonstrator Paris, France, 19 June 2017 – Airbus Helicopters recently started autonomous flight trials of a VSR700…
Successful first flight of the Advanced Hawk demonstrator
A concept of a future variant of BAE Systems’ highly successful Hawk aircraft has flown for the first time at the Company’s military aircraft facility…