Organization:List of aerospace flight test centres

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Flight test centers around the world all have similar missions: to conduct flight research and testing of new aircraft concepts and prototypes. Notable centers are listed below (by year of foundation):[1][2]

Government establishments

  • U.K. Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, based at Boscombe Down, England (founded 1917)
  • U.S. Navy Air Warfare Test Center, based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, United States (founded 1918, as the Navy's Flight Test Group based at Naval Air Station Anacostia)
  • Swedish Armed Forces Flight Test and Evaluation Center (FMV:PROV is a part of FMV), based at Linköping, Sweden (founded 1933)[3]
  • Italian Air Force Flight Test Center (Reparto Sperimentale di Volo), based at Pratica di Mare (founded 1935) [4]
  • Russian State Flight Research and Test Center, based at Zhukovsky, Russia (founded 1941)
  • I.N.T.A. Spanish Aerospace Research and Test Center, based at Torrejón de Ardoz, Community of Madrid, Spain (founded 1942)
  • CLAEX Spanish Air Force Experimentation Center, based at Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain (founded 1992)[5]
  • Air Force Test Center , based at Edwards Air Force Base, California , United States (founded 1942, as the new location of 477th Air Base Headquarters and Test Squadron)
  • Flight Test Center (CEV) of the French Ministry of Armed Forces (CEV is a part of Directorate General of Armaments ), based at 217 Air Base in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France (founded 1945)
  • NASA Flight Research Center, based at Edwards Air Force Base, California , United States (founded 1946, as the Muroc Flight Test Unit)
  • NRC Institute for Aerospace Research, based at Ottawa and Montreal , Canada [6][7] (founded 1951, as the National Aeronautical Establishment - NAE)[8]
  • Brazilian Air Force Flight Testing and Research Institute (part of CTA), São José dos Campos, Brazil (founded 1953)[9]
  • Japan Air Self-Defense Force Flight Test Center, based at Gifu Air Field, Japan (founded 1955)
  • DLR German Aerospace Research and Test Center, based at Braunschweig, Germany (founded 1956)
  • WTD 61 German Armed Forces Flight Test Center, based at Manching, Germany (founded 1957 as Testing Center for Military Aerial Equipment at Oberpfaffenhofen)[10]
  • Indian Air Force Test Pilot School, Bangalore, India (founded 1957)
  • U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center, currently based at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, United States (founded 1957, as the U.S. Army Aviation Test Board based at Fort Rucker)[11][12]
  • China Flight Test Establishment, based at Xi'an, China (founded 1959)[13][14]
  • Swiss Air Force Flight Test Center (aviation branch of the Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement), based at Emmen Air Base, Emmen, Switzerland (founded 1964)
  • Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, based at Cold Lake, Alberta, and Ottawa,[15] Ontario, Canada (founded 1967, as the Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Test and Evaluation Squadron No. 448)[16]
  • Israeli Air Force Flight Test Center (Manat), based at Tel Nof Airbase, Rehovot (founded 1978)[17]
  • JAXA Flight Research Center, based at Chofu Aerodrome,[18] Nagoya Airfield and Taiki Aerospace Research Field[19]

Corporate establishments

  • CASA Flight Test Center, based at the Getafe Air Base, Spain (founded 1924)
  • SAAB Flight Test Center, based at Linköping, Sweden (founded 1932)
  • BAE Systems Flight Test Center, based at Warton Aerodrome, England (founded 1947)
  • Airbus Defence and Space Flight Test Center, based at Manching, Germany (founded 1962, as the Messerschmitt Company Flight Test Center)[20]
  • Sikorsky Development Flight Center, based at West Palm Beach, Florida, United States (founded 1977)[21]
  • TCOM Corporation production and flight test site (including the historic Weeksville Dirigible Hangar) for development of lighter-than-air technologies and testing airships, located at the former Naval Air Station Weeksville in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States (founded 1986)[22][23]
  • Bombardier Aerospace Flight Test Center (BFTC), based at the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, Wichita, Kansas, United States (founded 1991, as reconstruction of the acquired in 1990 Learjet facility)[24][25]
  • Embraer Flight Test Center, based at Embraer Unidade aerodrome, Gavião Peixoto, Brazil (founded 2001)[26]
  • Bell Flight Research Center, based at Arlington, Texas, United States [27]
  • IAI Flight Test Center, based at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel[28]

See also

  • List of test pilot schools

References

  1. ↑ "Featured Issue". The ITEA Journal (ITEA) 19 (2). 1998. ISSN 1054-0229. 
  2. ↑ "Annex I : European Flight Test Centres". Society of Flight Test Engineers - European Chapter biannual brochure. Delft: SFTE. 1999. pp. 38-103. 
  3. ↑ "Linköping Flight Test Center, Sweden". https://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/PDF-dokument/Linkoping_Test_Center.pdf. 
  4. ↑ "Reparto Sperimentale di Volo" (in it-IT). http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/organizzazione/REPARTI/divolo/Pagine/RepartoSperimentalediVolo.aspx. 
  5. ↑ "Ejército del Aire - Organización - Unidades - Detalle unidad". https://ejercitodelaire.defensa.gob.es/EA/ejercitodelaire/es/organizacion/unidades/unidad/Centro-Logistico-de-Armamento-y-Experimentacion-CLAEX/. 
  6. ↑ "Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC-IAR)". http://find.canadamakes.ca/details/institute-for-aerospace-research-nrc-iar. 
  7. ↑ "National Research Council Canada | Institute for Aerospace Research | Highlights" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/institution/National_Research_Council_Canada/department/Institute_for_Aerospace_Research. 
  8. ↑ Canada, Government of Canada National Research Council (2011-10-03). "ARCHIVED - Celebrating 60 years of aerospace research - National Research Council Canada". https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/achievements/highlights/2011/anniv_iar.html. 
  9. ↑ "Embraer 2004 Annual Report". https://www.zonebourse.com/EMBRAER-6492875/pdf/204648/Embraer_Rapport-institutionnel.pdf. 
  10. ↑ "WTD 61 (Technical Test Facility 61) Manching Germany". https://www.jet-prints.com/verb_wtd61/index_e.html. 
  11. ↑ Aviation Technical Test Center History. https://archive.org/details/mipc-attc_army_mil. 
  12. ↑ Matthews, Nora R. (1998). "U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center : Fort Rucker, Alabama" (in EN). The ITEA Journal (ITEA) 19 (2): 16–17. ISSN 1054-0229. 
  13. ↑ "Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)". https://fas.org/nuke/guide/china/contractor/avic.htm. 
  14. ↑ "Yanliang Airbase - China Military Forces". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/yanliang.htm. 
  15. ↑ Defence, National (2021-02-05). "Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment achieves Initial Operational Capability of the Engineering Flight Test Rationalization". https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2021/02/aete-achieves-ioc-engineering-flight-test-rationalization.html. 
  16. ↑ "Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment - Archeion". https://www.archeion.ca/aerospace-engineering-test-establishment. 
  17. ↑ Norton, Bill (2004). Air War on the Edge - A History of the Israel Air Force and its Aircraft since 1947. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1857800885. 
  18. ↑ "JAXA | Headquarters Office / Chofu Aerospace Center" (in en). http://global.jaxa.jp/about/centers/cac/. 
  19. ↑ "Flight test facilities of the JAXA Aeronautical Technology Directorate". http://www.aero.jaxa.jp/eng/facilities/flight/. 
  20. ↑ Spitz, Wilfried; Neubauer, Thomas (1998). "Flight Test Center : Manching, Germany" (in EN). The ITEA Journal (ITEA) 19 (2): 14–15. ISSN 1054-0229. 
  21. ↑ "Sikorsky Development Flight Center" (in en-US). http://bomanite.com/projectprofile/sikorsky-development-flight-center/. 
  22. ↑ Stein, Kenneth J. (July 14, 1986). "Westinghouse/Airships Industries joint venture targets Navy program". Aviation Week & Space Technology: 144, 145, 147, 149. 
  23. ↑ "TCOM Facilities". http://www.tcomlp.com/our-company/facilities/. 
  24. ↑ Reynolds, Peter T.; Ranaudo, Richard J. (2000-10-10). "The Bombardier Flight Test Center - Meeting the Challenge" (in en). SAE Technical Papers Series (SAE). https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2000-01-5502/. 
  25. ↑ Siebenmark, Jerry. "Third Bombardier Global 7000 test jet arrives in Wichita" (in en). The Wichita Eagle. https://www.kansas.com/news/business/aviation/air-capital-insider/article150016332.html. 
  26. ↑ "EMBRAER UNIDADE GAVIAO PEIXOTO -- SBGP". World Aero Data. http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=BR01836&sch=SBGP. 
  27. ↑ "Bell shows off newly expanded Arlington Flight Research Center" (in en). http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/news/bell-shows-off-newly-expanded-arlington-flight-research-center/article_b442eaca-d944-11e8-b0de-cb9313d9fc32.html. 
  28. ↑ "The IAI Flight Test Center" (in en). https://www.iai.co.il/p/flight-test-center. 



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