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Airbus has formally launched AIRTeC, a £40m research and testing facility designed to undertake structural testing of large-scale aircraft assemblies.

Date Time Engineers partner in ‘Smarter Testing’ project for aerospace sector Image: Installing a point sensor in the front section of a fuselage at Airbus in Toulouse under the remote direction of engineers in Switzerland and the UK Engineers at the University of Liverpool are part of a £10.6million innovative aerospace project that aims to develop a novel test and certification process for aeronautical structures, which will combine virtual and physical tests to provide a step reduction in development lead-time and costs. The ‘Smarter Testing’ project is led by Airbus UK and partne...

‘Digital testbed’ could replace physical testing in aircraft manufacturing 21 Apr 2021 Professional Engineering Stock image. The Smarter Testing programme aims to explore digital inspection techniques for use in aircraft development and manufacturing (Credit: Shutterstock) ‘Digital inspection’ using simulation and modelling could replace physical testing in the development of new aircraft, the partners behind a new project have said. The Smarter Testing programme, led by the National Physical Laboratory and Airbus, aims to explore how novel inspection ...