USAF Test Pilot School test management program

Gleason, Daniel; Walker, David Arnold; Howell, Norman E.

doi:10.2514/6.1996-159

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“…The test management curriculum culminates in a capstone, realworld flight test project [2]. In a given academic year, eight distinct such capstone test projects are conducted using resources drawn primarily from the Air Force Flight Test Center [3], co-located with TPS at Edwards Air Force Base, in the Mojave Desert of California.…”

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Development and Flight Test of a Reconfigurable Avionics Research Pod for the USAF Test Pilot School

MacDonald

Shepherd

2008

2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference

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Considerable time and money are spent on the modification of fleet-support test aircraft in order to enable carriage of novel research experiments that require in-flight test and demonstration. In many cases, the cost of aircraft modification exceeds the cost of the flight test hardware and flight hours. The USAF Test Pilot School (TPS) has worked closely with the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) to develop and flight test the Reconfigurable Airborne Sensor, Communication and Laser (RASCAL) pod. The pod concept will revolutionize the way that USAF TPS conducts Test Management Project training, and will enable rapid transition of cutting-edge technology under development at AFIT and national laboratories to the demanding airborne flight environment. The development and flight test of RASCAL are discussed, as are future concepts of operation expected to be conducted at the USAF TPS.

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confidence: 99%