Application Reports on Aerospace Testing
Safe Parachute Opening: Strain Gauges from HBM on board an experimental rocket
Every year a team from the aeronautical association "CLES-FACIL" develops an experimental Rocket in order to research key scientific questions. In a project to calculate the force that is exerted upon a rocket through the opening...
F-35’s performance benefits from BAE Systems integrated structural testing regime
BAE Systems benefits the performance of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter through integrated structural testing and derisking the FTI.
Bucher Leichtbau uses HBM test and measurement technology to test airworthiness of galleys
Bucher Leichtbau AG, Switzerland, is a leading manufacturer of galleys and cabinets installed in passenger aircraft and therefore places its trust in stringent testing of its modules to ensure their airworthiness. In the test...
Advanced lightning warning system protects spacecraft launches at Kennedy Space Center
Using HBM transient recorders and digitizers, HBM has designed a lightning monitoring system for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The system enhances the safety of operations such as the launching of rockets by ensuring that the...
Static component testing of a drive module with MGCplus
The BEPICOLOMBO mission: The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Space Agency ISAS/JAXA want to explore Mercury – with a drive module and two separate space probes that will orbit around the planet.
Structural and functional tests in aerospace with MGCplus and catman®Enterprise
- Static or dynamic full-scale structural testing
- Component stress or functionality testing
- Fatigue trend monitoring and assessment
- Static load, fatigue or durability stress analysis
- Ironbird functionality and mechanical testing
- Landing gear drop tests
- Environmental and thermal testing
- Wind tunnel and aerodynamic testing



