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Dates

29-30 September 2026, Hall 7, MEETT, Toulouse, France

The Testing Forum brings together leading names from across aerospace testing, flight test, certification, data, instrumentation and emerging aircraft technologies.

The programme will explore the key developments shaping the future of aerospace test and development, including AI-enabled engineering teams, modern flight test data systems, permit-to-fly operations, electric subsystem testing, hydrogen propulsion, secure test applications, high-aspect ratio wing design, open-source DAQ, SpaceRAN, AESA radar testing, electric VTOL aircraft, morphing wings, TSN and HIL applications, zero-emission aviation, structural testing, satellite communications and cryogenic test benches.

Speakers include experts from GKN Aerospace, QinetiQ, HBK, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, NI, German Aerospace Center, Airbus, GE Aerospace, EUROCAE, Turkish Aerospace Industries, NLR and more.

All Aerospace Test & Development Show attendees can take part. No additional Forum registration is required, your free exhibition entry pass gives you access to the Forum.

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    Flight test data is split. Legacy software is powerful but traps data, then teams have to work backwards to extract and rebuild data in formats that they can use for further analysis or machine learni ...
11:20
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    Testing electric subsystems with respect to power consumption and efficiency is crucial for the ongoing electrification of aircraft. While these tests are already challenging given the number of chann ...
11:40
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    The UK CAA Hydrogen Challenge is a cross-industry innovation programme accelerating regulatory readiness for hydrogen propulsion, addressing safety, certification gaps and operational challenges. It w ...
12:00
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    The European CRA will be in full effect by the end of 2027. While teams prepare, one of the most important elements is adopting a secure development framework and incorporating this into your test sys ...
12:20
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    To exploit the full efficiency potential of high-aspect ratio wings (HARW) for next generation aircraft, innovative moveables and flight control systems have to be developed and tested. This is a key ...
12:40
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    openDAQ is an open-source SDK that streamlines DAQ hardware and software integration by embracing standards. More than just a toolbox, it's a true DAQ kernel. Whether you're a manufacturer, software p ...
13:20
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    Hydrogen aerospace systems require precise measurement under cryogenic, high-pressure, and dynamic conditions. This presentation reviews sensor solutions for pressure and dynamic measurements in extreme environments and hydrogen propulsion testing. It addresses measurement accuracy, reliability, materials compatibility, and constraints specific to aerospace applications.
13:40
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    Abstract: AESA stands for Active Electronically Scanned Array, a type of radar technology used in modern radar systems. It handles a large volume of real-time data that needs to be digitized, streamed ...
14:30
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    Design and optimisation of a morphing wing concept are explored using a design of experiments approach. Smooth camber variations are applied to explore performance trends, with RBF Morph enabling effi ...
14:50
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    Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of IEEE standards designed to provide deterministic and low-latency communication over Ethernet networks. As industries increasingly adopt complex cyber-physic ...
16:00
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    In this presentation, Carlos Santos will take us through the exciting endeavor of acquiring and converting a former Japan Airlines aircraft into GE Aerospace's new Flying Test Bed. He'll highlight the ...
10:45
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    Beyond Aero is developing the first hydrogen-electric business aircraft. The aircraft is designed from the start around a hydrogen-electric system that includes high-pressure tanks, fuel cells, a cool ...
11:05
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    Green Flyway is a cross-border Norwegian-Swedish test environment for drones, U-space services and future zero-emission aviation. Located in the Arctic region between Røros and Östersund, the initiati ...
11:30
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    Within the framework of Ground Vibration Testing (GVT), Experimental Modal Analysis (EMA) remains the industry standard for identifying reliable normal modes using measured excitation forces. Converse ...
11:50
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    This presentation explores modern solutions and methodologies that help government and commercial organizations validate critical communication systems for satellite and space-based missions. Attendee ...
12:40
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    This presentation will describe a method for testing an aircraft DC electrical power system in Cooling Margin Campaign flight test condition based on a Load Bank that provides artificial electrical lo ...
13:00
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    Will talk about Maintenance Check Flights, which are like test flights but happen after big maintenance jobs. I would like to address a topic that, although not pure flight testing, is closely related ...
13:20
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    The success of an Aerospace Testing program hinges on the accuracy of measurements on mechanical systems. The sensors and cables required to obtain these critical measurements must often operate in ex ...
13:40
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    EUROCAE is a standard development organisation pushing for new technologies. We will detail how consensus standardisation is working and dive into the specifics of some of current work from our indust ...
14:00
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    Dynamically similar subscale testing has long been central to engineering design in fluid dynamics, where subscale wind-tunnel and demonstrator testing provide aerodynamic data for full-scale systems. ...
14:20
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    This presentation examines how PCIe expansion and PCIe networking enable scalable, deterministic, low-latency test architectures. It explains why extending PCIe across distributed systems aligns natur ...
14:40
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    In the ICEFlight project, funded by the Dutch government via Luchtvaart In Transitie, the NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre develops world-class cryogenic test benches for reliability testing of cryo ...
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