FA18 FAST Offers Advanced Systems Test Capability

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Channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center · 2012 · Science & Technology

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NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has modified an FA18A Hornet aircraft with additional research flight control computer systems for use as a Full-scale Advanced Systems Test Bed. Previously flown in the Active Aeroelastic Wing project, the FA18's research computers have been upgraded to enable integrated active control with structural feedback and simulation of control system failures.

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