Wind Tunnel Testing

NextGen can provide you with wind tunnel test capabilities from concept through final reporting.  Our personnel have extensive experience in model design, development, fabrication and testing at a full range of facilities.  In addition to standard rigid models NextGen has broad capabilities and hands on know-how with flutter models, kinematic aero structures, live control surface actuation, and full scale flight hardware testing.

Test facility experience includes:

• AEDC 4T, 16T, 16S
• Calspan (Buffalo)
• NASA San Jose 7x9, 11x11
• NASA Langley TDT, 16T, 14x22
• von Karman Institute S-1 (Belgium)
• Delft University (The Netherlands)
• University of Washington Aero Labs
• TsAGI T-101 (Russia)

NextGen Full Scale Morphing Wing at NASA TDT

NextGen MFX-1 Morphing Flight Model at UWAL