List of aerospace flight test centres
Flight test centers around the world all have similar missions: to conduct flight research and testing of new aircraft concepts and prototypes.
Notable centers are listed below (by year of foundation):[1][2]
Flight test
U.K. Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
Boscombe Down
England
U.S. Navy Air Warfare Test Center
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
Maryland
United States
Naval Air Station Anacostia
Swedish Armed Forces
Linköping
Sweden
Italian Air Force
Pratica di Mare
Russian State Flight Research and Test Center
Zhukovsky
Russia
I.N.T.A.
Torrejón de Ardoz
Community of Madrid
U.S. Air Force Test Center
Edwards Air Force Base
California
French Ministry of Armed Forces
Directorate General of Armaments
217 Air Base
Brétigny-sur-Orge
France
NASA Flight Research Center
Ottawa
Montreal
Canada
Brazilian Air Force
São José dos Campos
Brazil
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Flight Test Center
Gifu Air Field
Braunschweig
Germany
WTD 61
German Armed Forces
Manching
Oberpfaffenhofen
Indian Air Force Test Pilot School
Bangalore
U.S. Army Aviation Technical Test Center
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville, Alabama
Fort Rucker
Swiss Air Force
Emmen Air Base
Emmen, Switzerland
Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment
Cold Lake
Alberta
Ontario
Royal Canadian Air Force
Israeli Air Force Flight Test Center (Manat)
Tel Nof Airbase
Rehovot
Chofu Aerodrome
Nagoya Airfield
BAE Systems
Warton Aerodrome
Airbus Defence and Space
Messerschmitt Company
Sikorsky
West Palm Beach, Florida
TCOM Corporation
Weeksville Dirigible Hangar
lighter-than-air
airships
Naval Air Station Weeksville
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Bombardier Aerospace
Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport
Wichita, Kansas
Learjet
Embraer
Embraer Unidade aerodrome
Gavião Peixoto
Arlington, Texas
IAI Flight Test Center
Ben Gurion Airport
Israel
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