Fligh test facilities, FURORE

Type of flight vehicle Fixed Wing Aircraft
Main features Cessna Citation II
Control system Avionic Flight Test Facilities (AFTF);
Integrated NLR Data Environment for Flight Test (INDEFT);
Test & Integration facilities for Flight-Tests (TIFT);
Future Aircraft Systems Testbed (FAST);
Data Acquisition equipment and Calibration Laboratory (DACLAB).
Maximum altitude ?
Measurement instruments5 Flight Test Instrumentation; Facility for Unmanned ROtorcraft REsearch (FURORE).
Comment F / T An autopilot allows for autonomous flight and navigation along pre-programmed paths; manual control can override autopilot anytime for safety and also is normally used for landing. These platforms can be used as test bed for a wide range of applications like aerial surveillance and sense-and-avoid.