757 Testbed Modified To Validate GCAP Sensors

757 taking off

The 757 was modified to include a large cheek blister and under-fuselage fairings. More features will be added over the next year.

Credit: Dave Turnbull/QinetiQ
One of the most complex UK civil aviation certification programs in a generation aims to shorten and derisk development of the complex mission systems for the trinational fighter that is to emerge from the Global Combat Air Program. The adaptation of a former Titan Airways Boeing 757-200 airliner...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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