Starfighters Space Announces Availability of Airborne Aerodynamic Test Platform for U.S. Defense and Aerospace Community
Starfighters Space announced the commercial availability of its 'Wind Tunnel in the Sky,' utilizing its fleet of modified F-104 Starfighters to provide airborne aerodynamic testing for the defense and aerospace sectors. The platform replicates difficult-to-simulate vertical launch conditions at Mach 2, compressing approximately ten days of ground-based facility work into a single 45-minute mission. This service targets increasing U.S. demand for hypersonic test infrastructure, leveraging existing relationships with customers such as Lockheed Martin and the U.S.
Key figures
- Mach test speed
- Mach 2
- Equivalent ground runs
- 20
- Mission duration minutes
- 45
- Test window duration minutes
- 10
- Ground facility time compression days
- 10
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