How to Use flight-test in a Sentence

flight-test

verb
  • The flight-test program is expected to expand rapidly.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
  • The step marks the beginning of the aircraft’s flight-test campaign and demonstrating the maturity of the development program.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
  • The new prototype shares the same configuration as Vertical’s existing full-scale aircraft, which has already completed all major flight-test phases.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
  • L3Harris is being tasked with upgrading the flight-test instrumentation—essentially a high-tech nervous system for an unarmed missile.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
  • To manage this efficiency, the company is developing a software layer to balance workloads across the hardware, with plans to flight-test the system on an Apex Space satellite bus by late 2027.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Designed mainly for low-altitude aircraft, the battery reaches an energy density of 342 Wh per kilogram and has been installed and flight-tested in an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
  • For that final certificate, Vertical plans to build seven preproduction Valo aircraft, a new model similar to the VX4 but modified based on three years of flight-test data.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The aircraft recently completed flight-test campaigns in France and has accumulated more than 100 flight hours as Schiebel continues expanding its operational envelope.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 2026
  • Edwards is the Air Force's premier flight-test center, and B-52s stationed there are frequently used for developmental and modernization testing rather than routine operational missions.
    — Sophia Compton , Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • According to Pentagon data, the Tomahawk has been flight-tested more than 550 times and used operationally in over 2,300 strikes, according to Raytheon, the defense manufacturer.
    — CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • According to Otto, the flight-test campaign announced this week is self-funded and conducted independently of the DARPA and OECIF contract.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026

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