The Airbus A320 Serving As A Eurofighter Typhoon Nose Cone Testbed
The testbed for the latest and greatest radar under development for the Eurofighter Typhoon is an unusual looking model of ...
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Airbus’ A320 ATRA with Eurofighter nose completes first flight
Airbus has revealed the completion of 'first flight' for German Aerospace Center's (DLR) modified Airbus A320 advanced technology research aircraft (ATRA) for the E-Scan radar project. This ...
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Airbus A320 ATRA Performs Maiden Flight After E-Scan AESA Radar Modification
Airbus announced that, on Jan. 21, 2025, the A320 ATRA (Advanced Technology Research Aircraft) flew for the first time from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Braunschweig, Germany, after the ...
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Germany flies A320 testbed modified to carry Eurofighter’s ECRS Mk1 radar
Conducted from the DLR’s Braunschweig site on 21 January, the sortie involved its A320 advanced technology research aircraft (ATRA), which has been equipped with a Eurofighter nose section.
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Airbus flies ATRA test aircraft modified for Eurofighter E-Scan radar
(Airbus) Airbus has flown the Advanced Technology Research Aircraft (ATRA) flight test aircraft (FTA) that has been modified for the Eurofighter electronically scanned (E-Scan) radar. The A320-232 ...
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Department Design Organisation
The Airbus A320 ATRA is the only aircraft in the fleet to be operated in the EASA-recognised EB. This special status was chosen in order to be able to co-operate closely with Airbus. This makes it ...
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Virtual flight test
A virtual flight test to identify the flight dynamic characteristics of the A320-ATRA. From the identified characteristics, a simplified but real-time capable model will be built, with which, among ...