Calspan has the subject matter expertise in wind tunnel operations, maintenance and engineering and has offered these services in support of off-site wind tunnel facilities. Calspan has provided significant resources to operate, maintain, and modernize their multi-facility campus in Buffalo, NY. For instance, Calspan operates and maintains a major Transonic Wind Tunnel as well as other associated facilities. Our heritage also includes operating and maintaining major wind tunnel facilities across the nation such as NASA Langley, NASA Ames and Arnold Engineering Development Center.

OFFERINGS/AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Design and construction of wind tunnel model supports, sub systems and related test facilities
  • Design, integration and management of state-of-the-art, high-speed data acquisition systems and instrumentation for aerospace test facilities
  • Off-site test engineering , oversight and coordination of wind tunnel programs
  • Operations, engineering & maintenance support for wind tunnel facilities
  • Broad expertise in low speed, subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic test techniques
Calspan-developed supplemental low flow (0.02 to 0.16 lbm/sec) air delivery system currently in use at its transonic wind tunnel for meeting secondary and tertiary flow requirements of advanced inlet duct configurations.
3-D CAD rendering of Calspan's captive trajectory system.