Triumph Aerostructures - Vought Aircraft Division Test Laboratories play a key role in the aerostructures development and production operations.
Since 1948, the company’s Test Labs consistently offer customers cost-effective, state-of-the art capabilities in a fully equipped and certified facility centrally located in Dallas, Texas. With U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification and Department of Defense security clearances, the company’s labs are the only testing facilities not operated by prime aerospace manufacturing OEMs. Triumph Aerostructures - Vought Aircraft Division has full life-cycle testing capabilities, including full-scale structures.
Triumph Aerostructures - Vought Aircraft Division provides these comprehensive structures testing capabilities:
- Test design and fabrication
- Coupon/component testing
- Structures testing
- Full-scale testing
- Advanced development and certification testing
Materials Technology Group
The Materials Technology Group is a collection of engineers and scientists who apply their technical expertise in the areas of chemistry, composites, polymers, metals, paints, and coatings to a wide variety of surfaces.
Some of these services include:
- Process Consultants
- Failure Analysis
- R&D for Process Development
- SPC Evaluations
- Analytical Technique Development
- New Material Evaluations
- Coupon Fabrication and Testing
- Supplier Process Review and Certification
- Specification Review and Certification
- Engineering Test Plans and DOE
- Customer Interface for Test Requests for Laboratory Services
- Coordination Technical Activities
- Program Technical Support
Test Operations
Test Operations has an industry-wide reputation for:
- Outstanding cost and schedule performance
- Engineering excellence in structural testing
- Verification and qualification testing
Test Operations offers timely response to changing customer requirements and solicits outside testing to maintain competence in technical skills and maximize use of specialized testing equipment and facilities. Test Operations is comprised of the Structures Test Laboratory and Computer Operations and Instrumentation.
Structures Test Laboratory
The company’s structures test laboratories are staffed by an experienced team of design, test, and computer engineers and technicians. This team provides the resources necessary to develop project-specific, customer-tailored testing and reporting programs that support a wide variety of products. The laboratories are capable of designing and fabricating test fixtures and tooling, and is supported by an extensive automated test and instrumentation operation.
Through these resources, the Structures Test Laboratories provide testing for:
- Component Testing
- Full Scale Static & Fatigue Testing
- Materials Testing
- Full Scale Aircraft Drop Testing
- Computer Operations and Instrumentation
Computer Operations and Instrumentation
Test Operations' Computer Operations and Instrumentation Groups use current measurement and control techniques and equipment to provide instrumentation, test control, and data acquisition for structural and systems tests. Skilled Engineers and technicians perform the necessary support to ensure test programs are completed within budget and on schedule. Services provided include selection and design of test control, data acquisition systems, and instrumentation equipment, technical support in the selection of instrumentation requirements to ensure valid test results, application software design and implementation, maintenance and operation of electrical and electronic test equipment, and video/high speed movie applications, and calibration traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The staff has extensive experience in hardware design, software design, fabrication, and installation.
- Computer Operations
- Ground Test Instrumentation
- Flight Test Instrumentation