ADVANCING AEROSPACE. GROUNDED IN SALINA.
Professional Expertise
The Aerospace Education Hub provides easy access for the aerospace industry to test and evaluate advanced enabling technologies, utilizing ground infrastructure, extensive flight corridors and Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, test ranges that exist or will be developed in Kansas and beyond. Expertise in design-build-repair of a variety of aircraft plaforms allows for holistic support of advanced aerospace operations. The new 60,000 square foot facility is expected to open in early 2027.
Core capabilities
- Advanced air mobility, or AAM, and beyond visual line of sight, or BVLOS, flight training.
- Flight test engineering and piloted/unpiloted operations.
- Coordinated multi-aircraft flight campaigns.
- Ground-based detect and avoid operations.
- Composite and advanced material testing and repair.
- Training and certification aligned to FAA and industry standards.
Features:
University faculty and researchers skilled in a variety of UAS, composites, maintenance and advanced aerospace operations.
Aircraft certification and airworthiness support.
Operator, pilot, composites and maintenance training and certification.
OEM-supported pilot and operator training.