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The Research Aircraft Integration Facility (RAIF) simultaneously supports advanced, highly integrated aerospace vehicles through all phases of aeronautics, science, and space-based programs and projects.
NASA Armstrong’s RAIF seamlessly integrates simulation, vehicle software, and hardware systems under one roof. This one-of-a-kind facility can simultaneously support a wide variety of advanced, highly integrated aerospace vehicles through all phases of a flight project or program from conceptual design to flight.
The RAIF offers high fidelity 6-DOF batch and in-real-time flight simulation capabilities, as well as support for system integration and closed-loop verification and validation testing of vehicle components and flight vehicles. Also available are complete aircraft ground-support services, including all electrical, hydraulic, and cooling-air systems required for vehicle-system integration, functional checks, and routine aircraft maintenance.
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