A new capability
National Full Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) Test Engineer Al Lizak surveys the large rotor test apparatus test rig prior to tunnel. NFAC recently reached its first major milestone–that of achieving full operational capability for rotocraft testing. A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) helicopter is scheduled
this spring to be the first test with this capability since the facility reopened in 2006. (Photo by Dominic Hart)