The Future of Aerospace

Written by Vishal Ranjan | Updated: February 12, 2026

Aerospace industry and its further Advancements

Structural evaluations in the aviation sector

Academic Flying Groups (Akademische Fliegergruppe, abbreviated Akaflieg) allow students to put what they have learned in the classroom into practice by designing new aviation concepts. They frequently develop distinctive prototypes. The history of Brunswick’s Club is one to be proud of: Sailplane Braunschweig (SB) prototypes have set records in flight, received awards, and contributed innovative concepts to aviation.

A high-performance two-seater 20 m long

The SB 15 prototype is a tandem two-seat high-performance aircraft with a 20 m wingspan and an ergonomic cockpit. The structure of the fuselage has been strengthened to provide passive occupant protection. Before receiving the German Federal Aviation Office’s type certification, the two-fuselage seater must pass a number of tests. For instance, it must be shown that both pilots will fit in the survival cell in the event of a collision.

ARAMIS verification of crashworthiness

The test’s goal is to gauge how much the outer shell of the fuselage deforms, especially in the vicinity of the cockpit cutout. Three ARAMIS sensors were daisy-chained and synchronized to function as a shared measurement system to capture deformations as seamlessly as feasible. ARAMIS delivers full-field 3D coordinates utilizing grey value patterns and records the 3D coordinates over time – without any contact – in contrast to conventional sensors that can only detect discrete spots. The reference coordinates in a point cloud are then used to convert the 3D coordinates into a shared measuring project. Reference points that resembled these coordinates adhered to the test fixture, and the portable TRITOP CMM was used to take measurements.