Systems testing remains the unsung backbone of the flight test profession as well as on-going improvements to aircraft capability and safety. The real truth is that if you could put all the F-35 black boxes into Cessna Caravan and put on a hard point or two to hang special delivery packages, you'd have 85% of the capability in all areas except stealth. (Okay, 85% may be a little high, but you get the point.) Anyway, the 400-XPR cert program now revolves around systems testing, so they've bumped up the fleet to get it done.
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