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Honda Aircraft Inaugurates Echelon Jet Test Facility
Testing will inform further refinement of the next Honda business jet
Honda Aircraft Echelon integration test facility
Honda Aircraft employees celebrated the launch of the Echelon advanced systems integration test facility, which will be used for testing systems and the aerodynamic model for the new light jet.

Honda Aircraft has achieved a key step in the development of the Echelon light jet: inauguration of the advanced systems integration test facility (ASITF) at its Greensboro, North Carolina headquarters. The ASITF is a development simulator, replicating many aspects of the aircraft with actual hardware components and computer hardware and software.

According to the company, “There is a lot that goes into it, but it is important to stress that this is a development simulator. That means that, while it uses some real aircraft hardware and flight computing systems, it is built to a unique set of specifications for a unique purpose...to facilitate the maturation of the HondaJet Echelon systems.”

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