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Some military analysts said Tuesday that the J-20's 15-minute test-flight, over an airfield in the southwestern city of Chengdu, was timed both for Gates' China visit, which ended a year of stalled military links between the two nations, and just ahead of President Hu's state visit to the USA next week.

China confirms stealth jet-test flight during Gates' visit 2011

Chicago-based Boeing on Thursday also said it will add a fifth airplane to its test-flight fleet.

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Though largely hidden from view, NASA is hard at work building ground test facilities, refining designs, testing hardware, and later this summer the agency will launch the Ares 1-X test-flight at the Kennedy Space Center as well as conduct a critical pad abort launch test.

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In any test-flight program, "sometimes you come up against something that wasn't predicted," he said, but the vehicle ended up demonstrating its basic soundness and stability.

Virgin Galactic's Flights Seen Delayed Yet Again Andy Pasztor 2011

Scott Fancher , general manager of the 787 program, said that planes equipped with engines from Rolls-Royce Group PLC were 96% through the flight-test program, while the two test planes using General Electric Co. engines had finished 75% of the test-flight regime.

Boeing Weighs Options for Planes Peter Sanders 2011

Though largely hidden from view, NASA is hard at work building ground test facilities, refining designs, testing hardware, and later this summer the agency will launch the Ares 1-X test-flight at the Kennedy Space Center as well as conduct a critical pad abort launch test.

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As Chinese websites splashed pictures and video of the first test-flight of the J-20 stealth fighter jet Tuesday, China's President Hu Jintao gave the first official confirmation of the test in a meeting with Gates, who said he asked Hu if the flight had been timed for his trip.

China confirms stealth jet-test flight during Gates' visit 2011

ANA already has its livery painted on one of the six test-flight planes and has likely received hefty concessions from Boeing as a result of the mishaps.

Boeing Sees Long-Delayed 787 Deliveries Starting in Third Quarter Peter Sanders 2011

Mr. Albaugh said the company had built in some cushion to its test-flight certification schedule, but that some early snags have already eaten into some of that buffer.

Boeing's Dreamliner Lags Testing Schedule Peter Sanders 2010

In 2005, Boeing rival Airbus discovered major wiring issues during the test-flight program of its superjumbo A380.

Boeing's Dreamliner Lags Testing Schedule Peter Sanders 2010