Podcast: Sandro di Natale, HBK

About this episode

Sandro di Natale discusses various testing methods in aviation and space with insights on virtual and physical testing integration.

In this month’s podcast I’m talking to Sandro Di Natale, product and application manager from test and measurement company HBK. Sandro works on static and fatigue testing, wind tunnel testing and iron bird testing in both the aviation and space sectors. His clients include companies like Airbus, IABG, Dynetics, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, and Gulfstream. Sandro has some really interesting insights during that talk about integration between virtual and physical testing and how software can reall...

People in this episode

Guest: Sandro di Natale

Topics covered

• static testing
• fatigue testing
• wind tunnel testing
• iron bird testing
• aviation
• space
• virtual testing

Keywords

• static testing
• fatigue testing
• wind tunnel testing
• aviation
• space
• HBK
• virtual testing
• software

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HBK, Airbus, IABG, Dynetics, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream

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