DLR honoured for its training standards for flight test engineers
June 29, 2026
DLR honoured for its training standards for flight test engineers
DLR Flight Experiments Facility receives award for training standards for flight test engineers
Sebastian Burwitz und Ingmar Mayerbuch bei der Übergabe der Auszeichnungsurkunde von Jeffrey Canclini, Präsident Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE)
The Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE) has recognised the DLR’s Flight Experiments (FX) unit for its achievements in the field of training and ongoing professional development of its flight test engineers
The DLR is the first organisation in Europe to receive this award
Focus: Aviation, Training
DLR is the first European organisation to be recognised for its training standards for flight test engineers
On 9 June 2026, the DLR’s Flight Experiments (FX) unit was honoured by the Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE) with a “recognition for outstanding commitment to raising the standards of flight testing (…)” as part of the Society’s ‘Recommended Practices’ for its achievements in the field of training and continuing professional development for flight test engineers.
The aim of the SFTE Recommended Practices Committee is to raise standards in the field of flight testing, specifically with regard to the training of flight test engineers. An independent assessment process has established that the training standards, the associated procedures and the practices followed by the DLR in this field are exemplary.
The certificate was presented during the symposium organised by the European Chapter of the SFTE in Berlin.
The DLR is the first organisation in Europe and the third worldwide to receive this award.
The Society of Flight Test Engineers’ ‘mission statement’ reads as follows:
The Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE) is an international professional organisation whose aim is to advance the effectiveness, safety and efficiency of flight testing. The Society is dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and to fostering collaboration across the entire aerospace industry by promoting expertise and enhancing the standing of flight test professionals within the sector.
