Our History in Providing Independent Engineering Services - 1980s
1981
Airbags
Calspan performs development research into automobile airbag systems.
N101VS
Learjet N101VS, a highly modified variable stability aircraft, becomes operational.
1982
Child Safety
Calspan initiates testing of child automobile restraint systems.
1987
Calspan-SRL
Calspan-SRL: System Research Laboratory (of Dayton, Ohio) is acquired and the company becomes Calspan-SLR.
1988
VISTA
Calspan-SLR receives a major sub-contract from General Dynamics for development and modification of an F-16D into The Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA).
100,000 Hours
The Transonic Wind Tunnel reaches 100,000 hours of test operation.
