Cal Poly San Luis Obispo professors Russ Westphal, left, and Aaron Drake posed next to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Beechcraft Beech 200 Super King Air aircraft. On the King Air’s wing is the Boundary Layer Data System (BLDS), a sensor developed by Cal Poly and Northrop Grumman. BLDS was flown at NASA Armstrong as a step towards creating a process allowing universities, small businesses and other interested parties to quickly test flight technologies.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Professor Russ Westphal, left, and NASA Armstrong’s Technology Transfer Officer Benjamin Tomlinson remove the Boundary Layer Data System (BLDS) sensor attached to the wing of a Beechcraft Beech 200 Super King Air. The BLDS was flight tested at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center to showcase rapid and flexible flight-testing capabilities.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Professor Russ Westphal works on the Boundary Layer Data System (BLDS) attached to the wing of a Beechcraft Beech 200 Super King Air aircraft. The BLDS was attached to the aircraft with removable adhesives for a flight test at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center.

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 06-23-11 LOCATION: Bld 9NW SUBJECT: Expedition 29 crew members, Dan Burbank, Don Pettit and Andre Kuiper during EVA Fluid QD Ops with instructor Sandra Moore WORK ORDER: 2011-1643 PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 06-23-11 LOCATION: Bld 9NW SUBJECT: Expedition 29 crew members, Dan Burbank, Don Pettit and Andre Kuiper during EVA Fluid QD Ops with instructor Sandra Moore WORK ORDER: 2011-1643 PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair

PHOTO DATE: 07-01-10 LOCATION: Bld g 17, Food Lab SUBJECT: Expedition 32 crew members Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA) with Expedition 31 crew member Joe Acaba during their missions food tasting PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair