We are pleased to share with you that Prof. George Zhizhao LIU, a professor at the Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics (LSGI), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has been appointed as a Technical Expert of the Inaugural Academic Committee of Large Aircraft Flight Laboratory (LAFLab) of Shanghai Aircraft Flight Test Engineering Co. Ltd, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC).
This appointment aims to further strengthen the academic leadership of the Large Aircraft Flight Laboratory and enhance its capacity to tackle key technologies in flight testing. As an important professional institution in the field of civil aircraft flight testing in China, the Large Aircraft Flight Laboratory is dedicated to research and validation work in areas such as flight performance, handling and stability characteristics, avionics systems, and airworthiness compliance verification.
Prof. LIU possesses profound academic expertise and extensive practical engineering experience in satellite navigation, space weather as well as extreme weather remote sensing and forecasting, and engineering solutions. He is one of the very few experts in the Greater China region who has both industrial experience in international leading GNSS satellite navigation manufacturers and research experience as a full professorship at a world‑top‑100 university. He is the only technical expert from Hong Kong region. The appointment will help the LAFLab achieve new breakthroughs in frontier technology exploration, complex problem-solving, and high-level talent development.
Shanghai Aircraft Flight Test Engineering Co., Ltd. stated that establishing the academic committee and appointing highly qualified expert members is a key initiative for the company to deepen industry-university-research collaborative innovation and advance flight test capabilities. In the future, the Large Aircraft Flight Laboratory will continue to bring together industry expertise to help enhance the independent innovation capabilities and international competitiveness of China's large aircraft flight testing.
About the Large Aircraft Flight Laboratory
The Large Aircraft Flight Laboratory is established and operated by Shanghai Aircraft Flight Test Engineering Co., Ltd. It focuses on major fundamental and frontier technical issues in civil large aircraft flight testing, conducting applied basic research and key technology development. It serves as an important technical support platform within China's large aircraft development and manufacturing chain.
About Shanghai Aircraft Flight Test Engineering Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Aircraft Flight Test Engineering Co., Ltd. is a core flight test unit under Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC). It undertakes key missions such as flight testing, airworthiness certification, and flight test capability development for domestically produced large aircraft, including the C919 and ARJ21.
