To ensure the reliability of the operation of aviation equipment, the regulatory documents provide for a large range of activities, the purpose of which is to prove that the design meets the requirements. A key link in ensuring reliability is the testing of full-size structures or individual, most critical components thereof. The procedure for such tests is extremely expensive and, as a rule, takes considerable time. Therefore, improving the methods of planning, organizing and conducting tests, collecting and processing information, solving problems of control and test automation represent a range of topical scientific and technical problems, on the basis of which the effectiveness of the tests and the reliability of their results depend. Some of these problems determine the motivation of this study.