05 October 2021   VKI

Electric Propulsion: Prospects for Use in Very Low Earth Orbit

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01 October 2021   ONERA

ONERA, European Commission’s aerospace and defence industry expert

ONERA's appointment to the directorate-general for defence industry and space (DEFIS) expert group is a recognition of its skills in the integration of multidi ...

30 September 2021   NASA - Aeronautics

NASA Issues Contracts to Mature Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Technologies

NASA has selected two U.S. companies to support its Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) that will rapidly mature Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (E ...

30 September 2021   ILOT

The world’s first launch of a rocket powered by a detonation engine

A team from the Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation conducted the first successful flight test of an experimental rocket powered by a rocket engine using th ...

28 September 2021   NASA - Aeronautics

NASA Transfers Air Traffic Management Tool Updates to FAA

As part of an effort aimed at making aviation more sustainable, NASA has transferred findings from an air traffic management project to the Federal Aviation Ad ...

24 September 2021   NLR

Production of sustainable aviation fuels in the Netherlands might not meet demand

The post Production of sustainable aviation fuels in the Netherlands might not meet demand appeared first on Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre. ...

23 September 2021   DLR - Aeronautics

DLR is developing a Launch Coordination Center

The increasing commercialisation of space travel – often referred to as 'New Space' – will lead to significantly more spacecraft launches. More than 15,000 ...

22 September 2021   NASA - Aeronautics

NASA, FAA Invite Media to Briefing on Air Traffic Control Updates

NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a virtual briefing for media Tuesday, Sept., 28 at 1 p.m. EDT to discuss efforts to improve the su ...

17 September 2021   VKI

Federico Bariselli rewarded 2020 Solvay Awards

The 2019 and 2020 Solvay Awards took place on September 12th 2021 in Brussels. A total of 13 young STEM Ph.D got rewarded on that day. Among them, Federico Ba ...

17 September 2021   DLR - Aeronautics

Counting and counted upon – Before the emergence of the digital age, female 'computers' kept research alive

Today, computers perform most of our calculations. But how did research facilities carry out their calculations when the computer was in its infancy? At that t ...