German aerospace center (DLR)

The German aerospace center DLR is looking to construct vertiport infrastructure at its Cochstedt facility to better assess how future operations might work.

DLR low-altitude tests; Dronamics uncrewed cargo trials; DARPA’s first Lift Challenge; Tekever VTOL uses hydraulic propulsion; and Sceye lighter-than-air HAPS.

The German government is looking for ways to potentially disrupt satellite communications in its latest move to build up military space capabilities.

DLR Begins Flight Trials With HAP Demonstrator

The DLR has begun flight trials of its uncrewed high-altitude platform, a demonstrator to validate the air vehicle and sensor technologies for lower stratosphere operations.

HyImpulse secures DLR backing for its hybrid-engine SL1 rocket, targeting a 2027 orbital launch from Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport.

Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has completed the first flight-test campaign of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, marking a milestone for the city-state's aerospace industry as its first aircraft designed, engineered and built domestically.

Yacht composites to aircraft, Caravan hydrogen conversions, electric light sport aircraft, and fuel-cell propulsion for ultralights.

Germany is funding development of a modular hydrogen fuel-cell retrofit propulsion system for ultralight aircraft.

Space startup The Exploration Company has launched an ambitious push to develop a reusable heavy-lift launcher, looking to largely draw on private financing.

Certification by analysis, an approach that replaces some tests with virtual assessments, may contribute to maturing technologies faster.

EDA advances automated refueling tests to include unmanned aircraft and tankers.

As Rolls-Royce wraps up hydrogen-fueled engine tests, attention focuses on dual-fuel, combustion and cryogenic capabilities.

AI-driven morphing wing; Autonomous electric crop spraying; Electric engine for GA; Safran powers electric trainer.

DLR has begun flying the Proteus, an uncrewed aircraft designed to fly with either a reference conventional wing or an experimental morphing wing.

Germany's aerospace center DLR has begun flying an uncrewed testbed designed to demonstrate shape-changing morphing wing technology in flight.

NASA’s X-plane call; batteries for eR66; air-to-fuel SAF process; and volatiles key to contrails.

MTU Aero Engines expands into drone propulsion with AeroDesignWorks acquisition, boosting European systems and missile power tech.

German aerospace research center DLR has released the results of the flight tests conducted with Airbus and CFM International in 2023.

The head of the European Space Agency has framed Europe’s need to pursue lunar missions in unusually security-focused terms for the civilian organization.

A subscale eVTOL demonstrator has been unveiled by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, expected to pave the way for a four-passenger, full-scale vehicle targeted for certification in 2030.

A German project has concluded that further research is needed before contrail-avoidance procedures can be used in regular airline operations.

Active twist rotor; vertical takeoff assist for eVTOL; propeller energy recovery; and tailored microbes for SAF production.

A global team of researchers has demonstrated that active twisting of helicopter main rotor blades could help reduce noise and vibration levels.

A cooperation agreement has been signed for an innovative e-fuels demonstration research plant in Germany.