German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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.

Carbon-neutral 2070 vision; UK’s future flight projects; Kratos to build Chaparral; Powering data centers.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has spelled out a €35 billion ($40 billion) commitment for the military space sector through the end of the decade.

Lasers, maneuvering satellites and spaceplanes are getting more attention as Western militaries look to counter threats to their space systems.

Printing small turbines; cooling hybrid-electric; non-CO2 effects limit SAF; and Hamburg research projects.

GE-Beta team on turbogenerator; megawatt milestone for DLR’s Balis; fuel cell put through paces; and flying car meets other traffic.

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has operated its Balis fuel-cell propulsion testbed for the first time at a power level of more than 1 megawatt.

When non-CO2 effects are taken into consideration, the maximum lifecycle reduction in emissions possible with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is less than 50%.

Magnetic forces and electrolysis could be employed in space to generate oxygen for astronauts on deep space missions, researchers say.

DLR's latest snapshot of low-cost traffic in Germany shows some encouraging signs, but only at first glance.