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Aicraft-0 SAT D1 for greener, safer and affordable More Electric (MEA) and Fly-by-Wire (FbW) Small Air Transport (SAT)
The increasing demand for sustainable and safer air mobility has rendered System Electrification and Digitalization pivotal drivers for future Small Aircraft’s competitiveness. Cleansky2 SAT project has researched how to overcome…
Piaggio Aerospace at EASN
Last week, Piaggio Aerospace participated in European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN) 2024 congress held in Thessaloniki, making significant strides in aviation innovation. Gianvito Apuleo delivered two key presentations: On October…
Piaggio Aerospace presented Aircraft-0 SAT D1 project at ICAS
Last week, Piaggio Aerospace participated in The International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) 2024.During the event, Michele Mancini presented the project “Aircraft-0 SAT D1” to develop greener, safer, and…
Opticom Project: Final Test Campaign
Piaggio Aerospace has completed the final testing campaign for the innovative composite wing developed under the European co-funded research project Clean Aviation (OPTICOMS project)A composite wingbox, an integral 7-meter “fasteners…
Clean Aviation Forum in Bruxelles
A Piaggio Aerospace Team participated in the annual Clean Aviation Forum in Bruxelles on the 5th and 6th of March. During the event, the main achievements of the research at a…
Electrical Power Generation and Distribution System for Small Air Transport
OVERVIEWThe Electrical Test Bench Demonstrator D19 focuses on the verification of the architecture and its associated technologies of an Electrical Power Generation and Distribution System (EPGDS) for Small Aircraft application,…
Final Review Meeting
Piaggio Aerospace is proud to announce the conclusion of the Clean Sky 2 “Small Air Transport” (SAT) framework, which recorded significant advances in the study and maturation of technologies aimed…
SAT Innovation with ELISA Project
Piaggio Aerospace has taken a significant step in aeronautical innovation for Small Air Transport (SAT) Design through the successful completion of Project E-LISA, which stands for ” Electro-mechanical Landing gear…
Annual Review Meeting 2023
The Annual Review Meeting of the Clean Sky 2 “Small Air Transport” (SAT) has taken place at Piaggio Aerospace HQs in Villanova d’Albenga, Italy in April 2023, in the presence…
Fly-by-Wire Flight Control System Demonstrator test
Piaggio Aerospace has recently welcomed Clean Aviation representatives to its lab in Villanova d’Albenga to show the development of the ‘More Electric Fly-by-Wire’ technology, a project that is part of…
Piaggio Aerospace at the Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space to the Satisfaction of the European Citizens”
The 12th EASN Conference on Innovation in Aviation & Space to the Satisfaction of the European Citizens has taken place in Barcelona from 18th to 21st October 2022. EASN Conference is intended both as…
Piaggio Aerospace at the ICAS Conference
Last week the world of aeronautics gathered at the International Council of the Aeronautical Science (ICAS) conference in Stockholm: this event takes place every two years and represents a unique…
Conference Papers published in the Institute of Physics journal
Following the 11th EASN Conference participation, in September 2021, we are delighted to announce the publication in the IOP (Institute of Physics) Journal of the two conference papers written and…
Piaggio Aerospace at the GPPS Aviation Day on Hybrid Electric Aircraft
Piaggio Aerospace participated in the “Aviation Day” of the Global Power and Propulsion Society (GPPS) Forum22 in Zurich (SUI) on June 22nd ,2022. The event was intendeded to discuss and…
SAT Interim Progress Review Meeting: good progress of 2021 activities
We are now entering the final stage of the Clean Sky2 program: the testing phase! Two ground demonstrators and one flying experimental aircraft will test in a real environment the Small…
Piaggio Aerospace at the Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space to the Satisfaction of the European Citizens”
Research activities at Piaggio Aerospace do not go on holiday this summer: two main achievements related to Clean Sky 2 activities will be discussed at the 11th Virtual International Conference…
First Flight Control Computer delivered to Piaggio Aerospace for preliminary integration tests
An important step towards the final testing phase of a more affordable fly-by-wire, to be installed into small aircraft, has been achieved with the delivery to Piaggio Aerospace of an…
Good progress for SAT activities shown at the Annual Review Meeting
The reduction of both aircraft pollution and noise emission is one of the major goals of the European aerospace industry, targeting climate neutrality (net zero greenhouse emission) in 2050. Clean…
Good progress for SAT-related activities shown at Engines ITD Annual Review Meeting
The reduction of both aircraft pollution and noise emission is one of the major goals European aerospace industry, targeting climate neutrality (net zero greenhouse emission) in 2050. Clean Sky –…
System ITD Annual Review Meeting
Systems ITD (Integrated Technology Demonstrator) 2021 ARM (Annual Review Meeting) has been hold remotely on April 7th-8th 2021 at the presence of Systems ITD representative, JU (Joint Undertaking) POs (Project…
SAT-AM: Flight test campaign of innovative composite engine nacelle for future SAT aircraft
SAT Core Partner SAT-AM (Small Air Transport – Affordable Manufacturing) flight test campaign of the experimental PZL (Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze) M28 aircraft mounting the innovative composite engine nacelle is proceeding…
Prototype of high-lift wing equipped with boundary layer control system
MOTHIF (Model Testing of High lifting system ) testing is finally about to start! After a long journey, started in January 2020 in Belgium, the wind tunnel model prototype has…
Opticoms SHM small demonstrator
For CS2 OPTICOMS project, in September 2020, a 1.2m composite wing box, was successfully tested in Piaggio’s lab to check CIRA’s SHM algorithm capability to monitor bonding lines integrity through…
WS composite
Clean Sky 2 JU has organized a Virtual Workshop on Composite Material Manufacturing on 3 December 2020 (09.00-17.00) by remote conference (WebEx) to discuss about progress in the manufacturing process…
VKI blowing trailing edge
The manufacturing and delivery of the blowing trailing edge module of the aerofoil section to be tested at VKI (Von Karman Institute) wind tunnel facility has been successfully accomplished. MOTHIF…
IPR SAT
After the positive assessment of the activities carried out in 2019 during the SAT ARM (Annual Review Meeting) of June 2020, on November 27th 2020, the IPR (Interim Progress Review)…
Maestro ready for take-off
The European research project for small air transport has contributed new technologies that will soon fly with the GE’s Catalyst, whilst looking ahead at driving an even more sustainable future….
Eco-Friendly Cabin Ground Demo for Small Aircraft Built
Despite the COVID-19 outbreak and various related restrictions as identified at national level, in September 2020 a full scale ground cabin demonstrator for more affordable small aircraft was built and…
IMASAT (Integrated Modular Avionics for SAT) CDR (Critical Design Review) Closure
IMASAT CfP has achieved one of the most important milestones at the beginning of 2020, with the closure of system CDR. This important milestone has closed and frozen the equipment…
MOTHIF (Model Testing of High Lift System) Innovative High Lift System Progress
MOTHIF Call for Proposal (CfP) is part of the Clean Sky 2 Airframe Integrated Technology Demonstrator (ITD). Target of this CfP is to design and test an innovative high lift…
Best Presentation Award at ICAS2020
Diego Giuseppe Romano, Coordinator of the Clean Sky 2 Small Air Transport (CS2 SAT) Project, has been awarded with “Best Presentation Award” by the ICAS2020: International Conference on Aeronautical Sciences…