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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 the Cleansky2 Small Air Transport Aircraft demonstrator (SAT). The SAT […]

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 Air Transport-related technologies developed within the Program. The first two […]

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 on “Innovation in Aviation & Space to the Satisfaction of […]

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 innovative Flight Control Computer. The new equipment has been developed […]

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 Sky – the largest European aeronautical research program developing innovative […]

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 – the largest European aeronautical research program developing innovative technologies to […]

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 Officers) and External Experts. This milestone is intended to monitor […]

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 on track after the execution of its maiden flight in […]

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 been delivered to the VKI (Von Karman Institute), where Wind […]

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 optical fiber. Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system with optical fibers […]

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 for composite materials. Special attention will be paid for SAT, […]

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 project is increasing pace! We are almost on the starting […]

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) of SAT project took successfully place via WebEx at the […]

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. https://magazineabout.com/invent/maestro-ready-for-take-off

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 assembled. This represents a major milestone toward the achievements of […]

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 design, leading to the start of the physical realisation of […]

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 wing system, to give SAT (Small Aircraft Transport) improved lift […]

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 (Berlin, May 21st – 22nd). The full text paper is […]