The T-WING consortium, coordinated by CIRA and consisting of important representatives of the Italian aeronautical sector, was the winner of the competition for the development and realisation of the wing of the new Tiltrotor aircraft being developed by Leonardo Helicopters within the scope of the Clean Sky 2 Fast Rotorcraft.
In our Space Qualification Laboratory has just been completed the Demise Observation Capsule testing campaign. It is a "black box" that will be installed on board of the future European Launchers, to acquire images and data useful for studying the trajectories of the various components during their return to the earth.
A test campaign was successfully performed in the hypersonic facility Ghibli in the framework of the collaboration between CIRA and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), devoted to research and development of UHTC (Ultra-high-temperature ceramics) coatings on ceramic matrix composite materials (CMC).
A test campaign was successfully performed in the hypersonic facility GHIBLI for the German Aerospace Center DLR in the framework of the European funded LIGHT-TPS project.
The tests concerned Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics coatings for super light-weight Thermal Protection Systems of space re-entry vehicles.
CIRA carried out a drop test at its LISA (Aerospace Structures Impact Laboratory) facility. The test involved a section of fuselage from a regional transport aircraft, made from a composite material produced by the Leonardo Company. This test forms part of the DAC-CERVIA project.
A series of hot-fire tests for the Thrust Chamber Assembly FSBB has been completed at the Avio Fast2 plant in Colleferro. It involved an injector plate with 18 injectors, designed and manufactured by CIRA using innovative vacuum brazing techniques, and a dummy Avio combustion chamber with the internal design of the Hyprob Demo chamber.
