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Aeronautics - technology integration and flight demostrators<img alt="" src="http://webtest.cira.it/PublishingImages/FLARE1.jpg" width="4160" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />https://www.cira.it/en/competences/aeronautics-integrations-flight-demos/Aeronautics - technology integration and flight demostratorsAeronautics - technology integration and flight demostrators<p>​Due to the increasing need for horizontal and vertical integration which is more and more characterizing  high technological content project  typical of the aviation industry , the AERO unit ensures the integration of aeronautical technologies necessary for the development of complex aviation systems for dual use : transport aircraft, general aviation aircraft , rotary wing and tilt rotor aircraft , trans - atmospheric high speed vehicles, remotely piloted aircrafts . AERO also ensures the design, development and operation of systems and demonstrators for the validation of aeronautical technologies.<br></p><p>The department is able to supply the following products to support the competitiveness and technological development of national and European aerospace industry:</p><ul><li>System engineering studies </li><li>Preliminary design of aeronautical systems </li><li>Definition of ground and flight demonstrators </li><li>Operation of flight demonstrators </li><li>Flight Test program defintion and management for technology demonstrators</li><li>Project management </li><li>Airworthiness process management</li></ul><ul><li>Technology integration </li><li>Technology validation  process up to medium-high maturity level. </li><li>System integration and system engineering </li><li>Fligh test methods </li><li>Innovative configuration design </li><li>Preliminary design methods </li></ul>

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Clean Aviation, Distributed Electric Propulsion demonstrator has successfully completed its Flight Tests at Grottaglie Airport in Italy<img alt="" src="https://www.cira.it/PublishingImages/DEP_SFD%20campagna%20di%20volo%202024.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />https://www.cira.it/en/competences/aeronautics-integrations-flight-demos/clean-aviation-concluse-a-grottaglie-le-prove-in-volo-del-dimostratore-dep-sfd-basato-su-propulsione-elettrica-distribuita/Clean Aviation, Distributed Electric Propulsion demonstrator has successfully completed its Flight Tests at Grottaglie Airport in ItalyClean Aviation, Distributed Electric Propulsion demonstrator has successfully completed its Flight Tests at Grottaglie Airport in ItalyBetween April 22 and July 5, 2024, the dynamically scaled demonstrator known as DEP-SFD (Distributed Electric Propulsion - Scaled Flight Demonstrator), developed under the Clean Aviation initiative (CleanSky 2 – LPA), successfully completed its experimental qualification and mission flight test campaigns.2024-07-15T22:00:00Z
Tests on the new composite wing of the OPTICOMS project have been successfully completed<img alt="" src="https://www.cira.it/PublishingImages/OPTICOMS%20project.JPG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />https://www.cira.it/en/competences/aeronautics-integrations-flight-demos/conclusi-con-successo-i-test-sulla-nuova-ala-in-composito-del-progetto-opticoms/Tests on the new composite wing of the OPTICOMS project have been successfully completedTests on the new composite wing of the OPTICOMS project have been successfully completedPiaggio Aerospace has successfully completed the final testing campaign on the innovative composite wing, developed under the European co-funded research project CleanSky2 (OPTICOMS project)2024-06-27T22:00:00Z
Best of session Human-Teaming 2 award at 42nd AIAA/IEEE digital avionics systems conference.<img alt="" src="https://www.cira.it/PublishingImages/premio%20al%20CIRA%20dasc2023.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />https://www.cira.it/en/competences/aeronautics-integrations-flight-demos/paper-cira-premiato-alla-42ª-conferenza-sui-sistemi-avionici-digitali/Best of session Human-Teaming 2 award at 42nd AIAA/IEEE digital avionics systems conference.Best of session Human-Teaming 2 award at 42nd AIAA/IEEE digital avionics systems conference.The paper “Innovative Low-Cost Design of a Ground Control Station for Unmanned Aerial Systems Experimentation" was awarded as best article of the Human Teaming 2 session at the 42nd AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)2023-10-17T22:00:00Z