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TU Delft Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
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2026
22 May

ReleaseSuccessful taxi test with AeroDelft hydrogen aircraft at Rotterdam The Hague Airport

2025
10 December

ReleaseEaton joins HYdrogen eLectrical Engine Novel Architecture (HYLENA) R&D project, taking sustainable aviation to new heights with revolutionary hydrogen-electric engines

20 November Ribbon cutting at the opening of Pratt & Whitney’s European Technology and Innovation Center in Houten, Netherlands, with Henri Werij, Michael Thacker, Jetske Verkerk, Lesia Protsailo, Wally Orisamolu and Vince Sidwell.

Pratt & Whitney opens European centre for propulsion innovation

The Netherlands-based ETIC will support collaborative work across hydrogen, hybrid-electric and gas turbine systems for future aircraft efficiency and performance.

26 June Markus Kochs-Kämper, CTO of Vaeridion, speakking at the Paris Air Show.

Vaeridion signs key Microliner agreements at Paris show

AURA AERO, Evolito, MT-Propeller and NLR have all been signed up to support the development and certification of Vaeridion’s electric aircraft.

3 June

ReleaseMare Group accelerates hydrogen applications in aerospace & defence

19 May

ReleaseICEFlight to accelerate maturation of cryogenic technologies for hydrogen-powered flight

15 April

ReleaseCormorant will go SAF to receive EASA certification

13 February

3D printing expert opens competence centre in Delft

Materialise joins the Aerospace Innovation Hub at TU Delft, expanding its aerospace partnerships and advancing additive manufacturing research.

30 January The facility will be co-located with Collins Aerospace’s European Innovation Hub in Houten, Netherlands.

Pratt & Whitney adds European centre for sustainable aviation

The Netherlands-based facility will develop advanced propulsion technologies to improve efficiency and reduce aircraft emissions.

2024
19 December

ReleaseVaeridion raises €14 million to roll out its electric Microliner by 2030 and meet the urgent need to decarbonise short-haul flights

12 December

ReleaseRTX signs MOU with Netherlands Aerospace Group to advance research collaboration enabling more sustainable aviation

19 September Menouer Boubekeur, Director of Strategic Development, Applied Research & Technology, Collins Aerospace; Ray Foley, Director of Advanced Systems & Demonstrators, Applied Research & Technology, Collins Aerospace; Todd Spierling, Principal Technical Fellow – Electrification, Power & Controls, Collins Aerospace; Mary Lombardo, Vice President of Engineering, Collins Aerospace; Henri Werij, Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft; Mechteld van Beijeren, Strategic Partnership Manager, Aerospace Engineering; Ingrid Houthuysen, Strategic Partnership Manager, Aerospace Engineering; Femke Verdegaal, Strategic Partnership Manager, Aerospace Engineering; and Micheal Winter, Chief Science Officer, RTX.

Collins, Pratt & Whitney and TU Delft collaborate on research

Among the first projects initiated as part of the MRA, Collins and TU Delft are collaborating on a high speed intelligent inspection system to enhance manufacturing processes for lightweight and recyclable materials.

2023
2 November

Nabucco foresees revolutionary wings for sustainable aviation

Structural buckling is generally avoided, but the Nabucco project no longer sees structural instability as a problem, but rather as a design opportunity to be explored for its revolutionary potential.

2 March

ReleaseCollins Aerospace to lead the development of thermoplastics for liquid hydrogen tanks

7 February

ReleaseOne of the world's largest thermoplastic aerostructures successfully completed in stunning project

2022
17 July

ReleaseGKN Aerospace-led Dutch collaboration to deliver €112M R&D programmes for sustainable aviation

15 July

ReleaseEmbraerX opens office in the Netherlands

2021
15 December A composite tank will be lighter.

Toray gains funding for composite hydrogen tank

A consortium of leading aerospace and design companies based in the Netherlands has received government funding to develop a key element of future liquid hydrogen systems - a composite tank.

2020
11 December

ReleaseMAHEPA announces: Hydrogen fuel cell driven Hy4 has flown

1 August

ReleaseSuccessful maiden flight for the TU Delft Flying-V

2019
20 November

ReleaseSuper-efficient wings take off - first flight for aeroelastic wings at Oberpfaffenhofen special-purpose airport

7 October

ReleaseTU Delft presents scale model and cabin for energy-efficient Flying-V

2 June

ReleaseKLM and TU Delft are joining forces to make aviation more sustainable

2010
9 September

ReleaseFlying "test bed" for electric/hybrid flying landed at Teuge