This vision for greener aviation was recently featured on 26th May 2025 in La Repubblica, the most widely read newspaper in Italy, thanks to an interview with Marco Belan, professor of fluid dynamics at Politecnico di Milano, leader of the IPROP project. The article...
The IPROP project has been featured in the 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of APRE Magazine, thanks to the collaboration with Fondazione Politecnico di Milano. The full edition here. This edition at page 9, opens the discussion on the 𝗘𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲...
A novel design technique, where an airship featuring ion-plasma thrusters is sized for a low-altitude demonstration mission has been published on ICAS 2024 “34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences conference” proceedings. The research...
Interesting progress has been made on the IPROP project in 2024, pushing the boundaries of ionic thruster technology for atmospheric and stratospheric applications. Here the project achievements so far: ▪️ 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: · Development of 2D...
The Politecnico of Milano Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER), latest experimental campaign, within the IPROP project, focuses on optimizing EAD thrusters by testing nonuniform emitter arrangements. The study examines the impact of emitter...
