Jul 7, 2025 | News
It is the first experimental LTA prototype developed at the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology – Politecnico di Milano and marks an important step in both the project and further collaboration with industry. Designed and built through a collaboration...
Jun 4, 2025 | News
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...
Feb 11, 2025 | News
The IPROP project has been featured in the ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป 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 ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐: ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ...
Jan 16, 2025 | News
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 โ34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences conferenceโ proceedings. The research...
Jan 7, 2025 | News
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: โช๏ธ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ: ยท Development of 2D...
Dec 17, 2024 | News
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...
