The IPROP project has reached a significant milestone with the successful flight testing of its second pre-demonstrator airship, marking steady progress toward its long-term ambition – the development of a fully ion-powered airship.

The latest IPROP research results “Simulation of an Ionization Wave Propagating Along a Silicon-Based Surface” have presented by CNRS partner, where presented at the 36th International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG), on 25th July, in Aix-en-Provence.

From 7 to 11 July 2025, the University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna) participated in the poster session of the 51st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, and organized by the European Physical Society

IPROP Project was significantly represented in three different stages at EUCASS 2025 – the 11th European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences, one of the most respected international events in the global aerospace research community .

IPROP Project has been successfully presented to an audience of over 700 attendees at #ITEC2025 – IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo + Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (ITEC+EATS), held in Anaheim, California — a key international event supporting the transition to clean, electrified mobility.

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.