January 27, 2020
December 4, 2019
Battery Management System for safe hybrid-electric aircraft operation
The BMS (Battery Management System) is a key enabling technology for hybrid-electric aircraft. Its function is to control the battery charge/discharge cycles, while also providing battery self-protection functionality by preventing over-voltage, under-voltage and over temperature... Continue reading
December 4, 2019
Certification basis for hybrid-electric aircraft
In the context of aviation Electric and Hybrid-Electric propulsion picked up incredible and unprecedented momentum. Development of standards for future application is a very complex task, typically with a 5-8 year horizon in activity before... Continue reading
November 25, 2019
New augmented and virtual technologies bring MAHEPA Panthera aircraft to life
New information and communication technologies are emerging so fast in today’s time that it is hard to keep track and even harder to absorb all the novelties. Technologies, such as HoloLens and VR glasses are... Continue reading
November 21, 2019
MAHEPA showcased and presented at Crea©tivity 2019
On 14 and 15 November two intense days of conferences, meetings and workshops with guests from all over the world were carried out at the Piaggio Museum in Pontedera, Italy. 14 editions from 2006 to... Continue reading
November 20, 2019
MAHEPA delivers at MEA Hamburg and Electric & Hybrid Aerospace Technology Symposium
MAHEPA project was recently presented in two conferences: ‘More Electric & Hybrid Aircraft 2019’ in Hamburg, Germany and in ‘Electric & Hybrid Aerospace Technology Symposium’ in Cologne, Germany by prof. dr. Josef Kallo (Head of... Continue reading
November 8, 2019
Experiencing virtual Panthera aircraft with HoloLens glasses
New information and communication technologies are emerging so fast in today’s time that it is hard to keep track and even harder to absorb all the novelties. Technologies, such as HoloLens and VR glasses are... Continue reading
October 29, 2019
6th consortium meeting held at the TU Delft
TU Delft held the 6th consortium meeting in October 2019. All project partners gathered together to discuss the progress of MAHEPA project. While several components of both aircraft are currently in the testing phase, we... Continue reading
October 16, 2019
MAHEPA project was part of the European Transport Conference
Beginning steps of the electrification of commercial passenger aircraft transport were presented at the European Transport Conference, an annual conference of the Association for European Transport, held in Dublin in October 2019. Each year the... Continue reading
September 24, 2019