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Green technology showcase demonstrates latest environmental technologies

09 Mar 2021

Hundreds of business representatives and policy makers joined Cranfield University academics at a virtual green technology showcase.

Cranfield rises to the Future Flight Challenge

10 Feb 2021

Researchers at Cranfield University took part in 9 projects recently announced as winners of UK Research and Innovation’s Future Flight Challenge

Fernando Alonso, former Airbus Head of Airbus Military Aircraft and Flight Test, joins Cranfield University as Visiting Professor

29 Jan 2021

Fernando Alonso, the former Head of Airbus Flight Test Organisation and, later, Head of Military Aircraft at Airbus joins Cranfield University as a Visiting Professor.

Feedback sought for temporary airspace change proposal

22 Jan 2021

Cranfield University is launching a period of targeted engagement to gather feedback for a temporary airspace change proposal to develop the National Beyond visual line of sight Experimentation Corridor (NBEC).

World-leading digital aviation research facility handed over to Cranfield University

17 Dec 2020

Cranfield University has officially received the new Digital Aviation and Research Technology Centre (DARTeC) building from contractor R G Carter.

Cranfield University's annual memorial lecture celebrates its National Flying Laboratory Centre

09 Dec 2020

Cranfield University and the Royal Aeronautical Society held the 41st annual Handley Page Memorial Lecture, celebrating the in-flight measurement and research conducted by the National Flying Laboratory Centre

Cranfield University academics comment on the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution

18 Nov 2020

Cranfield academics comment on the implications of the Government’s ten-point plan released today, 18 November 2020.

Cranfield and NERC Digital Sprint powers rapid digital environmental solutions to tackle effects of COVID-19

14 Oct 2020

A digital sprint has seen multiple projects awarded prizes for innovation and use of digital technology.

Cranfield and Marshall of Cambridge sign option agreement for Air Park development site

06 Oct 2020

The University and Marshall of Cambridge have signed an option agreement for the potential relocation of MADG to Cranfield Airport

New local testing site opened in Central Bedfordshire

05 Oct 2020

A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility is to open for those with symptoms to book appointments at Cranfield University

Cranfield supports ZeroAvia’s world first hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft flight

25 Sep 2020

Cranfield University supported ZeroAvia in achieving the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered flight of a commercial-grade aircraft.

Drones used to conduct automated inspections at Cranfield Airport

06 Aug 2020

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used to inspect the runway at Cranfield Airport remotely for the first time.

More than £2.4 million to support COVID-19 economic recovery in Milton Keynes

05 Aug 2020

MK:U’s Start Up to Scale Up Programme has been awarded £2,435,000 from the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP).

Ministry of Defence awards Gold Employer Recognition for supporting the Armed Forces community

04 Aug 2020

Cranfield University has been granted a Gold Employer Recognition award by the Ministry of Defence.

The space exploration gender gap: all-female crew set for mission to Mars research station in US

30 Jun 2020

Six engineers, geologists and scientists, all under 28-years-old, will be going to the Mars simulation centre for a two-week mission in February 2021.