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As a way to keep small natural gas power plants operating in anticipation of a hydrogen economy, the German Aerospace Center and Power Service Consulting have tested a way for micro-turbines to burn hydrogen, gas, or both.

The German Aerospace Center combines ultralight foam-sandwich construction and small, efficient fuel-cell power into the Safe Light Regional Vehicle, a flashy prototype meant to be an efficient, zero-emissions commuter for the city and beyond.

The German Aerospace Center has revealed a working prototype of a multi-use urban mobility and logistics vehicle called U-Shift, which is made up of an electric U-shaped base platform that's used to ferry around various pod modules.

DLR and Bauhaus Luftfahrt are studying how to make electric commuter aircraft practical. The CoCoRe project is using the example of a 19-seat hybrid-electric commuter aircraft to learn about the economics and environmental impact of the technology.

DLR is developing a new type of gyrocopter that ditches the pilot in favor of more cargo space. The focus of the Automated Low Altitude Air Delivery (ALAADy) system, the ALAADy Demonstrator unmanned gyrocopter is designed to autonomously deliver heavier cargoes at low altitudes.

​​Historically, space launches are anything but cheap, but reusable rocket programs like those from SpaceX and Blue Origin promise to significantly reduce costs (if they’re not already). In a similar vein, the EU is looking to develop a "rocket catcher" that snaffles boosters in mid-air for reuse.

Airbus Defence and Space and its partners have taken the jet-powered Sagitta demonstrator to the air for the first time. The UAV, which is intended to aid in the development of future production unmanned aerial vehicles, flew on a pre-determined course for around seven minutes during the test.

What goes up must come down, but how it comes down can have a big impact on where and how it used. In what is claimed as world first, researchers have gently landed a winged UAV on top of a car traveling at 75 km/h.

A new system to detect invisible and extremely difficult to detect clear-air turbulence (CAT) is currently being tested as part of a European joint project called DELICAT (Demonstration of LIDAR based CAT detection).

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has upgraded its DLR-Biped with a humanoid upper body and renamed it the Torque Controlled Humanoid Robot, or TORO for short.

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have developed a new type of range extender that can be powered by a range of different fuels.