News and activities

    16 September 2021    20:00 - 21:00 Project Sparrow is the newest full-time team of student association Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering, also known as DARE. Last year the team spent time on developing an engine that does not work on solid content but on liquid fuel like ethanol or hydrogen combined with liquid oxygen . Founded in 2001, DARE has been designing, building, and launching rockets for over 20 years and during this time they have broken the altitude record for a student build rocket multiple times! However, Project Sparrow is looking beyond just breaking the altitude record again, the team aims to develop a rocket with the capability of going orbital in the next few years! This would be the first time a student team is even allowed to attempt such a feat and it depends completely on the motivation, endurance and sheer will power of the 40 students working on the project. Last year the students fully focussed on building the most complex part of the ro...

On Thursday 6 May | 17:30-19:30 CEST our partner Eurodefense organises an important webinar titled  'Breaking the Impasse' on their policy proposal for the future of European defence cooperation.  Register here for the webinar . The security and defence capabilities of the EU should be strengthened. There is a growing Europe wide support for a more effective defence and better cooperation. However, multilateral defence cooperation in past decades was difficult. To give new impetus Eurodefense developed a proposal comprising four elements: 1. A permanent, limited, but high-quality intervention capacity of the European Union for direct action in case of crisis.  2. Development and introduction of new technologies and capabilities beyond the capacity of most Member States. 3. Improving fast EU decision-making in crisis situations by a EU security council. 4. Strengthening the EU command structure to effectively lead EU units the EU contribution to NATO. For more informatio...

    Webinar  7 April 2021 | 19:30 - 20:30   Ground effect boats, although not well known, have recently begun to be rediscovered for use in both military and commercial areas.  Ground effect vehicles cruise at very high speeds without touching the water, thanks to the air cushion formed under their wings at low altitude. While the resistance acting on the wing during the cruise decreases, the wing efficiency increases as the lift force increases. In this way, ground-effect vehicles can reach speeds higher than any other marine vehicle. In addition, they have less fuel consumption, longer range and higher carrying capacity than aircraft and helicopters.  The proposed design differs from conventional ground effect vehicles by its hover (with a middle fan) and VTOL capabilities. This natural sea skimmer with extreme speed and VTOL capability makes the vehicle a suitable choice in diverse environments with efficiency, long-range, higher load capacity, lowe...