The Advisory Committee of the Aeronautics and Space Agency supports the management of the FFG and the Aeronautics and Space Agency in the development of aerospace strategies, especially with regard to the participation in ESA optional programmes.

The Aerospace Engineering department offers a diverse set of engineering courses in combination with hands-on student projects such as our Nanosatellite program or the development of large transportation drohnes.In cooperation with our R&D daughter, FOTEC, the deparment provides ample possibility for the students to experience high-end research. The laboratory facilities of the Aerospace Engineering department and fotec include small, medium and large vacuum facilities, environmental testing facilities and many others.

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The Space Propulsion and Advanced Concept group of AIT developed electrical and chemical propulsion systems under contract with the European Space Agency and the Austrian National Space Agency. Development efforts focused on Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP), Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) and chemical propulsion systems based on green propellants such as hydrogen peroxide and ammoniumdinitramide (ADN).Major milestones inlcude:- Project manager for the development of LISA PF Micropropulsion System (ESA)- Projekct manager for the FP7 project GRASP (EC)- Project manager for the development of the charge balance devices for the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission (NASA)

Development of a plasma acceleration method for ultrafast surface treatment of metallic surfaces. Design and assessment of the acceleration coil and assessment of the material properties of the treated surfaces.