
Working group participants seek to leverage experience and investments in complementary research by other IFAR members, and to create a forum where research status and information can be readily exchanged. They will harmonize concepts for research and identify research challenges for transformation of aviation operations and safety for the 2025-2045 timeframe.

The WG develops a global Infrastructure Database that shall contain R&D testing facilities data from 26 IFAR member countries. The intent is to gather and maintain up to data regarding R&D testing facilities from those 26 national research centres in order to facilitate 1) international collaboration on R&D projects and

The IFAR Working Group for Sustainable Aviation was created to consider the best options on a path towards sustainable aviation. Its objective is to collect and exchange information on research programmes focusing on sustainable aviation to identify promising areas of collaboration between members within a particular area.
13th IFAR Summit in Prague, 17th to 20th October 2022
The 13th IFAR Summit took place in Prague from 17th to 20th October and was hosted by VZLU.
12th IFAR Summit 2021 Warsaw
- Start-Date: 2021-10-18
- End-Date: 2021-10-21
- Location: Warsaw, Poland
The 12th IFAR Summit 2021 was hosted by the Lukasiewicz Institute of Aviation (ILOT), Warsaw, which is celebrating its 95th anniversary this year and was to take place from 18th to 21st October 2021. The chosen summit theme was Sustainable Aviation.
11th IFAR Summit 2020, Canada, Part Two
- Start-Date: 2021-03-23
- End-Date: 2021-03-25
- Location: Online-event
In Part Two of the 11th IFAR Summit 2020 its host, the National Research of Canada, (NRC), Ottawa and its Chair, the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI), Moscow drew the focus of the overall summit theme “Enabling the Future – Certfication and Regulation” onto industry and researchers.
https://ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl/en/meeting-nasa-administrator/
https://ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl/en/12-night-at-the-institute-of-aviation-trailer/
https://www.nlr.org/news/ground-test-batteries-of-scaled-model-electric-aircraft-failed/
https://www.nlr.org/news/setback-for-research-project-with-electric-scale-model/