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Our Mission
In today’s globalized world, trade and travel play a fundamental role in many people’s lives, both professionally and personally. Climate-neutral mobility, especially climate-neutral air transport, is an important measure to mitigate climate change. Climate-neutral air transport creates the framework conditions for achieving economic and social sustainability goals. Universal access to safe and climate-neutral air transport connects people and companies around the world.
A significant increase in the overall efficiency of aircraft is the prerequisite for realizing the vision of a climate-neutral air transport system. The consistent further development of aircraft and propulsion technologies will make a significant contribution to this goal. The synergies associated with a greatly increased integration of propulsion systems in future commercial aircraft will contribute to this goal with a potential of 10 to 20% additional energy savings.
Our goals & methods
We utilize interactions between the disciplines of aerodynamics, acoustics, flight physics, structural mechanics and thermodynamics through a multidisciplinary, cross-system view of the aircraft development process in order to develop future highly efficient aircraft through innovative approaches.
The main pillars of this integration are Boundary Layer Ingestion (BLI), Distributed Propulsion (DP), the combination of thrust generation and aircraft control as well as the various aspects of the integration of the propulsion systems in the airframe. The comprehensive evaluation of synergies and the optimally balanced application of the principles require a consistent cross-disciplinary and cross-system view of the entire aircraft. The synergies result from physical processes and phenomena at the various interfaces between aircraft and propulsion systems, which are investigated in the individual projects.
News at SynTrac
SynTrac brings sustainable aviation to life at the University of Stuttgart’s Science Day 2026
Despite exceptionally high summer temperatures, the University of Stuttgart’s Science Day 2026 attracted large numbers of visitors eager to explore the latest developments in science and research. Through interactive exhibits and hands-on activities, the event once again de …
SynTrac Strengthens International Collaboration in Aerodynamic Analysis
As part of SynTrac Project A02, “Simulation of Aircraft Flow Losses,” Myles Zabel recently visited ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, France, to participate in the course “Analyse aérodynamique basée sur l’exergie” (Exergy-Based Aerodynamic Analysis) by Miguel Aguirre. The course was orga …
DGLR–SynTrac Symposium “Powering Future Aircraft – Integrated Development of Aircraft and Engines”
On 25 June 2026, the German Aerospace Society (DGLR) and the Collaborative Research Centre SynTrac TRR 364 jointly hosted the symposium “Powering Future Aircraft – Integrated Development of Aircraft and Engines” at the Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart. The event brought together …
SynTrac Showcases Sustainable Aviation Research at Hannover Messe 2026
SynTrac successfully presented its research at this year’s Hannover Messe as part of the joint stand of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture. Throughout the exhibition, project team members welcomed a diverse range of visitors from industry, academia, public instituti …
