The Salamander plane was carrying "orbicular" passengers
This year, due to technical defects, the Chicken Wings team was less successful in the Air Cargo Challenge, winning 19th place.
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The Institute of Aeronautics is a leading centre for research and education in the field of aeronautics and space technology. It has long been involved in challenging research tasks in the field of grant projects as well as contract research for industrial partners. The institute has a team of highly qualified staff, both professionals and enthusiasts in their respective fields of science.
The basic mission is to provide education
- Bachelor's degree in Professional Pilot
- Postgraduate studies in the Aerospace Technology programme with specialisations
- Aircraft Construction (also in EN)
- Aircraft and aerodrome operation technology
Part of the education includes providing professional courses and pilot training within the BUT Aviation School up to ATPL qualification.
In the field of research, the Aviation Institute provides education in the form of postgraduate doctoral studies in the field of Structural and Process Engineering within the Machinery and Equipment programme.
In all research activities, students are intensively involved, both master's students (to gain practical experience in project-oriented teaching) and postgraduate students who work on complex research tasks under the guidance of experienced academic staff.
Last but not least, the team of the Aeronautical Institute provides commercial services, mainly in the areas of aeronautical technology development, equipment testing in an approved laboratory and consulting activities. It is a supplier of technical solutions, analysis, testing and other work to many industrial partners, helping them to apply the latest knowledge to practice.
Main Current Projects
- National Competence Centre for Aeronautics and Space
- BAANG - BUILDING ACTIONS IN SMART AVIATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL GAINS
- Development of a composite rotor blade for unmanned aerial vehicles
- Separační systém pro malé družice
Main Results
- Prototype aircraft TL-5000 ready for certification
- MoLiS prototype
- Life-saving equipment for unmanned air vehicles
- Airplane wing prototype
- Pilot-aircraft haptic feedback tests
Research Activities
News from Institute
The Sparker Aircraft Wins the Gold Medal at the Engineering Fair
The TL-5000 Sparker ultralight aircraft was developed in cooperation between the Hradec Králové company TL-ULTRALIGHT and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT.
Young scientists want to use Cubesat to photograph the solar eclipse from the space
The work of young scientists would thus nicely complement the activities of mathematician Miloslav Druckmüller, known for his unique images of the solar corona.
Thanks to parachutes for drones, a record amount of money landed at BUT
The invention has already earned the school CZK 4,000,000 and the development of the rescue system continues.
Brno Faculty of Mechanical Engineering will join forces with world´s top universities
Delft University of Technology, Vienna University of Technology and Imperial College London. The three prestigious foreign universities are partners in the project, which will be coordinated by the…
Planet hunting mission. The central tube of the PLATO spacecraft underwent a static load test in Brno
Searching for Earth-like planets in deep space is the objective of the European Space Agency's PLATO mission.
A space switch is being developed at the Institute of Aerospace Engineering. The students were also given space
Working directly for the European Space Agency is not something that anyone does. However, this applies to Jakub Mašek and his colleagues from the Institute of Aerospace Engineering.
A BUT drone helps to find invasive plants
A small drone adapted for monitoring the presence of invasive plant species. This is one of the results of long-term cooperation between the Brno University of Technology and the Botanical Institute…
The new mobile lighting system will help small airports whose technology is dying
It can be folded into a wheelchair, hitched to a car and taken anywhere. This is one of the advantages of the MoLiS system, a mobile airport lighting system developed by TRANSCON ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS…