by Eleanor Dixon | Nov 21, 2023 | Events, Mid-Life Upgrade
Discover some of the instrument projects in development through the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s Mid-Life Upgrade. When: 2-3pm GMT Thursday 14 December 2023 Where: Online – register your attendance here The FAAM Airborne Laboratory is undergoing...
by Eleanor Dixon | Sep 8, 2023 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory now has the capability to share live weather data as it flies, directly to the Met Office for use in weather forecasting. Our research aircraft collects an abundance of environmental data and carries enough instrumentation to measure up to...
by Eleanor Dixon | Aug 2, 2023 | Mid-Life Upgrade
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory commissioned BAE Systems, as part of the research aircraft facility’s Mid-Life Upgrade programme, to complete a Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis project. The project provides the facility with a visualisation of the research...
by Eleanor Dixon | Jun 16, 2023 | Missions
Scientists from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of Manchester have made the first observations of gas-phase urea in the atmosphere, using the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft. The new research, published in Proceedings of the...
by Harriett Richardson | Mar 28, 2023 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory has invested in an electric-powered ground power unit and aircraft tug, in a significant move towards reducing carbon emissions from the research facility’s operation. The FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft, a specially adapted...
