Overview
- The aircraft, unveiled Thursday at Kamenz airfield, begins service as TU Dresden's flying test lab run by the ILK and ILR institutes.
- The platform is a twin‑engine Diamond DA62 MPP with up to ten hours of endurance and modular bays for sensors and cameras.
- The initiative forms part of OST4Aviation with EU Just Transition backing, with the aircraft priced about €3 million and total EU support reported at roughly €4.6 million.
- Early research centers on lighter, safer hydrogen tanks because current options are too heavy or not safe enough for flight.
- Kamenz airfield will add refueling for sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogen to test storage and fueling in real conditions and to grow a research base in eastern Germany.