Cranfield, DARTeC and the future of aviation


The newly opened £65 million Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) at Cranfield University is on a journey to explore a number of key challenges facing the aviation industry. These include increasing the efficiency of airports through technological advances; creating safe, secure shared airspace through secure data communication infrastructures; and increasing the reliability and availability of aircraft through self-sensing, self-aware technologies.

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