The Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) is the UK’s first low-carbon aviation test centre
SATE and its partners show emerging technologies along with real-world potential scenarios, highlighting the environmental, social and economic contribution sustainable aviation can make.
Led by the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS), SATE brings together a national consortium of industry partners, public sector bodies and academia which work with a range of regional businesses and stakeholders to apply state-of-the-art aviation technology to deliver targeted economic growth.
SATE is part-funded by the UKRI Future Flight Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK and the Economic and Social Research Council.
Latest news
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SATE Joins Project SEAN to Accelerate Electric Aviation in the Highlands and Islands
The Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) is pleased to be a partner in Project SEAN (Scottish Electric Aviation Network), a new collaborative initiative that will demonstrate how electric aircraft could support sustainable regional air services across Scotland’s Highlands and Islands. Led by Bristow Helicopters Ltd., Project SEAN has secured £1.5 million in funding from the Department for Transport…
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Highlands and Islands consortium secures Department for Transport backing to map the route to hydrogen-powered flight
£190,000 Zero Emission Flight award will fund the UK’s first region-specific roadmap for hydrogen aviation, building on five years of Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) innovation in the Highlands and Islands A consortium led by Urban Foresight, working with the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS), EA Maven, Cormorant Seaplanes and Hybrid Air Vehicles, has been…
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Highlands and Islands Set Out 10-Year Roadmap to Become UK’s Sustainable Aviation Leader
From Test Site to Trailblazer: HITRANS Strategy Charts Future of Drones and Electric Flight Across the Highlands and Islands The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) has published a ten-year strategy setting out how drones, electric aircraft and other low-carbon technologies could reshape travel and freight across one of the UK’s most remote regions. The strategy, Future Aviation…
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