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On 6 June 2024, TU Delft and Airbus signed an agreement to select a Professor of Practice from Airbus for the faculty of Aerospace Engineering. The Professor of Practice, who will be recruited in the coming period, will align the research agendas on a strategic level, but also bring in operational knowledge and experience to education, research, innovation projects and lifelong learning at the university.

TU Delft ranks third in this year's influential QS World University Subject Rankings for Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering. In the rankings, MIT is - still - in first place, followed by Stanford University. TU Delft is at number 3. This is higher than Cambridge University, Harvard and ETH Zurich.

TU Delft is one of the academic partners in an innovative aviation hydrogen handling and refuelling project, led by Airbus and supported by academic partners, airport operators and leading hydrogen-industry companies that was launched on 16 May in Brussels. The project, co-funded by the European Union, has been launched to demonstrate small-scale liquid hydrogen aircraft ground operations at three European airports, including Rotterdam The Hague Airport.

A team of researchers at Delft University of Technology has developed a drone that flies autonomously using neuromorphic image processing and control based on the workings of animal brains. Animal brains use less data and energy compared to current deep neural networks running on GPUs (graphic chips).

On the 2nd of May 2024, a scaled version of a large passenger aircraft with distributed electric propulsion undertook its maiden flight. Further testing will follow to qualify and measure its dynamic flying behaviour, aimed at understanding the advantages of this Distributed Electric Propulsion technology for large passenger aircraft.

Measurements from the Cassini satellite indicate an underground ocean of water and ammonia in Saturn's moon Titan. Scientists from NASA and TU Delft have made a new analysis of precise measurements of the satellite's velocity as it flew past Titan. The speed is affected by small changes in the moon's oblateness. It was then deduced from the calculated flattening that the ocean has a lower density than previously thought and may contain a small proportion of ammonia. The antifreeze effect of ammonia may explain why the ocean is not yet frozen. The work is based partly on an internship and graduation theses by two now-graduated former Aerospace Engineering students at TU Delft. Today the research paper on the work is published in Nature Astronomy.

During the VSV symposium: ‘Defying the dark’ in March 2024, two students were honored with awards for their exceptional master's theses. Juan Garcia Bonilla received the Heinz Stoewer Space award 2024 for his research on solar sails, while Elise Scheers received the NVvL Hans Wittenberg Prize 2024 for her work on integrating hybrid-electric aircraft design with strategic airline planning. Both students receive a certificate and €1000 in recognition of their achievements.

A Dutch collaboration comprising TNO, Shell, TU Delft, Suzlon, Tarucca and Fibersail has started the ReliaBlade2-NL project supported by the GROW-programma. The project aims to significantly enhance the reliability of wind turbine blades by monitoring their structural health throughout their lifespan.

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced that Daniele Ragni will receive an ERC Consolidator Grant for his research on noise caused by the interaction of rotors with airframe components. The ERC Consolidator grant is aimed at researchers with 7 to 12 years of post-PhD experience and spans a duration of five years, providing ample support for groundbreaking research endeavors.