by Harriett Richardson | Feb 27, 2026 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
Following the withdrawal of funding by UKRI-NERC, announced on Thursday 26 February 2026, the FAAM Airborne Laboratory will cease operations at the end of this financial year. UKRI have been the custodians of UK airborne science and monitoring since 2014, but the...
by Eleanor Dixon | Dec 3, 2025 | FAAM
We are replacing fire extinguishers on board the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s atmospheric research aircraft to comply with a government directive aimed at reducing ozone depleting substances (ODS). What’s involved in replacing our fire extinguishers? Despite our...
by Eleanor Dixon | May 15, 2025 | FAAM, Missions
Scientists are looking at how pollutants from aircraft could be reduced by using sustainable aviation fuel. Teams from the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, universities, research centres and aerospace companies are working together on a “chase” experiment, the first of its...
by Eleanor Dixon | Jan 29, 2025 | FAAM
On 14 January 2025 the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s atmospheric research aircraft reached a milestone of 10,000 hours of flying over the course of its lifetime. Our research aircraft in its first days as the BAe 146-100 demonstrator model, with its original livery. It...
by Eleanor Dixon | Jan 28, 2025 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
A state-of-the-art Doppler lidar is in development for the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s atmospheric research aircraft, just one of the new instruments being delivered through the Mid-Life Upgrade programme. This project is led by Ryan R. Neely III (University of Leeds)...
by Eleanor Dixon | Jan 27, 2025 | FAAM, Mid-Life Upgrade
We’re getting our atmospheric research aircraft ready for a summer of science projects. The first of these, CARES, looks at how natural sulphur affects the marine environment. The aircraft will head to Ireland in May to collect samples from seasonal phytoplankton...
