Research funding in the field of Transports (including Aeronatics)
Deadline: 1st December 2011
MAIN AREAS OF INTERVENTION:
CHALLENGE 1. ECO-INNOVATION
ACTIVITY:THE GREENING OF AIR TRANSPORT
AREA: GREEN AIRCRAFT
- Flight physics
- Aerostructures
- Propulsion
- Systems and equipment
- Avionics
AREA: ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
- Production
- Maintenance and disposal
AREA: GREEN AIR TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
- Flight and Air Traffic Management
- Airports
- Demonstration of breakthrough sub-system enabling high overall pressure ratio engines.
CHALLENGE 2. SAFE AND SEAMLESS MOBILITY
ACTIVITY: INCREASING TIME EFFICIENCY
AREA: TIME EFFICIENT AIR TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
- Airports
ACTIVITY: ENSURING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND SAFETY
AREA:PASSENGER FRIENDLY CABIN
- Noise and vibration
- Systems and equipment
AREA: AIRCRAFT SAFETY
- Aerostructures
- Systems and equipment
- Human factors
- Propulsion: tolerance to particle ingestion
- Innovative approach to helicopter safety
AREA: OPERATIONAL SAFETY
- Design systems and tools
- Maintenance
- Airports
- Human factors
- Integrated approach to safe flights under icing conditions.
- Integrated approach and demonstration of safe operations under crew peak workload / reduced crew configuration.
ACTIVITY:PROTECTION OF AIRCRAFT AND PASSENGERS
AREA: AIRCRAFT SECURITY
- Aerostructures
CHALLENGE 3: COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH INNOVATION
ACTIVITY: IMPROVING COST EFFICIENCY
AREA: AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT COST
- Design systems and tools
- Aerostructures
- Systems and equipment
- Avionics
- Production
AREA: AIRCRAFT OPERATIONAL COST
- Flight Physics
- Aerostructures
- Systems
- Maintenance and repair
AREA: AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEM OPERATIONAL COST
- Design systems and tools
- Human factors
- Integrated approach and demonstration to lean manufacturing of metal, composite and hybrid aircraft / engine structures
ACTIVITY: PIONEERING THE AIR TRANSPORT OF THE FUTURE
CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES
- European Air Transport System scenario elaboration and trend assessment capability.
- Attracting young Europeans to future careers in the field of aeronautics.
- Supporting organisation of conferences and events of special relevance to Aeronautics and Air Transport research
- Assessment of the potential insertion of unmanned aerial system in the air transport system.
- Efficient airports for Europe
- Airport centred co-modality and intermodality
- Facilitating access to aircraft for disabled people
